Category: Unique Genius
what do milkshakes have to do with life skills & selling? (+ news)
for quite awhile i feel like most of my PebbleStorm has been mostly about family & adoption, rather than prior years’ focus on ‘Unique Genius’. it’s funny how everything i do is all facets of the same gem: perhaps seemingly different on the outside, but all different reflections of the same thing, with my family influencing…
Talk To Me: “Ask Aaron Anything” Call
[Update: the “Ask Aaron Anything” call recording is posted below] I believe, in my soul, that the way we work needs to change, and that people only use 10-33% of their potential in work, today. If even that! (Seen the Unique Genius videos yet?) After working with hundreds of people, I KNOW that you have…
Unique Genius Superhero Interview: Clay Collins, A Marketing Coach Of Mine
The Unique Genius Superheroes Interview Series is about ordinary people who make money through their purpose & passions. They’ve found ways to combine enjoyment, money and meaning in their work. Looking for some blunt talk about purpose + money + some swear words? Gotta say this was a fun interview 🙂 Clay Collins founded “Project…
Unique Genius Video #2: “How To Start A Business That Can’t Fail”
Have you caught the Unique Genius videos? (You can see the full overview at www.UniqueGenius.com). Now Unique Genius is your purpose, translated into a successful, exciting business. So this free series of videos teaches you two mainly about the two most important starting points: 1. How to discover your purpose (or mission), and answer the…
Your Career Will Not Make You Financially Free
Forget for a minute the idea of figuring out and creating incredibly fulfilling work you enjoy. Let’s say you’re in a career that you may or may not like, but either way you have to make some money to pay the bills. Let’s say the thought of actually enjoying work is probably more along the…
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…
Unique Genius Superhero Interview: Michael Bungay Stanier, Author “Do More Great Work” & Founder, Box of Crayons
The Unique Genius Superheroes Interview Series is about ordinary people who have created businesses they love around their purpose. They’ve found ways to combine enjoyment, money and meaning in their work. Interested in learning more about someone who wants to “infect 1 billion people with the possibility virus”? Meet Michael Bungay Stanier. Michael is the…
Unique Genius Superhero Interview: Chip Conley, CEO Joie de Vivre Hospitality & Bestselling Author of “PEAK”
The Unique Genius Superheroes Interview Series is about ordinary people who have created businesses they love around their purpose. Everyone has a purpose (or “calling”), and there are always ways to turn your purpose, any purpose, into a business you love. It’s easier to live your purpose daily when you do it for work! Chip…
Unique Genius Superhero Interview: Marc Allen, CEO New World Library
The Unique Genius Superheroes Interview Series is about ordinary people who have created businesses they love around their purpose. I recently had the privilege of interviewing Marc Allen, an internationally renowned author and president and publisher of the multi-million dollar company New World Library. I wanted to interview Marc for two reasons: 1) Marc Allen…
Your Key To Success – Or Struggle
If I could share only one thing with you to make the biggest impact on your success, it would be to have you look closely at the people you spend your time with. You are a reflection of them and their attitudes and values – for good, numbness or toxicity – rub off on you!…
Unique Genius Superhero Intervew: Tricia McEntee, CEO of Esalen Institute
The Unique Genius Superheroes Interview Series is about ordinary people who have created businesses they love around their purpose. Tricia McEntee didn’t create Esalen, but after she found her own purpose, she was promoted to the CEO role there. Esalen Institute is an amazing retreat spot on the California coast, in Big Sur. It’s gorgeous…
A Unique Genius “Ego Indulgement Exercise”
One of the keys to getting clear on your purpose and dream work is to be more selfish than you’ve ever been before – stop holding yourself back by playing small! You can small in all kinds of ways, such as the amount of money you want to make, the freedom you can have, or…
Example “Invitation To Inspiration” Visuals: Play Into Love & Heart-of-Hearts
Subscribe To PebbleStorm Updates via email While people in PebbleStorm are working on all kinds of projects – internet, coaching and more (like George Kao’s “Effective Social Media Marketing with Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn”), Erin and Hong-Anh here have created a couple of great images that I wanted to share first as a complement to…
How Money Can Mess Up And Help Your Unique Genius
For people working on discovering their Unique Genius, this quote is so perfect: “Make peace with outrageous abundance. You are more likely to have a pure vibration and attract more abundance if you leave money out of the equation. But it isn’t because money is the “root of all evil.” It’s because it messes up…
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…
How You Can Get Into The Heads Of Other PebbleStormers
The picture is from a casual get together of some PebbleStormers in Northern California, at Cafe Gratitude in Potrero Hill (yum!!). From the left, we have online marketing and relationships guru Paul “Irish” Hegarty, social media expert George “TwitterBiz” Kao, Erin “Big Cheese” Halling, Hong-Anh “Love Bug” Ha, and Katrina “Needs a Nickname” Wong (suggestions…
What is your “Unique Genius”?
One of PebbleStorm’s core ideas is “Unique Genius”. I believe that everyone, and each company, has one, whether or not they know what it is or can harness it (yet). [Update: visit www.UniqueGenius.com for a series of free Unique Genius videos] Your life purpose is to help others by sharing your inner self – but…
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…
The PebbleStorm “Sun” visualization
Sketched yesterday while hanging out at the Manhattan Beach Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf… Click to expand… Your Unique Genius powers your dream business, creating the outcomes you desire. I just put some examples in 🙂 Subscribe to PebbleStorm by email
Free PebbleStorm Conference Call: “What is your Unique Genius?”
What is that special, unique combination (your twist) of talents that you enjoy practicing, are great at, and are framed in a way that is meaningful to others? What is your Unique Genius? Come join us this Wednesday, October 29th at 6p-7p PST if: – You’re simply curious as to what this whole crazy PebbleStorm…