Name: Shane Mac Contact: http://twitter.com/shanemacsays Website: http://shanemac.me/ Running a corporate agency and an internet startup is EXTREMELY difficult and time consuming. I do it every day, and I find if comforting when I meet other motivated, high-wired people that are doing the same thing as me. Shane has a corporate job, runs a startup agency, is writing a … [Read more...]
The Great Big Doom Loop and How it’s Affecting Your Fitness
The business researcher extraordinaire Jim Collins writes about the Doom Loop in his famous book Good to Great. It’s when you: 1. Find a new direction 2. Enter a new program 3. Start a new event 4. React to a new fad 5. Get a new leader Without having any plan of action, no accumulated momentum, no build up, no direction. … [Read more...]
Eliminating Weaknesses
Resolutions are to New Years what gifts are to Christmas and many people are enthralled of the changes they hope to see. For many it seems like the perfect time to set really big goals for the lifestyle improvements, changes and progress they would like to experience in life. Sometimes we set goals that are too challenging for us at the moment, given our current level of … [Read more...]
Sunday Community Update: We Have Liftoff Edition
Hey Untemplaters! This is Baker coming to you live-ish from the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. We are camped out here waiting through an 8 hour delay (well sort of, but the real story is too long for now). Houston, we have liftoff... Of course, this week was the site's official launch, including the release of our very own free manifesto. It's been an … [Read more...]
Liberating Yourself from Fear and Routine to Achieve Greatness
We all envision great things for ourselves and usually this begins during childhood. Albeit unconventional and laughable (now), my childhood fantasy for future greatness involved driving a school bus, becoming a famed painter (with zero skills, naturally) and teaching high school English. My career aspirations changed about as often as my scrunchies but I always thought this … [Read more...]