Favorite Things Friday - April 4

Good Reads
Storms Don't Just Destroy, They Heal from Mike Foster
Holding 'Auditions' To Build A Strong Team from Matt Mullenweg
Some Insight Into Haters from Jon Acuff

Prank Call


Highlight Package


Bad Kitty


'Les Mis' Cover


Oops

Favorite Things Friday - December 6

Good Reads
Surviving "Christmas Shoes" from Jon Acuff
3 Career Investments Every Creative Should Be Making from Accidental Creative
Embracing The Tension Between Now & The Next Thing from Skip Prichard

Attacking A Stranger


Nap Time


Dogs In Boots


Playground Swing


Boxing Commercial

Favorite Things Friday - November 8

Good Reads
Your Best Story from Jon Acuff
Turn Your Life Around from Dumb Little Man
Fear The Fear, Feel The Fear from Seth Godin

Church Campus


Real Life Superhero


Tour Of Eesti's Natural Beauty

Flying over Estonia with an octocopter from A&J on Vimeo.


Show Of Emotion


Recurring Prank

My Journey with Jon Acuff - Inspiration & A Challenge

I don't intend for this to turn into a "My Journey with Jon Acuff" blog, but that's kind of where I'm at now.

Today's 'homework' is to post a video that inspires you. I chose one from Good Will Hunting for a couple reasons.
1 - I'm starting to realize the importance of having someone in your life that challenges you. Someone who will keep you accountable and push you when you're settling for less than being awesome.
2 - I can identify with Will. I'm a reader, but it stops there. I read a lot of blogs, books and articles, but seldom act on it "until the time is right". In a sense I'm overfed and out of shape intellectually.
3 - Like Will I tend to see the negatives.
4 - I get sarcastic and mean when I'm challenged.
5 - I don't know what I want to do, so I blow smoke and shovel it as a defense mechanism.

This clip (and the film) inspires me to live for more.
To do the work
To chase after awesome.
To drop the B.S. and really take a look inside and ask if I'm living true to myself.


Careful, there are a couple swears if that sort of stuff bothers you.

Haters Gonna Hate

For those lab-rats people taking part in Jon Acuff's START Experiment today is "International Ignore A Hater" day.

Our task today is to ignore the haters. Ignore the email, tweet, or facebook comment that is slinging mud. The idea is to enjoy the peace of mind that comes when you disregard the haters.

I laughed. Okay, challenge accepted. I don't run into many haters anyway.

So I've taken the challenge and I'm ignoring those that try to bring me down today.

So far (about noon'ish as I type) I've run into people who have told me my dream is dumb and unrealistic.
Said my show is too worldly
Told me they want the old morning show hosts back.
Called me a false prophet.
Said I lack spiritual depth and questioned my salvation.

Oh snap!

This is harder than I expected.

Feel like hatin'?
Comment below, but I won't respond... Today.

Time To Start

Today is release day for a book I've been anxiously awaiting for a while now. Today is the day Jon Acuff releases his new book: Start. I pre-ordered it and can't wait to lock myself away and devour it once it arrives in my mailbox. 

What's the book about? It's about doing something awesome. 

About punching fear in the face.

About doing something with your life that matters.

That is something that resonates deep inside me.

There are voices that say: "You're too old."

"You need to be 'responsible' and avoid risk."

"Don't rock the boat."

"You've got an ok thing going here. Do you want to lose it all?"

"You're not qualified."

I believe those voices are wrong.

I feel like Jon and I are kindred spirits.

When he speaks about being stuck. I'm right there.

When he shares about getting glimpses of awesome, then having to go back to average. I feel it.

When he admits to wanting the process to go faster. He's reading my mail.

At the risk of sounding like a groupie, I'm picking up with whatever he's putting down.

While I haven't read the book yet, I am going to take the risk of recommending anyway.

At least check out the website: http://TheStartBook.com

Favorite Things Friday - March 15

Favourite Reads
How To Create A Life List by Jon Acuff
How To Change A Habit by Donald Miller
12 Ways To Communicate Company Culture from Small Business Trends

Favourite Science Lesson


Favourite Estonian Pastime


Favourite Marketing Stunt


Favourite Cute Animals Video


Favourite Smart Guy Saying Smart Things

Favorite Things Friday - March 1

Favourite Reads
Can 30 Minutes Change The World? from Jon Acuff
The Hardest Part Is Getting Started from Skip Pritchard
Building Your Business On Value, Not Pricing from Kyle Chowning

Favourite Upcoming TV Series


Favourite Time Lapse


Favourite 13 Year-Old


Favourite Car Commercial


Favourite Guerilla Marketing Stunt

Favorite Things Friday - Oct 26

This Week's Reading List
How To Guarantee Your Dream Fails
Two Different Spirits Guiding the Christian Church
Set Yourself On Fire

Favourite Marketing Campaign In An Elevator

Favourite Interview About Organizational Culture


Favourite Video Game Marketing Campaign


Favourite Musician Playing An Awesome Venue


Favourite Promo Video For An Item On My Christmas List

Favorite Things Friday - Sept 21

A mixed bag of favs this week.

Favorite Posts
The Expert From Afar (from Phil Cooke)
Are You Hurting Your Own Cause? (from Harvard Business Review)
4 Biggest Time Traps In Your Life (from Sanders Says)
Stop Trying To Look Cool (from Jon Acuff)

Favourite Bus Ad


Favourite Place To Play Hockey


Favourite "How'd You Get That Past Security?" Moment

Favourite Explanation For Cutting Your Sister's Hair Off





Anything catch your eye this week?