I was in a brainstorming session with Kevin Miller, Gary Barkalow, and Jon Dale last week and we got to talking about community.
Jon brought up a definition of community that Gary created a number of years ago and we all agreed you need these three things:
If you want true community, it’s a given that you need friendship. You can’t go deep with people you’re not friends with.
I’ve been wanting to write about the plug-ins I use at Coach Radio for a while, but I’ve been wrestling with creating a list. It’d be easy to go down my list and share the plugins I’m using, and while I may do that at some point, I thought it best to start with a disclaimer.
Using too many plugins can and will slow down your site and slower-loading sites get hit with a search penalty by google.
That should be reason enough not to use too many plugins. I suggest 12-15 max for most shared hosting. (If you don’t know, you’re probably on shared hosting.)
Secondly, plugins shouldn’t be viewed as a fix. Finding and paying for a good theme (I use the Standard Theme) means many of the features you want are built into the website. That saves the time and hassle of installing and setting up multiple plugins that increase load times.
Currently, I’m running 18 plugins at Coach Radio, but that will soon change in the next release of the Standard Theme (3.0). I expect to be delete at least six of them as more functionality is added to my theme.
How about you? How many plugins are you running on your website? What’s your favorite?
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After 205 shows at Coach Radio, almost half of them being interviews with world changers, I’ve decided to change the schedule up a bit.
In this short audio clip, I talk about the reasoning behind the change and what you can expect from here forward.
I haven’t gotten tired of talking to amazing people in the least. In fact, I’ve taken my own advice about getting fired up, inspired, and motivated from these interviews, and I’m doing something with it.
My friend, Kevin Gainey, got me thinking about fences and dreams the other day. Kind of weird since I seem to have inspired him to think about it in the first place. Wait, did I just inspired myself? Moving on…
You really do need to read Kevin’s post to get a full view of this topic. He expanded my thinking when he said wide open spaces scare the hell out of him. Even though I brought it up, I got to thinking:
Wide open spaces scare the hell out of me too.
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Show Topics:
Todd: Were your parents supportive of your decision to leave the airlines, and did you care? It seems a lot of people still seek approval to be a free agent from people like family, even if they are able to dismiss others.
Rob: I like to think that I understand the basic concepts around interaction through social media and building a community, but I am having trouble implementing them lately. Almost exactly a year ago, I moved from Illinois to Kathmandu, Nepal.
I recorded a show with author Dan Miller in his Franklin, TN office. Afterwards I shot this quick video to show a setup slightly different (and perhaps simpler) than mine at coachradio.tv/tour.
This show was released over a year ago and that’s also how old this video is. It’s interesting to note that Dan hasn’t changed his audio setup much since then.
Is Dan’s office what you expected?
My good friend, Mary DeMuth, asked me what it’ll be like for me to be uncaged in 2012. As a pilot turned entrepreneur, I’ve always had this drive to explore and experience adventure; to push the rules and find better ways to do things. 2012 will be more of that, and I’m being very intentional about it.
This is a picture of me and some friends flying in the mountains for the first time in 2000. Life was about adventure for me then, and that theme is still in my life today.
Check out the short interview I did for Mary and share how you’re living uncaged in 2012.
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Steve Kamb created a community for nerds, desk jockeys, and weekend warriors to level up their lives.
Out of college, Steve got a corporate job that was unfulfilling. He connected with the 4 Hour Workweek, which blew his mind with possibilities.
Steve didn’t know where to start, so he just wrote. After 20 articles a month for five months, he had 90 subscribers to his blog.
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Justin Lukasavige is a storywriter. He helps individuals and businesses tell better stories that attract customers and change the world. Read more about Justin...
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