I’m OK at SEO (search engine optimization) but I want to know more and get even better with it. I’m doing what anyone who wants to be better at something should do, and that’s to learn. I’m doing free things like teleseminars and asking people, but I’m also paying for information that’s worth it.
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Alex and Luke set out to see the United States and Canada and they put their travel plans in the hands of their community.
Alex’s house burned down and she lost everything about two years ago. Insurance sent her a check and she decided not to buy new stuff. Instead, she decided to travel. One text to Luke sealed the deal for a travel buddy.
Luke was working for IBM at the time but had the travel bug.
Their community tells them where to go. Their twitter followers tell them where to go, where to eat, what to do, and where to stay. They’ve even stopped along the way and waited for directions from their followers before going to the next place.
Alex and Luke started on March 20, 2010 and they’ve been everywhere in Canada and 48 states in the U.S. They’re only missing Vermont and Hawaii. They’ll complete Vermont this month as they travel through on the way back to New Hampshire.
Tourism boards tend to promote their travels when they see they’re coming through. People are really proud of where they live and they want Alex and Luke to see it. It’s a big part of growing their community.
Some people think it’s irresponsible to spend money traveling and not having a job. I think it’s irresponsible to do something you’re not passionate about for the better part of your life.
It took them 5-6 months to get everything together before they hit the road.
They had little experience in we design or video work, but they plowed ahead anyway and learned along the way.
They had no video experience before this trip.
Together, Alex and Lukas have put over 70,000 kilometers or about 43,000 miles on Alex’s car.
Cool experiences: the people they’ve met, the sand dunes in Colorado, Glacier Bay.
Next steps: going back to New Hampshire where they’re staying for a few months.
“We’re not any different than you.” – Luke
Follow their journey on twitter @alexandluke.
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I travel a lot of places and everywhere I go, I find people remarking about how I get so many things done. I host a few shows each week, blog nearly every day, and still manage to crank more out. I sum up how I manage to do that in this short video.
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My friend, Jeff Jones, is the drummer with Big Daddy Weave. We take you on their tour bus to show you how Jeff manages multiple businesses from the road.
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I’m often asked how I do it all. The answer – stop planning and thinking and start doing.
A simple message, but will you do it?
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The Butterfly Effect and The Boy Who Changed the World were recently sent to me by the publisher, Thomas Nelson.
These two books go together beautifully. The Boy Who Changed the World is a children’s book with a powerful message about how your actions today affect the world tomorrow or hundreds of years from now. I’ve had the book for weeks and it’s continually been a requested title at bedtime.
Author Andy Andrews takes you through the lives of four people over multiple generations. Without small actions from each of them, two billion people wouldn’t have been fed.
The Butterfly Effect is a great companion and kept me captivated all the way through.
The Butterfly Effect was coined as an idea in 1963. The question was asked, “if a butterfly flaps it’s wings and sets air in motion, could that cause a hurricane on the other side of the world?”. More than 30 years later, physics professors came to the conclusion that the butterfly effect was “authentic, accurate, and viable.”
Both of these books should motivate you to take needed action to improve things in your life, and the lives of others…today.
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Jonathan Pool is a coach and our Idea Professor at the Free Agent Academy.
This is from Jonathan’s About page:
An Adventurer, Traveler, Scout, and Guide.
A Thinker, Strategist, and Catalyst for Change.
An Idea Generator, Possibility Creator, and Problem Solver.
A Translator, Communicator, and Teacher.
I am a Relevant Difference Maker to the core!
I see unrealized potential and take action to draw it out.
I make a difference in everything I do.
Wow, that’s exactly where I’m trying to get to!
Jonathan studied mechanical engineering in school. He worked for a firm before leaving to start his own. He still wasn’t happy so he tried a number of things.
To figure out what he should be doing, Jonathan took a sabbatical from work. He had someone guide him through the process to help him figure it out. (Wow,yet another successful coach who hires coaches.)
In finding your ideas, Jonathan gives an analogy of putting a mosaic together. You need to answer the question, “where have I been and where do I go now?”. What are the significant events that have shaped you?
Jonathan talks about the steps you should take as you’re just starting to figure out what you should be doing.
Check out the Free Agent Academy if you’d like to hang out with Jonathan and me.
I was in the mountains of Colorado for a few days with a group of aspiring Free Agents and Christopher Browning and I were able to escape for a few hours. Here’s what we learned from a few hours in the mountains.
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