When you're in another country, you sort of expect it will feel different. You look for those things that tell you plainly that you're not at home.
Sometimes, though, things just feel so familiar that it's like you never left.
Ontario and Houston aren't so different from each other.
Who knew?
Not every trip is a vacation.
When you've made the decision to travel more so you can experience more, part of that life involves your career.
So you have to know how to live and experience life between the obligations.
Downsizing can be kind of rough on you. How do you decide what to get rid of? And when you decide, how do you go through with it?
There are going to be weeks that are weak.
You'll get less done.
You'll miss all the targets.
You'll eat that whole pie in one sitting.
These weeks happen. And when they do, you have to decide they're part of the story of you, too. Don't worry about a bad week. Look at it and decide what you can lean for the next week.
You don't have to blog every day to really create something amazing, but the odds certainly go up if you do.
If the plan is to learn from history and grow, then you have to concentrate on what worked, not what didn't.
You can't move forward when you're under the weight of past hatred and cruelty and evil.
If you're going to build something out of the ashes, you have to put out the fire.
There's a sort of "rule of thumb" when it comes to being an author. It's almost akin to "dance with the one who brung ya." But it goes deeper than that.
Authors can be typecast, just like actors.
The trouble is, some of us don't want to play the same role forever.
How to get stuff done like a Wordslinger.
I get asked about this all the time, and the truth is I don't have a step-by-step process. What I do have is a series of rules—little habits I keep that let me get three podcasts podcast while writing a daily journal, a daily blog, and a whole bunch of books.
SPOILER: I like to use "buckets." Put everything on a task list, and add a couple of tasks to each day, checking them off of your list as you go.
Read MoreWhen you're used to keeping your eyes peeled for specific things, it can be kind of a shock to realize you've outgrown the need for those things, when you weren't paying attention.
So what are you looking for, when you're still out scouring the world? Probably something you never even realized you needed.
Sometimes you outgrow a tradition, but that doesn't mean the tradition has outgrown you.
Every now and then you have to pull on your old clothes, and for a little bit you'll be the person you used to be, so that you can connect with the people who matter to you.
That's not a bad thing. It's ok to remember. It's ok to look back and even GO back every now and then.
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Read MoreYou get all sorts of news during any given week, and it can be good, bad, or some freakish Frankenstein hybrid of both. It's what you do with it all that makes you who you are.
Some of us choose to pretend most of it happened differently, and involved dinosaurs and Vikings and space ships.
We're kind of awesome.
Experience is the great teacher, but we sometimes make lousy students.
Perspective can change your life—but only the new ones. The old ones are just the clothes you wore in. A new perspective might not fit well when you first try it on, but give it time. You'll break in for it.
Let's look at the world a bit differently and see who we become.
Read MoreI don't mange time. I kind of just surf it.
I can't keep routines from being interrupted. I can't keep life from intruding on my plans. I can't prevent the hiccups that happen when I thought I had my day all mapped out.
But I can keep my priorities in mind. I can keep a list of tasks. I can look for spaces in time to do what needs doing.
You'll never get anywhere new by taking the same paths you take every day. You already know how to get to work, get to school, get to church, get home.
How do you get to Mars? How do you get to a Fortune 100 business? How do you get to a world free of disease?
The only way to get there is disruption. Embrace disruption. Be disruptive.
I just learned that fear is a sign that you're not loving perfectly. And at first, that makes it seem like fear is inevitable.
But the truth is, that's hopeful. Because it means that the antidote to fear is to do something you love.
No matter what kind of positive impact you have on the world, there will always be someone who thinks you're a selfish jerk. And maybe you are!
So what?
Go make a dent in the universe anyway. Take up your hammer and start making some noise. Drown them out with the wonders you'll create.
Here's practically everything I did with my week, since Sunday 14 February! And it was a lot more than I expected. Also, it's not even a complete list. So I think next week I'll have to work on time management skills.
Read MoreWhat do you feel when you talk about money?
I feel terrified. Anxious. Sick to my stomach.
And it seems a lot like God is trying to kick me in the butt and move me past that, because lately talking about money has been unavoidable. So when you can't beat 'em, or avoid them while you cringe and cower at a back table in Starbucks, you might as well join 'em. So sure. Let's talk about money.
Read MoreIf you eat nothing is but carrots your skin will turn orange. And the same thing happens when you read, watch, listen to, and experience the same stuff, over and over. Want to be inspired? Want to grow? Want to become wise and unbeatable in everything you do? Branch out and find new experiences, as often as you can.
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