Find Exercise in Life's Margins

A great post by Nick Crocker about how exercise doesn’t need to be a separate thing “to do”. You can do it here and there and have great success.

Jake Nickell – Coolest Dude on Earth: Prioritizing your hobbies

jakenickell:

Every major thing I’ve ever done that’s affected my career has been the result of my hobby taking over whatever other thing I’m currently doing. When I was 14, I taught myself HTML by clicking “view->source” in my web browser. I started making little websites for things like the bunion surgery I…

Source: jakenickell

Get Yourself a Good Co-Founder

  • Kyle: I'm just kidding. I love you. Like a brother.
  • Brian: I love you like a son. A disappointing son.
If I hadn’t launched it that day, I was about to just can it and go on to the next thing I was about to do.
Mark Zuckerberg, talking about building Facebook in his dorm and the many projects he built and threw out.

Source: thecrimson.com

In some ways, it’s too early for feedback unless I’m, like, totally stealing an idea from something. Because you can’t say wether an idea is good or not in the beginning because so much is about the execution or about how.
Tim Schafer, Double Fine Production, when talking about getting feedback from the public on his new game from Kickstarter.

Changes: The Future

This Friday will be my last day at Geezeo. When I joined Geezeo over 4 years ago, I never realized how much I would learn, how great my co-workers would be, or that we would be working with some of the best credit unions and banks in the country. I’ve met a lot of really great people through my time at Geezeo and I look forward to keeping in touch with all of you. Feel free to drop me a line any time at kyle at digitalworkbox dot com. The Geezeo team is really onto something good and you’d be stupid not to use them for your PFM.

I’m leaving to forge my own path with Digitalworkbox. It’s both exciting and terrifying. We’ll be working with clients to build great web applications as we tinker with some of our own products. You can learn more about us (and hire us) at www.digitalworkbox.com.

I’d like to thank everyone for their support. If you’re ever in the Connecticut or Boston area, feel free to drop me a line and we can get a beer. My treat.

Give it a Digg. Freebird! Baaaa.

Nike’s “Make It Count” campaign shown in an amazing way.

Ira Glass on how to work through the “only OK” phase of your creative life.

The best figure skaters practice the jumps they know they can’t land.
Joshua Foer @ 99 Percent Conference on how to break through the “OK Plateau”

Source: the99percent.com

The courage to start things needs to be matched with the discipline to see them through. They’re both critical, and my guess is that you can probably assess which one you need to work on.

I suggest an alternate mantra—just finish it.

Your Goals Suck And You Should Feel Bad About It