Photo Credit: Don via Compfight If you think that I have it all figured out, I wake up every day with a shit eating grin about how great life is and I’m in a perpetual Zen like state that makes you w...
Photo Credit: See-ming Lee via Compfight When you start most classes you get a syllabus, and on the front page there is usually a required reading list. Since there are no grades, tests, or term pape...
Photo Credit: lululemon athletica via Compfight When most of us write down our really lofty goals we look at them and think: That would be nice It might happen It would be awesome if Even more powerf...
Photo Credit: Mark Grapengater via Compfight When I interview people for BlogcastFM, I don’t use a script. I ditched it the day I started the show. It’s the lack of a script that has allo...
Photo Credit: Mariano Kamp via Compfight Today, we have a substitute teacher here on the Skool of Life. He also happens to be one of our regular students who you have probably seen in the comments. S...
Photo Credit: BetterWorks Breakroom via Compfight A few days ago I was a working on the careers section of my book. In the early days of the Skool of Life, I wrote a post about self actualization and...
On April 20, 2009 I registered the domain, TheSkooloflife.com. Today my blog is 4 years old. The journey has been a perpetual roller coaster ride and opened up opportunities beyond anything I ever ex...
Photo Credit: bolandrotor via Compfight By the standards, of conventional wisdom the things that I want most out of life make no sense. But conventional wisdom yields conventional results and I just ...
Photo Credit: Allan England via Compfight “Waves are like toys from God. When I’m in the water I’m just playing.” – Clay Marzo, Professional Surfer The ocean is l...
Photo Credit: John Morgan via Compfight Today I’m happy to introduce to you to a substitute teacher here at The Skool of Life. Julie had asked me for some advice about putting some attention on...
Photo Credit: *Lie via Compfight Have you ever noticed how real your dreams can seem? You experience the same sensations and same emotions. Sometimes you wake up in a cold sweat relieved that it was ...
Photo Credit: A♥ via Compfight When you are not the person you thought you’d be keep the following things in mind: A wise person once told me that where you’ve been should be a paragraph,...
For the last few weeks I’ve been in somewhat of a slump. Every single time I’ve been out surfing, I’ve spent hours in the water only to finish a session with ONE damn wave. Even tho...
Photo Credit: Rama V via Compfight We’re one third of the way through 2012 and in case you haven’t noticed time is flying. If you are like most people the idea of accomplishing more in 2012 than you ...
Photo Credit: Casey Muir-Taylor via Compfight Two years ago I wrote about the difference between settling and settling down. Despite the wishes of some people, I’ve stuck to my guns because I truly b...
“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?” [Speaking to John Scully, 1983] – Steve Jobs To the mavericks, the misfits, the r...
Unless you are Morgan Freeman there’s a good chance the voice in your head gets on your nerves from time to time. All you have to do is tell it to shut the hell up and you’ll get a dose of just how ...
You might have noticed it’s been more than 10 days since I’ve published anything new here on my blog. At the beginning of the year I started work on Zig Ziglar’s goal program which forces you to tra...
The internet and the evolution of technology has done something wonderful by giving us all an opportunity for creative expression. The misfits, rebels, and renegades have found a playground. A...
A few days ago I published an interview on BlogcastFM with my friend Mayi Carles and it’s turned out to be a big hit with the listeners of the show. I’d recommend giving it a listen even if you are n...
Ah here you go again…taking another walking down memory lane, looking somewhat disappointed, concerned that you are not the person you thought you’d be by now. If I had a bucket of water I would thro...
Occasionally I like to have substitue teachers here at The Skool of Life. Today I invited my friend Craig Mcbreen to a substitute. Would I be preaching to the choir if I told you to fully embrace so...
One of the things that happens often when I go out surfing is I see older guys in the water. By older, I mean close to 60 years old. When you hear them tell you that they’ve been surfing for 50 years...
A couple months back I told you that you can finally stop waiting for permission to be extraordinary. But I want to take a few steps back, and look at what caused you to wait for permission in the fi...
The other morning my friend Clay and I went surfing at Venice beach. It’s somewhat of a Sunday ritual for us that we like to refer to as our epic Sunday. That usually entails beautiful weather and go...
Over the last several weeks my business partner David and I have been working on several changes to what I affectionately refer to as the BlogcastFM empire. I’m confident many of these changes are go...
Today, I decided to something a little different. I’ve been wanting to do this for a while and never managed to get around to it until now. So here I am in all my glorious imperfections from e...
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“Remember success might be around the corner, oner the next hill or the end of the next effort” – Zig Ziglar The other night when I was filling out my Pick Four Goals planner I saw the quote ab...
The other day my friend and fellow blogger Sean Davis brought up a topic in a forum that I’m in about the value of formal education. As you can probably imagine I had some strong opinions on this. ...
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