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The Quest to Be F*cking Awesome

Pardon my unusual use of a thinly veiled f-bomb in the title here for a moment. It will all make sense shortly.

I had one of those moments last week. You know, when something just clicks for the first time and you wonder why you couldn’t see things that way before.

It all started around the beginning of the year, when I wrote a post over at Think Traffic that would become the pervasive theme for that site. The post is called Write Epic Shit, and it was one of those posts I knew would be a big deal from the moment I wrote the headline.

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A 5-Point Plan for Achieving Anything

It’s that time of year again. The time when many of us think about what we’ve accomplished over the past year and what we might want to accomplish next year.

I’ve made huge changes over the past two years and I’ve watched many of my friends and peers transform their lives. Some people seem to be able to do just about anything.

And yet most people will set goals for the new year with good intentions only to abandon them just days or weeks later.

Why is that? Why is it so hard to achieve what we know we need to do?

I’m not talking about trite little goals here. I know many of you reading this have big things you want to do or change. Maybe you’re dangerously unhealthy or overweight. Maybe you hate your job. Maybe you have a habit that’s killing you slowly.

Maybe you know that you’re not serving your life’s purpose and that you’re not doing anything to change that. Every day you’re not radiantly alive and pursuing your life’s purpose is a day wasted.

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How to Live a Part-Time Location Independent Lifestyle

The Mission District, San Francisco: My Part-Time Home

I’m writing this from our apartment in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco, but the truth is I could be writing it from anywhere in the world.

My business and life are location independent. That means I can live and work from anywhere, as long as I have a laptop and an Internet connection.

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An In-Depth Guide to Online Business Revenue Models for Lifestyle Entrepreneurs

An in-depth guide to online business revenue models for lifestyle entrepreneurs

If you’re in the process of planning or starting a business online, you might be wondering what the best way to make money is.

This is especially true if you’re planning to start a lifestyle business (a flexible small business with the goal of supporting the owner’s lifestyle as opposed to a typical business with the goal of earning as much as possible).

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The Smart Ass Guide to Dealing with Dream Zappers

The following is a guest post by Ashley Ambirge. Read more by Ashley at her blog The Middle Finger Project or follow Ashley on Twitter.

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They’re out there.  You can spot them in every city, every town, every neighborhood.  They can take the shape of any human being, but are known to wear a scowl, a bad attitude and dirt-smeared, oversized khaki-colored overalls.

Despite their questionable demeanor, they weave their way into your life, usually by way of stealth maneuver tactics.  Most often you will not recognize them until it’s too late, but all suspects should be considered armed and dangerous. 

In worse case scenarios, they will even land in your yard, chug sugar water and proceed to body snatch a member of your family, friend or significant other, straight up Men In Black style.

Be afraid, be very afraid.

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