How to Actually Climb a Mountain, Actually
Last weekend, I accomplished another life goal of mine– I climbed Mt. Rainier. Having just moved to the Pacific Northwest a few years ago, it was not immediately clear to me why anyone would consider...
View ArticleThe Rape of the Muse
“I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o’clock sharp.” ― W. Somerset Maugham Creative projects live and die by what you do when you don’t feel creative....
View ArticleIntroducing The 99¢ Goal Coach
Friends– I am now selling something on this blog. I call it “The 99¢ Goal Coach“. If there’s a goal you have for which you want advice, help, or accountability– ask your friends first– but then ask...
View ArticleArt of Manliness Readers: Welcome!
For everyone arriving at this blog from The Art of Manliness (a fantastic blog, if you don’t know about it), good to have you! My name’s Erik and I write about life goals. Feel free to look around–...
View ArticleDo All Your Dreams Start Tomorrow?
Patrick Rhone, author of Enough and Mac Minimal, talked about the Finishing School in his most recent podcast. It was interesting hearing his thought process in deciding to start a Minneapolis/St....
View ArticleThe Finishing School is starting in Boston!
Almost two years ago, I went to Seattle’s Zig Zag Cafe with a handful of friends, acquaintances, and strangers on a Wednesday night to discuss the things we most wanted to do in life. It was a group we...
View ArticleProfiles in Awesomeness: An Introduction to Cal Newport
Cal Newport wrote a book about succeeding in high school when he was in college, a few books about succeeding in college when he was in grad school, and, now that he’s graduating, he’s– naturally–...
View ArticleOh hey there, Austin, Albuquerque, and Boston– you now have Finishing Schools
Finishing Schools, dear readers– they are popping up everywhere. Groups of people meeting to hold each other accountable and help each other with the goals most important to them. It’s spreading....
View ArticleThe Sorrows and Joys of the Bulldozer
Photo credit: Vinoth Chandar (flickr: vinothchandar) We hear a lot of hype about ideas. “Ideas can change the world”. Right. “Ideas can move mountains”. Ideas don’t move mountains, Peter Drucker...
View ArticleMaking Things Happen is a Skill
In the two years that I’ve been running The Finishing School and preaching the gospel of Getting Out There and Doing Stuff, I’ve talked to a lot of people who don’t understand why they should have life...
View ArticleIf You Can’t Beat Them… Have Them Beat Each Other
No one’s perfect, and while for the most part our various failings are viewed as obstacles to us achieving our goals, I want to take a different viewpoint here: each of us has many vices that can...
View ArticleThe Lion in the Wild
The last month, I’ve been just about incommunicado. There’s a good reason for this– I promise. Four weeks ago, I told my boss I was leaving Microsoft. The next two weeks, I prepared for my...
View ArticleNew Tab, New You
This post is about a light-weight piece of software I wrote to help track a few things about me I’m interested in monitoring. It’s freely available (to use and modify) here. This is a story. One...
View ArticleArt of Manliness Readers: Welcome!
For everyone arriving at this blog from The Art of Manliness (a fantastic blog, if you don’t know about it), good to have you! My name’s Erik and I write about life goals. Feel free to look around–...
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Art of Manliness Readers: Welcome!
For everyone arriving at this blog from The Art of Manliness (a fantastic blog, if you don’t know about it), good to have you! My name’s Erik and I write about life goals. Feel free to look around–...
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Do All Your Dreams Start Tomorrow?
Photo credit: Susannah Conway (susannahconway.com) The sure sign of an amateur is he has a million plans and they all start tomorrow. --Steven Pressfield Patrick Rhone, author of Enough and Mac...
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The Finishing School is starting in Boston!
Almost two years ago, I went to Seattle’s Zig Zag Cafe with a handful of friends, acquaintances, and strangers on a Wednesday night to discuss the things we most wanted to do in life. It was a group...
View ArticleProfiles in Awesomeness: An Introduction to Cal Newport
You should assume that any time I recommend a product or service on this blog that I'm being paid millions of dollars and flown out to cruises and conferences in all world's greatest warm-weather...
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Oh hey there, Austin, Albuquerque, and Boston– you now have Finishing Schools
Finishing Schools, dear readers– they are popping up everywhere. Groups of people meeting to hold each other accountable and help each other with the goals most important to them. It’s spreading....
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