There’s not a much better feeling than being terrified of something, doing it anyways and coming out on the other side better and stronger and more confident than you were before. So if you’re scared to death – congratulations. You’re doing something right. Keep doing it.

Lots of people create t-shirts for their website. Unfortunately, most of them suck. Here’s how I started the Impossible shirt, sold them and actually got people to wear them.

The complete list of convincing, unique and legitimate excuses that you’ll ever need.

50 Impossible Quotes Part of the deal with writing is that some of what you write resonates with people, while some of it completely misses the mark. I try to combat this by hitting publish, even when I’m not sure whether or not what I’m writing sucks. However, while I’ve written my share of bad posts over the last few [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]