Imagine you wanted to be a Navy Seal. They tell you, show up here at 3 am every day and we'll walk you through what exercises to do during the week and then you can do them on your own and report back. No one yells at you or watches you. You do it all on your own. When you fail to do the exercises, they ask you how you feel. Well I'm just really tired after the first day...the exercises are very…
On November 15th, Techshop closed their US locations. They fired the employees, locked the doors, and announced that they were immediately filing bankruptcy (which as of this writing they haven t filed). Months ago they stopped paying instructors and eventually they Continue reading The post How to get your money back from Techshop first appeared on ALLENTUCKER .
I’ve been listening to the iprocrastinate podcast and they talk a little about increasing self awareness. Then the other day I was thinking about how most of the coaches and athletes I know keep detailed workout logs. They track each Continue reading The post Self Awareness first appeared on ALLENTUCKER .
Our goals must compete for our willpower and resources. Often one goal prevents us from achieving other goals because we don’t have the energy to do everything. We try to do too much and then we fail at everything. Even Continue reading The post Conflicting goals first appeared on ALLENTUCKER .
Write advice to yourself or other people. Review it regularly. Edit it. Refine it. It worked for Marcus Aurelius and it worked for Bruce Lee. I ve started a list of advice or things I know. Perhaps things I believe I Continue reading The post Write advice to yourself first appeared on ALLENTUCKER .
Over the holidays I sat down with Bill Hartman to talk about working, learning, how to create the perfect athlete, as well as how he broke into the publishing industry. If you're not already familiar with Bill, he is a physical therapist working out of Indianapolis. There he co-owns a gym and PT clinic. His clients include kids, professional athletes, CEOs, and average joes. His internship program…
So somehow you ve ended up with a beard, and maybe you ve even bought a swedish made axe. Perhaps you ve taken an interest in zombie survival, or you really just like multitools. Well all that stuff has to go somewhere and Continue reading The post The art of the man purse first appeared on ALLENTUCKER .
Neville wrote a great blog post today on creating a slogan. You should go read it here. I wanted to expand on this a little and provide an example. No one is better at tag-lines than politicians A few years Continue reading The post Tag-lines and framing your message first appeared on ALLENTUCKER .
Anyone that’s ever heard me talk about blogging knows I hate short blog posts. Most of what I do with clients is force them to write longer and more difficult blog posts. There’s a problem with this though, until you’ve Continue reading The post Exponential Blogging – Lesson 2: Consistency first appeared on ALLENTUCKER .
I’m going to start with the exception to the rule. If you are a large venture backed company willing to invest lots of time and effort into creating great websites with lots of ground breaking content or your products are Continue reading The post Why you shouldn’t build a new website for your next product first appeared on ALLENTUCKER .