Posts Tagged as: inspiration
super hero syndrome + the practical response to crazy ambition
or, “How to Accomplish Great Big Stuff in a Short Amount of Time” Technically speaking I created THE FIRE STARTER SESSIONS in under twelve weeks. The holy spirit of digital love and audacity entered my soul and MacBook Pro and said: GO FORTH AND CRANK IT, LAPORTE! Maybe it’s Catholic residue, but I felt called....
i get around: latest report
Where I was last month, and a bit… INTERVIEWS Lindsey Mead asked me Very Big Questions about meditation & presence. “I’m more interested in observing my mind than trying to control it. Easier said than done, because there are soooo many others things that I’m also hooked on controlling.” The Get Inspired Project asked me...
kissing ass, quantum leaps, and the power of being unqualified
(Disclaimer: this vocational approach does not apply to heart surgeons, shrinks, or pharmacists. Or the guys who engineer bridges.) I took a survey last week looking for “unqualified successes,” trolling for crackerjack people who bypassed the diploma, the pecking order, or the security guard to get to the top of their game. Here’s what we...
the red lipstick reporter interview: the psychology of style + branding
The very dynamic Tamara Gold at The Red Lipstick Reporter interviewed me recently about style, being real, and life balance. Click below to hear why I think the “pursuit of life balance”" is bullshit, why I felt like a phat fake when I was running a DC think tank, how to “announce your unfolding,” and...
my studio: i heart tufte
My collection of Tufte works (it’s killing me that I’m missing The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition), Arboretum by David Byrne, makes my heart smile, God stuff that I dip into once and a while, little book I found in a thrift store in Seattle a hundred years ago. My great, great grandma’s...
- She has the knowledge you need to succeed. What she has to say is what our spirits need to hear.
— Martha Beck | Steering By Starlight - ... ignites the mind in ways that could change your career and life.
— Scott Belsky | Making Ideas Happen - Danielle's passion leaps off the page, and reading a few chapters of this book will ignite you into action.
— Gretchen Rubin | The Happiness Project - ...the revolution you've been waiting for, it will shake-up and wake-up every aspect of your life.
— Kris Carr | Crazy Sexy Diet - ... the new, bad-ass Artist's Way.
— Linda Sivertsen | Generation Green - ... shows us how to do what the world tells us we can't: be unapologetic about our deepest desires.
— Gabrielle Bernstein | Spirit Junkie - The Fire Starter Sessions is a revelation. A virtual road map to more engaged state of being.
— Jonathan Fields | Uncertainty - Money, failure, power, appreciation — The Fire Starter Sessions doesn't leave anything out of the mix.
— Barbara Stanny | Overcoming Underearning - Danielle is one serious Fire Starter, and you'll be one too after reading this masterpiece.
— Chris Guillebeau | The Art of Non-Conformity
there’s more in the hot shop
including freebies
- how do you want it all to feel? sensuous goal refinement + emotional magnetizing
- in honour of the fact that life is short
- i renovated the temple! fresh site + new treats! for everyone!
- how to conduct a great interview: punctuations + emotion
- focus, failure, assumption antidotes + surprise success: january roundup
- the manifesto of encouragement
- what is your relationship to…life?
- how to love the inevitable pain of getting focused. it hurts so good.
- the “What I Trust List”. why you need one, and how to do it.
- 49 promo ideas. simple, grand + the tried n’ true.
