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It seems most people will only grow so much, and then they stop. They reach their level of comfort, and they decide, this is good enough.

I don't understand that mindset. To me, it's always good enough, and never good enough, at the same time.

There's nothing in my life that I feel must change, must be any different. And yet, there's nothing in my life that I'm not excited about improving and learning more about every day.

It's not about getting to any place. It's not even about the outcome –…

Courage.

What is it?

Why do we need it?

A lot of people think courage means you're not afraid.

It doesn't.

Courage is not the absence of fear.

It's the ability to take effective action in spite of fear.

Courageous people are not less afraid. They feel the fear and act anyway.

I talk a lot about fear because it's really the underlying thing that holds us all back from being fully alive, happy, successful, healthy, and wealthy.

Fear is the thing that stands between you and everything you …

Back in 2001 when I was working for a software company ArsDigita, my boss hired me a coach. I still remember just how mind-blowingly impactful it was to talk to her. She helped me see many ways that I was deluding myself. It was so powerful I swore that I’d never go without a coach ever again.

And yet, when I moved back to Denmark the next year and started my first “real” business, I looked around to find a coach, but they all seemed too expensive so I ended up doing nothing. 

In fact, I forgo…

If you're not grateful for what you have now, don't expect to be grateful for what you'll have in the future. 

Gratitude is a choice. 

If you're constantly unhappy with things in your life, don't expect that the unhappiness to change when those things change.

Cuz that ain't how it works.

That part of you that's looking for reasons to be upset, unhappy, complaining, blaming, resisting what is, it's just going to find something else to complain about.

Because that's what it does.

So practice app…

The human creative life force is my North Star.

My mission is to unleash the creative human life force as much as I can.

A creative human life force is what makes products and services.

• It creates art.
• It solves problems.
• It invents new technologies.
• It makes food.
• It builds houses.
• It makes babies.
• It makes us feel alive.

Creative human life force is what makes life worth living.

With eight billion people, there's an incredible amount of it available. Possibly the greatest energy…

It's okay to suck at marketing.

How do I know?

Because I suck at marketing.

Here at Simplero, we do pretty much zero of what people would normally call marketing.

No paid ads. No content marketing to note. No organic social. Sure, we have an affiliate program, but no one's been in charge of it for years.

And yet, we've managed to create a $4M/year recurring revenue business.

Not too shabby.

How?

By focusing on a great product and great customer service.

Word of mouth takes care of the r…

It's easy to tell ourselves "arhh, this little thing doesn't matter."

I'll just cut a corner here.

One bite of dessert can't hurt.

One drink.

One commitment I don't hold.

But they do.

For several reasons.

One, because each little action adds up over time.

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

How do you lose 100 pounds? One-tenth of a pound at a time.

Two, because they train your mind.

Each time you honor your commitment to yourself, live your values, stick with the plan, on…

Question: When should you trust your gut?

Answer: Every time.

Last week I spent some time working with Jay on my personal brand. We've been creating great content, but follower growth has been slow.

And then we had a breakthrough. We found a strategy to help us grow, acquiring real, relevant followers, through shoutouts. And since then, we've grown from 1700 to almost 9500 followers in just a week.

Retracing my steps, this happened because I said yes to several things in a row.

First, I sai…

This is something I've been thinking about a lot:

Most of us HATE that feeling of being wrong.

Our ego hates it.

That sinking feeling in the gut.

But the more you learn to LOVE that feeling, the better.

You're ALWAYS wrong. In a million little ways.

The faster you identify where the faster you find the bug in your thinking, the better everything becomes.

Because your thoughts and beliefs dictate your perceptions, your actions, and your results.

So start loving being wrong.

What do you…