The Marathon I’m writing this three days after my first (running) marathon. My legs are sore, but I honestly feel pretty good. The result? I surprised myself. I finished the marathon with a chip time of 4 hours 15 minutes and 40 seconds. I also hit my goal of not walking once. I took water […]
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Less than Two Weeks In less than two weeks I’ll be kicking off the 2nd annual Creator Economy Expo at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio. If you haven’t registered by now, I’m sure you can’t make it…but…by far, this is the best speaking lineup we’ve put together in my 20+ years of doing events. Over 40
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26.2 to Life – The Documentary In almost two weeks from now, I’ll be running my first marathon. I’ve run 300+ miles along with four sessions per week since the start of the year as part of my training. This Sunday was my longest run to date (22 miles). From here on out I’ll be
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Dealing with Creator Failure I’m almost finished with the audiobook Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. The main characters are video game designers, so this book is more than appropriate for any content creator. The ups and downs of creating something are palpable. Without giving anything away, the creators developed a game that turned
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This week is the official launch week for Epic Content Marketing, second edition. If you’d like to help (of course you do), please buy or share with your marketing or business friends this week. It is much appreciated. But…you ask…how did EPIC2 happen? Isn’t one version of Epic enough? A little over a year ago I was in an
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I’ve Done Enough This video from Jim Carrey made a real impact on me. If you go to the four-minute mark, watch the next 60 seconds. Carrey, after an illustrious film and comedy career, says, “I have enough. I’ve done enough. I am enough.” Life is short. Make the decisions that make sense for your life
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On Moving Forward Sometimes you have to temporarily go left or right to ultimately move forward. While on holiday I was running a five-miler along the beach. About a mile into my run, there was a blockade. On the right, a pile of seaweed too large to leap over (not that I actually leap over
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