Here's the first second> final round of unfiltered reviews and opinions on a variety of topics related to WDS. Check them out and decide for yourself what WDS is all about!
Every year we see hundreds of blog posts from attendees. Here's the first second round of unfiltered reviews and opinions on a variety of topics related to WDS.
After spending hundreds of hours in preparation and then hosting a week-long adventure for thousands of awesome people, I don’t actually say much about it afterward, at least not on the blog. I’m a writer who doesn’t do a writeup. Thankfully, our awesome attendees pick up my slack—and wouldn’t you want to hear from them…
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We had a fantastic time at the fourth-annual World Domination Summit (WDS)! I’m incredibly sleep-deprived at the moment, but over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing stories, attendee blog posts, and eventually video of the event. For now, you can see more than 1,200 photos at the official media page. Side note: It appears…
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Today officially begins the fourth-annual World Domination Summit, also known as WDS. It’s here! Posts on the site will continue, but I’ll be mostly offline with our 3,000+ arrivals coming in for the main show + many different academies. Later this morning, our first Academies will begin. I’ll be at several of them. Tomorrow morning…
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We didn’t buy it, but we did in fact rent it out. Today I was working on my quarterly taxes and smiled when I saw the charge for the Oregon Zoo from last year. Aside from my house, the zoo was the largest thing I’ve ever paid for—and the largest credit card charge by far.…
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I'm in Berlin. What a fun city! I'm excited to stay somewhere for three whole nights. I flew out of Doha's brand-new airport early this morning. Unbeknownst to me in advance, when I came in two days ago it was the very first day it was open—which of course was a mistake.
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You don’t write a book because it’s a good thing to write a book. You don’t write a book to “build your platform.” You write a book because you can’t bear not writing a book. You have something to say and you’re willing to put in the effort, day after day, to craft that message in the best possible manner.
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For a long time I’ve been troubled by the fact that there are many, many amazing people who are part of this community in addition to doing other awesome things—yet we don't do a good job of telling their stories. Just as we're actually making Unconventional Guides now instead of just saying that we should, I'm finally working on addressing this problem.
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Last year for my birthday I went to Norway with 200 of my closest friends. Fun times! This year I went to Bali... by myself. It was a very different experience, but also good.
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A few years ago, I had a crazy idea to start a blog. As time went by it slowly turned into a community, a business, a series of books and events, a tour to 150 cities (so far…) and so much more. When people ask if I still recommend blogging, there’s an easy answer: YES!…
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