Expert Predictions of the Future

I’m an expert right? 🙂

Here are some of my predictions for what the future might hold:

During the year 2013, the following will happen:

  • Apple stock will not perform well
  • Miami Heat will win their second championship
  • There will be a cyberattack against the United States

Before 2017 the following predictions of the future will come to pass:

  • The United States will undergo inflation of at least 10% in one year
  • The first self driving cars will be sold commercially
  • Chess will be solved – an unbeatable algorithm will be created
  • Python will grow more than C#, Rails, PHP, Java

Before 2020, I predict that the future will have:

  • A war between the United States and Iran, North Korea, or Egypt
  • Drones will be an everyday part of life in America.
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Thankful

I am thankful for many things this Christmas Eve:

  • My great supportive family – brothers, grandparents, extended family
  • Good group of friends – Jarek, Fletch, Nick, Justin, Shawn, Kenny
  • Living in a free country with free enterprise where I can start and run my business as I see fit (for the most part)
  • Crossfit for helping me round out my fitness
  • Rock climbing for challenging me mentally and physically
  • The awesome team I have at Coalition who are helping to build amazing sites and achieve great client results

 

Incremental Life Hacks Lead to Vast Improvement

I have discovered that small incremental life hacks stacked upon one another over time leads to a vast improvement in your quality of life.  What are some examples of incremental life hacks that I use?

  • I do burpees each morning, adding an additional one each day.
  • I do some form of exercise each day (rock climbing, Crossfit, basketball, flag football, hiking, etc)
  • Use a spreadsheet that emails me each morning and asks me to update it.
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Quora.com: I love it!

For those of you who have not yet tried Quora.com, I strongly recommend it.  Tons of smart, well-written advice from successful people.  It is really helpful for getting expert opinions on just about any topic.

2 Characteristics of an Entrepreneur

Two characteristics I have observed about entrepreneurs (both successful and unsuccessful) are:

  1. Bring certainty into an uncertain world.  A business owner can never be sure if his employees will do the work or a client will pay.  He has to take fickle people and use a business model to translate that into certainty for both his customers and employees.  
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Sell Your Website

For all of you people out there looking to sell an old website, please email me!  I am looking to buy websites.  You can reach me by using the contact form on this website or leaving a comment on the blog. Please email me your contact information, the URL of the website and the amount of money you are willing to accept for it.  … read more “Sell Your Website”