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Entrepreneurship

72 Hacks & Beliefs to Live & Work on Your Terms – from People Actually Doing it (World Domination Summit Recap)

Career & Purpose

Written by Scott Dinsmore –  Follow me on Twitter. “Be impeccably you. Boldness means pushing. Innovation’s messy. Enjoy it.” -Danielle Laporte The last four days have been a bit of a blur. Chris Guillebeau hosted over 500 of the most inspiring web entrepreneurs, freedom fighters and road less travelers from around the world at the World Domination [...]

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11 Quick Actions You Can Do Today to Successfully Start Doing Work You Love (or Anything)

Career & Purpose

Written by Scott Dinsmore –  Follow us on Twitter.   “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is right now.” ~Chinese Proverb On Building Dreams… I spent a few weeks fly fishing through Patagonia with my father in February. For a week of my adventure I stayed in [...]

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Guarantee the World Will Buy Your Offer: A 5-Step Process

Entrepreneurship

Written by Scott Dinsmore –  Follow me on Twitter. “Building without testing is like gambling–It’s fun but will eventually make you broke.” ~Anonymous In the past 10 years I’ve learned a process for getting things right (or getting them wrong really quickly)–whether it’s a product, a career or a relationship. It’s always been gold. Let’s start [...]

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How Business School Killed the Entrepreneur (and some worthy alternatives)

Career & Purpose

Written by Scott Dinsmore –  Follow me on Twitter. “Don’t use graduate school, or any other course of study, as a form of life avoidance. Pursue the course only if there’s a good reason.” ~Chris Guillebeau Important Note: This post is intentionally in-depth (at over 2,700 words). It’s meant to be a resource you read, bookmark and come [...]

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How to Become a Minimalist Business Ninja (and do work that matters): Interview with Everett Bogue

Entrepreneurship

Written by Scott Dinsmore –  Follow me on Twitter. “Start by changing yourself, then inspire other people to change. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll manage to change the world in the process.” ~Everett Bogue If you want to do the impossible, then surround yourselves with others who consistently do it. For this reason I’m constantly meeting entrepreneurs and folks [...]

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How to Stop Failing (or How to Live a Dream)

Entrepreneurship

Written by Scott Dinsmore –  Follow me on Twitter. “Life’s real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.” ~Anonymous If you don’t feel like reading much today I’ll give you the easy three word answer. If you want to stop failing and more importantly, start living dreams [...]

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On Modeling the Impossible and How to Do Anything

Career & Purpose

Written by Scott Dinsmore –  Follow me on Twitter. “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” ~ Sir Isaac Newton Yesterday I spent the day learning ultra endurance running techniques from Brian Mackenzie at the Crossfit gym in San Francisco. He is the dude who has “Unscared” tattooed [...]

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The Importance of Being a Beginner (and Leveraging Superpowers)

Career & Purpose

Written by Scott Dinsmore – Follow me on Twitter. “All glory comes from daring to begin.” ~ Eugene F. Ware Last week I took a Hip Hop class and a surfing lesson. It was my first ever of the former and had been years since the latter. I felt about as coordinated as a monkey in [...]

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