Monthly Archives: June 2010

The Three Ways to Deal With Difficult Emotions

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Jill Chivers from I'm Listening Now. Most people reckon they know how to handle their emotions. It’s easy, right? You control them, you manage them (lest they manage you), you get on top of them. ...

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Lessons From One Year of Self Employment

A few weeks ago marked the one year anniversary of my being self-employed. Since then, a lot of interesting things have happened: I released The Zero Hour Workweek, launched Paid to Exist, c0-created The Dojo, and started the Limit ...

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Why Being Honest With Yourself is Keeping You From Getting What You Want

When it comes to being honest with yourself, sometimes it gets in the way of you expressing who you really are. That's because the truth about your situation is NOT the truth about who you are. If your current situation is not what you want, then ...

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Introducing the New Addition to Team Illuminated Mind

I have some very exciting news for all of you. For the past two years, my wife Ev’Yan has been working with Illuminated Mind behind the scenes. Not only has she edited every article here at IM (making sure my posts sound coherent and not ridiculous), but she’s also helped ...

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One Year of Getting Paid to Exist

On this day last year, I celebrated my first day of being 100% self employed. It's been one year since I quit my job to try out this whole "doing what I want" thing and surprisingly, I haven't ended up in a van down by the river yet. When you decide that you're going to deliberately ...

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Monthly Archives: June 2010

The Three Ways to Deal With Difficult Emotions

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Jill Chivers from I'm Listening Now. Most people reckon they know how to handle their emotions. It’s easy, right? You control them, you manage them (lest they manage you), you get on top of them. ...

Continue Reading »

Lessons From One Year of Self Employment

A few weeks ago marked the one year anniversary of my being self-employed. Since then, a lot of interesting things have happened: I released The Zero Hour Workweek, launched Paid to Exist, c0-created The Dojo, and started the Limit ...

Continue Reading »

Why Being Honest With Yourself is Keeping You From Getting What You Want

When it comes to being honest with yourself, sometimes it gets in the way of you expressing who you really are. That's because the truth about your situation is NOT the truth about who you are. If your current situation is not what you want, then ...

Continue Reading »

Introducing the New Addition to Team Illuminated Mind

I have some very exciting news for all of you. For the past two years, my wife Ev’Yan has been working with Illuminated Mind behind the scenes. Not only has she edited every article here at IM (making sure my posts sound coherent and not ridiculous), but she’s also helped ...

Continue Reading »

One Year of Getting Paid to Exist

On this day last year, I celebrated my first day of being 100% self employed. It's been one year since I quit my job to try out this whole "doing what I want" thing and surprisingly, I haven't ended up in a van down by the river yet. When you decide that you're going to deliberately ...

Continue Reading »