Month: January 2012
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Making a Million Bucks vs. Reaching a Million People
“Thank you my friend I have never met. […] I found your blog post “fuck the internet” on a day I was in a bad way. […] You know what the best part is? You didn’t even charge me a dime. Thank you so much. I could never have heard what you had to say if…
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What is the real price of free?
The reality of publishing is extremely strange to me. Sometimes I’ll walk into a bookstore and consider whether I’ll want to buy something. I’ll sit there, and consider it for a while. What do the blurbs say? Does it look like it’s an easy read? Is it a bestseller? All these questions enter your head.…
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100 Tips About Life, People, and Happiness
1. True wisdom and insight is always free. 2. Give your power over to no one. 3. Going into the unknown is how you expand what is known. 4. Get a library card. 5. Spend more time around people that both challenge and respect you. 6. Remain skeptical forever. 7. Fight for what matters. 8.…
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Quit Everything, Go Anywhere: A Conversation with Chris Guillebeau.
Hi Chris. 🙂 You’ve traveled to almost 175 countries. You go to places where you don’t know the language over and over again, which tends to make people nervous. You also teach people to quit their job for a living, which almost everyone is anxious about. Are you nervous about these things? Do you remember…
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The Complete Guide to Snapping the @#$% Out of It
Hey, you. Yes, you. Do yourself a favour. This year, for once, I have a suggestion, and I’d like you to take it. This year, this once, it’s time you used your New Year’s resolution properly for a change. Stop screwing around with your I’m-going-to-lose-10-pounds, buy-a-treadmill bullshit. Stop with the 7-Minute-Abs, the “I’m going to blog every…