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February 20, 2012 By Andy Traub

It's about $*%^ time I start writing about marriage

My favorite blogs discuss more than one topic.

They are a mix of encouragement, technology tips and insights, leadership and a strong leaning towards empowered thinking. Mitch Joel, Seth Godin and Michael Hyatt are three examples that come to mind. They write about a variety of topics because they are passionate about a variety of topics. It’s never good when you try to hold back your passions. When you hold your passions inside they’re tear you up from the inside out trying to escape. Your God given passions belong in the world and when you try to keep them inside they get pissed. They haunt you by causing internal turmoil.

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Filed Under: Marriage, Uncategorized Tagged With: divorce, encouragement, marriage, michael hyatt, mitch joel, passions, Permission, seth godin

January 26, 2012 By Andy Traub

Why your life is lame – The Flinch by Julien Smith

You’re a wuss

I’m a wuss and so are you. We hesitate. We do NOT want to stick out. We want to be different but we fail because we use normal things to do it. The closest we get to wanting to be different is having a 2012 model instead of a 2011. That’s not different, that’s newer.

Julien Smith wrote a short book (length doesn ‘t matter by the way, it’s still awesome) about our human reaction to being different. The book is called Flinch and it chronicles our human desire to fit in and our deep rooted hesitation to do anything difficult.

He’s right. [Read more…]

Filed Under: blogging, parenting, Uncategorized Tagged With: cold shower, julien smith, mitch joel, seth godin, the flinch

December 12, 2011 By Andy Traub

Too much noise; Why I'm dropping most of my Facebook friends

Healthy Envy

You envy intentional people and you should.  People who live their lives with intention know what they want and achieve it because they follow a process.

1. Stop letting distractions distract
2. Write down your dreams/goals
3. Write down steps to reach them
4. Stop often to check your progress on reaching your dreams/goals
5. (Rinse and repeat)  [Read more…]

Filed Under: advice, Personal, Social Media, Uncategorized Tagged With: daniel gulati, facebook, mitch joel, seth godin, Social Media, unfriend

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