Category: Aaron’s Journey
advice on building a services/consulting company
i’ve had a bunch of friends reach out recently around doing more consulting, writing books to build a business, etc. and i have a business that’s on the way to being 7 figures, while working 25 hours a week (usually but not always – since specially lately i’ve had to work harder to keep up & for…
people who adopt have to be INSANE
have you or if you’re married, your spouse, ever thought about or wanted to adopt? but concerns or doubts stopped you / them… i mean, life’s already busy and expensive enough – who’d want to add MORE on top of that by adopting? it’d mean: * more work (and you’re already overwhelmed) * more unknowns /…
funny directions
does life also take you in funny directions, when you let it? i’ve been spending all my time on two things the past year: 1) my family (I can’t believe Pari is about to turn 1!) which is growing again this summer to a total of 4 kids, when we pick up our adopted 4-year…
My Wedding: Happy Happy, Joy Joy!
[Update: we’re also now expecting a new baby girl in Feb 2012!] Have you ever had a perfect day? A recent one was my wedding on May 8th, when I married Jessica Henning Ross. The day was incredible on its own…and even more so since it came together so quickly (in less than two weeks),…
7 Ways To Make It Easier On Yourself To Improve Your Nutrition (Health Series Part 3)
If you missed the prior posts, they are: “Baby Steps To Being A Lean, Mean, Optimum Nutrition Machine (Part 1 of 3)“ “A Lifetime Of Baby Step Health Improvements (Part 2 of 3)“ Do you ever put people on a pedestal and think they’ve got it all figured out? Let me tell you, NO ONE…
I’m (Re)Learning How To Rest
Know those people who are busy all the time? Well, your brain, like your body, needs time to recuperate, re-energize and get stronger. If you don’t get enough rest, you won’t physically or mentally ‘heal’ as much as you could. Here’s a quick (1 minute) video about it, just after I’d gotten out of bed,…
Video: A Friday Frustration & Skin Cancer Update
Here’s a little video update on my skin cancer – it’s all gone, and now I’m going to have a cool scar. And more importantly for you – think I’m always all perfectly calm and zen? Nope! I can get plenty frustrated, as this video shows 🙂 I was thinking about this this morning, and…
My Freak-Out Moment of Skin Cancer, Superheroes, Seminar, Sales Book & Skipping Town
(The picture is of a notebook that Honour Leigh, in the Superhero Program created. Ain’t it cool?) This past Wednesday morning I freaked out for a bit 🙂 Hey, it is relatively rare these days (especially since I began meditation regularly), but it happens once in awhile. I am human… And when I say I…
Ali Berlin Interviews Aaron Ross On Unique Genius
I’ve been doing a whole series of Unique Genius Superhero Interviews (including some new ones coming in the next several weeks of people like Yanik Silver, George Kao, Clay Collins & Amy Applebaum), but now it was my turn to be interviewed, this time by Ali Berlin. Ali Berlin (a life coach in San Francisco with…
I’m Feeling Confused & Overwhelmed (Video)
Do you hold other people up on pedestals? Do you think you should always be clear and happy, and feel guilty when you aren’t? Everyone is human, and perfect in their imperfections. I can feel confused. I can be overwhelmed. I get anxious. I feel all the same stuff you do. The fear comes up…but…
My 10-Step Morning Personal Success Routine (What’s Yours?)
Subscribe To PebbleStorm via email One my essential entrepreneurial practices is a morning Personal Success Routine (“PSR”), that is my foundation for the day. If you don’t have one or you never consciously designed it – you need one. If you have one, I’d love to hear about yours in the comments. I’ve found that…
Free PebbleStorm “Lessons Learned” Webinar Recording
If you could go back and give “yourself-of-six-months-ago” advice around working, and specifically around how to find your purpose while having more success and fun with work, what would you tell yourself? What three pieces of advice would you share? Yes, this is me around 4 years old. If I could only go back in…
Four Core PebbleStorm Programs Have Emerged
If you haven’t seen the updated PebbleStorm homepage links at the top of the blog – take a look. It’s been really interesting leaving myself open to letting things evolve on their own, and then watching ideas and programs snap into place on their own! The Programs & Roadmap A) Feed Your Freedom “FYF” I’ve…
Perfectionism – an Enjoyment Enemy
Follow me on Twitter (By the way, the picture is from a PebbleStorm Treasure Map Hike on Sunday in LA…hence the eyepatch!). Below is an excerpt from an email I sent to the PebbleStorm group going through the “Come Play With Us” program. I’m posting it for two reasons: to practice non-perfectionism (is that a…
“Thanks for making the world more of the place I want to live”
What a fun week and launch on Tuesday! It was just plain fun, both to create and share it, and because it resonated with people. Here are some stats about the launch webinar (thank you again Yanik Silver!)… …..Registrants for the March 17 PebbleStorm webinar: 1300 …..Number of people who joined live on it: 350…
Big Aaron Update: Overload, “Bursting”, Create a Profitable Business in 4 Hours, and more
Overdoing enjoyment You know when you’re so busy that you lose track of time and days? And not in a good way, but in a mentally overloaded way? Because that’s how my head’s been the past several days/week, because my main businesses and projects (PebbleStorm, CEOFlow, DataSalad, ColdCalling2.com and Nitro.la) are all gelling right now,…
My original notes on frustrations with the way work, uh, works
I’ve almost always been frustrated with our traditional expectations of how work and corporate jobs should function (even when I was the CEO of my own company). Back in the summer of 2006 I wrote down some different thoughts around my frustrations. These trains of thought helped crystallize PebbleStorm (“make money through enjoyment”) and PebbleStorm:…
A lifetime happiness and focus enhancer: Vipassana meditation
It’s good to be back ‘online’ here! I just returned from an amazing 10-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat in North Fork, CA (near Yosemite). There were 120+ other people there, evenly split between men and women and ages from 20s-60s. Dhamma.org, describes Vipassana as: “This non-sectarian technique aims for the total eradication of mental impurities…
3 lessons learned from feeling funky (as in “blech”)
For about the past two weeks I’ve been feeling funky. You know that feeling of unspecific, background anxiety that you can have, but that doesn’t have a clear source or cause? That’s what I mean by funky. Sort of an ongoing buzz of low-level anxiety and reduced motivation. I don’t have anything particularly evident to…
Do it now
“I’ll do that…someday” Sound familiar? When I’m busy, it’s easy to put things off. I admit to regularly doing that with blogging. I’ll get to that tomorrow / next week / someday… Yesterday I wrote an email to a friend that included the phrase “I intend to add more about my personal journey to my…