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Happy Birthday to My Dad!

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Welcome! Thrilling Heroics is a site for young professionals and college students who want to pursue an unorthodox, exciting lifestyle & career. If you like what you read here, subscribe for free and get tips on personal development, entrepreneurship, branding & lifestyle design delivered to your email inbox or RSS reader. My father has always been there [...]

Tweet and Grow Rich: A Beginner’s Guide Plus 5 Tips to Rock Your Business With Twitter

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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For newbies out there who don’t quite know how to best put Twitter to use, and for those of you who aren’t using it yet but are wondering if the new web service is worth your time: This Guide is for You. What is Twitter? Twitter is a new social network/instant messaging mashup that’s being referred to [...]

10 Pitfalls to Avoid as a New Entrepreneur

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

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Since I started my freelance business, I’ve loved the freedom, but it also comes at a high cost, which is why most people don’t start their own businesses. I’ve struggled with the transition to working from home, social isolation, difficulty prioritizing for myself, lack of motivation, the slowing economy, and more. It’s not easy, but [...]

Check Out ThrillingDesign.com If You Need Help With WordPress & Blogging

Monday, August 4, 2008

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There have been several recent changes in my online empire. In addition to the new blog community search tool I recently introduced to the blogosphere, I’ve mentioned my new freelance site a few times, and my recent interview at ABCnews.com, but I wanted to take this opportunity to officially invite you all to visit ThrillingDesign.com, [...]

Announcing an Awesome New Community Search Tool for the Blogosphere!

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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Ever since I discovered Google Custom Search, I’ve been using it to pinpoint the exact kind of awesome articles, tips and tricks I’m looking for much quicker, and to increase my efficiency and decrease the time it takes me to find answers or write up blog posts. Personally, I’m a big fan of productivity lists, how-to’s, [...]

Thoughts on Working From Home and Starting Out as a Freelance Web Worker

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

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As a follow-up to my post the other day, How to Make Friends with Career Columnists and Influence Mainstream News Organizations, I’d like to share some more of the insights from my conversation with ABCnews.com columnist Michelle Goodman. She asked a number of really great questions, and naturally only a very small part of our [...]

How to Make Friends with Career Columnists and Influence Mainstream News Organizations

Friday, July 4, 2008

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For readers in the States, the 4th of July is the anniversary of the day the U.S. signed the Declaration of Independence. ABC News celebrated Independence Day with an article yesterday to help wannabe freelancers declare their own independence! Michelle Goodman, the blogger behind Anti9to5Guide.com, asked in her Career Management column at ABCnews.com, “Ever Dreamed of [...]

Considering an Alternate Viewpoint: “The Curse of Exceptionality”

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

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Lea Woodward shared an interesting viewpoint yesterday on FreelanceSwitch. Lea proposes that being ‘average’ may just be enough, and discusses how in a culture saturated with self-improvement and business success literature, a strong focus on exceptionality can actually lead to burnout: In a society where everyone is trying to be exceptional or remarkable, the outcome is [...]

Perform a 2007 Year-End Personal Development Review

Friday, December 28, 2007

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The advent of a new year is a great time to reflect on all that you’ve done over the past 12 months and take what you’ve learned, and build a roadmap for the coming year and beyond. Lea Woodward at Freelance Switch wrote a fantastic article to help freelancers apply what you learned in 2007 [...]

It’s Time for Some Thrilling Heroics: Commit to Pursuing Your Wildest Dreams with Me in 2008!

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

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Over at CodyMcKibben.com in November, I wrote about my experiments with freelancing, and about my desire to shift my career so that my work is not just means to pay the bills, but more of a way to express my passions and continue to increase my personal growth. See the post here. In response [...]

Experimenting with Career Options

Monday, November 5, 2007

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It’s been a while since I really wrote regularly on either of my blogs. Somewhat unfortunately, I’ve been tied up with work. In the last several weeks, I’ve experimented with a few different things. I left my full-time employment at Sacramento State University almost two months ago, after which I took a short break while my [...]

Everything’s on Delay…I Broke My Hand

Monday, September 10, 2007

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For those of you who haven’t heard yet, I broke a metacarpal on my right hand over the Labor Day Weekend, so I’ve been having a tough time keeping up with the blogs, with my freelance coding, and my job search. Since the doc put me in a half cast, I only have about one [...]