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The gift of fear
Fear can save your life. When what I’m up against deserves a legit fight or flight, I’m glad fear exists. The adrenalin it produces is a quick-burn fuel that can get me going. But, what if fighting...
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Who’s in?
Looking back, I’d say that the clients that made the most impact in my life are the one’s that cost me something… where it wasn’t just about getting paid but where their story made a mark in my...
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Interrupt the conversation
You are what you focus on. This is good news actually… only tragedy is if you don’t take responsibility for what you choose to attend to. So, whether you’re focusing on challenges in front of you,...
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Running… and other entrepreneurial pursuits
Normal. When you decide to be a runner there are a couple things you should not be surprised by as you actually get into the game… that is, when you get beyond the buying of the shoes, the picturing...
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What Music can teach Photography
I think we’d be smart as professional photographers to learn all we can from the new music industry. Despite those who’ve declared music dead, I’d say that – based on results – their industry is...
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Two of the smartest entrepreneurs I know
Two of my favorite entrepreneurs in the world are Amit Gupta of Photojojo fame and Chris Guillebeau of The Art of Non-Conformity. A while back, Amit authored the fantastic Photojojo book and took on...
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Walking in Love – Official Gear of Better Together
I’ve been a fan of Walk in Love since they first launched. I was proud to support them because of what they stood for, how they run their business and because their gear is sweet. Well, this week, our...
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Education for the sake of what?
Education was always meant to be instrumental to action. Learning for learning’s sake isn’t enough. It needs to point to something, empowering and making what used to be out of reach, available if I...
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Jessi and Austin
When a family trusts you with a second daughter’s wedding (here is the first), it is both an affirmation and a privilege. Thank you Walker Family! I was eager to give it my all for Jessi & Austin....
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Kristen and Rob | London Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Kristen & Rob’s wedding was perfect from start to finish. After an epic engagement that took us all over LA, I wasn’t sure it could be topped. I was wrong. The backdrop was Gordon Ramsay’s The...
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Context for your content
One of the things I love about creating original content, is I get to make stuff in a way that works for me. Like athletes having a favorite glove or stick, workers wearing the right clothes for the...
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Building Your Brand Platform for Maximum Impact
I had the chance recently to do a Converge interview Michael Hyatt around the topic of building a brand platform from which to communicate anything you care about most. It was fascinating to learn...
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The power of curiosity
People are strange when they’re a stranger, people look ugly when you’re alone. -The Doors Like politics, religion is one of those areas that can polarize people pretty fast. It makes sense. Both...
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Your life is the manifesto
When I do something… anything… I am making a declaration to the world about what I believe is important and right and true and beautiful. I don’t always think of that when I cut someone off on the...
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I believe change is possible
One of the most thoughtful books I’ve come across in the last few years is Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit. Not only is it well written, the investigative reporter for the New York Times and...
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Before you talk, meet, email or post – do this!
Idea Prep * It’s one thing to have a good idea. It’s another to have that idea connect for the people I’m sharing it with. It’s that second part that seems to be the hard part. I often find myself...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Humans in the Physical Universe
The Innovation of Loneliness from Shimi Cohen. Dear listener, reader, watcher, hater, lover and friend, I have a lot of personal goals for this coming year. I’m guessing you do too. A lot could be...
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Start in Front
Photo Credit: Trey Ratcliff If you’re going for a new you for 2014, it’s too late. It’s 7:59am on the west coast. With a fresh cup of coffee at arm’s reach (I’m at Starbucks), a quick text sent asking...
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Why Jimmy Fallon is Best in Show
How the new Tonight Show host is reinventing late night while showing us all how to own our entrepreneurial space. In his first week as the host of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon did what he always...
View ArticlePhotography is dead… long live the creative!
Medium published my article on how the death of photography as we knew it might be the best news your inner creative ever heard. The response has been so significant I thought I should record an audio...
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