Niall Doherty 1 Every year on this day I watch Benjamin Button, have done since 2009. But not this year. Didn’t feel the urge. Went ice skating instead. Hard to know sometimes if it’s best to do something even when you don’t feel like doing it, or if you should yield to the resistance. 2 You ever get …
1 Off a call with an old friend there, his online business has exploded the past 18 months or so. Talking 10x revenue, up to $40k/month now. Asked if he’d be down for an interview but he’d rather his competition doesn’t know what he’s doing. Understandable. Has me buzzing though, wondering if I should take …
1 How you spend your days is how you spend your life. I gotta start cutting back the work hours, find it creeping into evenings and weekends too often. I tell myself that it’s temporary, just until I get over the hump, but what if there is no hump to get over? Maybe success isn’t …
1 Just had the last call with my coach. Paid him $15,000 for the past six months of coaching. People have asked me if it’s been worth it. I’m not sure there’s an answer to that question. Maybe a year from now there will be. I’ve learned a lot, and I have much still to …
1 In today’s Facebook live I talked about the direction I’m trying to take my business in, which is away from freelancing and towards creating more of my own stuff, videos especially. I’d like to tackle topics like Maria Popova and Tim Urban, but on video. Similar to what Tom Scott’s doing on YouTube. The goal is to …
1 Focusing too much on negative things lately. How’s Amsterdam, someone will ask, and I’ll default to talking about the one or two things that aren’t quite right instead of the ten thousand things that are perfect. I like to believe positivity is a choice, a habit you can build, and that focusing on positive things …
1 Thirty-six years old from Ireland, been all around the world, and somehow this is my first time in Scotland. We’re way up in the highlands already, stopped by a lake. There’s a cottage across a wooden bridge, a massive green mountain rising beyond, a waterfall bursting from the seam. 2 Exploration will have to …
1 Blissful swim down in the bay this eve after a good long work day, flowing gentle around rocks and fish in lazy water. I take my time drying off after on the pebble beach and wind my way back up the steps. I’ll get back to the apartment and cook and read and listen …
1 To my left, a bunch of Asian looking dudes in the volleyball cage, spry and athletic. Above me, a row of bars I’ll try to traverse. And to my right, three dudes sitting on a curb, having a few drinks, probably workmen just finished for the day. Off the bars I’ll notice them passing …
1 Sick of it all. The stress, the uncertainty, the never-ending responsibility. Working for yourself may sound glamorous, but the truth is anything but. You work longer hours for less pay and more hassle. Reached my limit today, to the point where I called into Starbucks and filled out a job application. Give me something …