We’re a few days out from the New Year. While there’s nothing really special about the new year, but it’s a nice arbitrary way to look back on what you’ve done the  past 365 days. I’ve been looking through old blog posts and journals from the last year and it’s been a little bit of a crazy ride as I go [...]

The victim wonders why nothing ever goes their way. The conquerer wonders how lucky they are. The victim wishes things were different. The conquerer makes things different. The victim passes blame and points fingers. The conquerer accepts blame and moves on. The victim argues minutiae. The conquerer understands what matters. The victim accepts reality and waits for for someone to [...]

When I played basketball, we would run a lot of sprints. We ran drills sometimes, but we did a lot of sprints. Someone on the team would screw up a play and coach would line us up on the line and have us run suicides until we’d feel sick. There’d always be one or two team members who couldn’t keep [...]

This is a note that I jotted down from a conversation I had with Nate Damm when he was walking across America: Epic ≠ Long. Too many people mistake writing something epic with writing something long. You don’t have to write 3,000 words to make something worth reading. You just have to make it worth reading. Tweet

Common choices seem safe, they aren’t. Uncommon choices seem risky, they are. The truth is all choices are inherently risky because every decision involves risk. Some risk people are comfortable with. Some they aren’t. The risk people are comfortable with is called the “safe choice.” The ones they aren’t comfortable with is labeled “risky.” The key is to work on becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable.

My name is Joel Runyon. I used to be a perfectionist. There used to be a time where I was an absolute perfectionist. Everything always had to be perfect. Down to the very last detail and I wouldn’t ever, ever, ever let something go live until it was absolutely perfect. There was only one problem… I never got anything done. [...]

Impossible The wait is finally over and it’s here. I’ve talked about this enough so you can read about it more over at Impossible HQ. I know, I know, you all thought it was impossible for me to actually finish this, but it’s finally here What is the Impossible Manifesto? It’s a challenge to push your limits, and live a [...]

What Do You Want is an excerpt from the Impossible Manifesto: Available here and ImpossibleHQ for download for absolutely free.

Nice people don’t change the world and you don’t put a ding in the universe by getting everyone to like you. Filing Down The Edges When we’re kids we’re taught to get along with people. The advice goes something like this: Go with the flow. Don’t cause a ruckus. Fit in and do what everyone says and everything will be [...]