As I raced along the side of the road, I heard the rumbling of the massive engine behind me. Little did I realize that I was moments away from receiving an open, bleeding wound. I tried look inconspicuous. As though I weren’t in any hurry at all. But in truth, I was 100% focused on …
“I get up every morning around 7AM…” San Diego. March 2016. I think. I was standing with a group of mimosa-sipping business owners, when someone asked about my writing schedule. “First I shower. Then I meditate. Then I sit down to write.” I described my process, and how I feel at a visceral level when …
One spring morning in 2010, I woke up, ambled over to my computer, and discovered my partners cheated me out of a business. I didn’t find out by receiving a long email. Or even an angry phone call. Instead, it was because I checked on something that seemed slightly amiss. The day before, one of …
Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. I focused on the gaps between my footfalls – when I floated through space, and my spine lengthened and aligned. Then, when my feet landed, coiling like springs… I focused on blasting off again, from my hips. It was around 8AM, just south of downtown Baltimore, at the Inner Harbor. I …
A big, belated thank you to Joe Polish, for interviewing me about Should You Date Nate on his I Love Marketing podcast. Should You Date Nate: A Behind-The-Scenes Look At One of The Most Bizarre Dating Profiles Ever with Nate Rifkin
“We’re giving away a ton of content and great information, so we’ll get some good reciprocity there…” Goddamnit. Are you kidding me? More of this? If you think the “Law of Reciprocity” is helping drive your sales in a digital marketing business because you’re “giving away a ton of content” … you’re wrong. It’s a …
Many times, during my 3+ year stint in Boulder, I curled into the fetal position on my condo floor, and cried. For several months, I started every day with a glass half-full of a vodka/energy drink mix. You could have called me a “glass-half-full morning kind of alcoholic.” In the midst of this isolation and …
One early morning, while it was still dark outside, a friend of mine bolted awake in a cold sweat. Even though he lived under a roof with his wife and five children, he felt completely alone. Because, instead of providing for them, he was leading the entire family into a death spiral of debt. Just …
The school hallway loomed as large as an airplane hangar as I paced towards the Principal’s Office. Without the crowds of kids shuffling from class to class, or dashing out the door to busses, everything felt eerily quiet and empty. Especially to a small nine-year-old. I was in trouble for something. Most of the time, …