As we'd all expect: having a new baby changes your life. I guess that bit was
expected for me and I kinda settled into my own comfort zone of perceptions
during Jeanne's pregnancy last year. What I didn't expect is how this would
completely change me.
I'm typing this with
I just watched the above talk by Jeff Waldman about Swings: Bolivia, the
project
that I backed on Kickstarter and turned out to absolutely love
[http://adii.me/2011/10/swing-life-away/]! In this 20-minute talk, Jeff just
talks about their experiences leading up to Swings: Bolivia and then also all
[caption id="attachment_1157530480" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="My
swing hung in Cioroco, Bolivia. Click to zoom & see my inscription."]
[http://adii.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/swings-bolivia.jpg][/caption]
A couple of weeks ago I backed the Swings: Bolivia
[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/502952195/swings-bolivia] project on
Reading through Ben's post
[http://www.instigatorblog.com/startup-accelerator-making-money/2011/07/29/],
from which I've extracted the above quote, I found myself nodding in agreement
to most of what he said. The quote above made me stop reading though and I found
myself unsure of whether I actually believed that.
I woke up this morning thinking about how blessed I am to actually love my job
[http://twitter.com/#!/adii/status/96100450822127616]. That thought process led
me to think about success and how I - in the context of being an entrepreneur -
define success for myself.
From the top
Life changes so quickly...
I can finally (publicly) share that Jeanne & I are 9 weeks pregnant and
expecting our baby later this year. We've known for a couple of weeks, but
waited for our first doctor's appointment before sharing the news with the
world.
Heck, to say that the last
I have often wondered what defines me as an entrepreneur: Is it the fact that
I've managed to co-found a genuinely successful and profitable company
(WooThemes)? Or the fact that I've tried my hand at quite a few other projects
and ideas along the way?
Can I be considered successful
I just read this great post - "When you want to quit because it’s just not
worth
it" [http://blog.asmartbear.com/startups-emotionally-draining.html] - about how
it's generally pretty shitty being an entrepreneur if you consider all of the
emotional ups & downs you have to endure. As I
So following up on this tweet about my upcoming international travels, I have to
say that there’s only two words to describe my current emotion: surreal &
blessed.
At the beginning of the year I set myself the goal of speaking at, at least 3
international conferences. Up until now