Change the World in Fifteen Minutes

The world seems like such a vast place, its problems so overwhelming, that it’s easier for most of us just to look down at out feet and shuffle along, complaining that nobody is changing anything. Goals Status: Marathon: On Track. I’ve missed a few workouts this week, but I’ll be heading out to run three […]

Hero #3: Kyle Maynard

Try to imagine what it would be like to live without arms or legs. Virtually everything you do would be different than it is today. Goals like mine would go from merely difficult to heroic: Marathon: On Track. I ran three miles on Friday for the first time in years. Two Square Yards of Earth: […]

Heroes of 2014

First, status toward my goals: Marathon: On Track. Completed week one of the Couch to 5K program on Friday. Week two starts tomorrow. Two Square Yards of Earth: Behind schedule. I might still be able to finish the outline by the end of the month, which will put me back on track. 100 Posts: Behind […]

My 2015 Goals – And a Little Kick in the Pants

Seth Godin read my mind. Again. Seth knows how important it is for me to force myself to ship, to put whatever is in my head out into the world where people have a chance to love it or make fun of it or ignore it. He knows it’s the shipping that’s really the point–it’s […]

Kyle Maynard Knows Something About Courage

It’s easy to get wrapped around our own limits. We’re too busy, too broke, too tired to do more than plug along, one day at a time. We’re too short, too tall, too fat, too thin to do the thing we really want to do. We’re the wrong color, the wrong gender, the wrong faith. […]