Essays

“There are no dream jobs. There is work that is worth your time, and work that isn’t. You’ll never be sure which is which, so there are only two ways to do the work in front of you: the right way or not at all.” – Wilson Miner We’ve created an unfortunate reality when it […]

I regularly hear people call themselves “multi-potentialites” or “multi-passionate.” You know what that’s called? Being human. Every person on earth is born with potential. Research on the growth mindset shows us there is a simple difference between people who build new skills and explore new possibilities and those who don’t. The difference is a mindset […]

You Do Have Time I hear this from people I care about all the time: “Oh wow, I would never have time to do something like that.” That’s probably true. You probably don’t have time to go fishing every week, write a daily blog, or build a business outside of your day job. At least […]

Before you can take action on a given idea, you have to talk about it. If you work on a team, you have to thrash early before the idea solidifies and you’re ready to move forward. If you’re starting a solo project, your mastermind group or confidants might help you hash out an idea before […]

Life happens in seasons and cycles. Arranging habits into routines is the best way to consistently do your best work… But every cycle of routinized work should eventually be broken. Nathan Barry wrote for more than 600 days straight before he finally allowed himself to break the cycle. James Clear takes at least a one […]

What do you do when you get up in the morning? What about before you go to bed at night? I know my most productive days happen when I wake up after 8 hours of sleep, run, eat breakfast, read, and then write. When I’ve done all of that before starting my workday, I’ve already […]

“Is there anything I could ever do that would make you not love me?” Lewis Howes says to his best friend. This was Lewis’s way of prefacing what felt like an impossible conversation: telling his closest family and friends that he had been raped by a man when he was a child. And once he […]

We’re lucky to see thousands of examples of businesses in our work at Fizzle, and personal development and internet marketing are by far the most common topics we see. The world doesn’t need another “personal development” or “internet marketing” site. There are plenty of other problems to solve, and those two problems have been tackled […]

It seems everyone in the world of entrepreneurship wants to be a “solopreneur” these days. The fame and glory go to the entrepreneur who is able to find a way to make enough money to travel the world, buy a big house, and publish a monthly income report to prove it. For some people, this […]

Being in the arena is hard. Sure, being nobody helps when you’re starting out, but eventually you’re more than a nobody. The more you build your body of work, the more people tend to pay attention. As you gain an audience for your work, at least two types of people will begin to emerge. The […]