Comments on: Golden Goals series: Cyan Ta’eed of FreelanceSwitch on taking on more than you can handle

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:23:05 +0000

Awesome article. I found it searching for “Risk” on the site Leo, so pardon my late response to it :)

Also, on a side note – Cyan is a beautiful woman!

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Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:17:06 +0000

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By: bkyhrjgela

bkyhrjgela — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:47:03 +0000

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» LinkSwitch - A Roundup of Great Links Across the Web — Fri, 11 May 2007 04:47:08 +0000

[...] Babauta interviewed me for his Golden Goals Series on his blog Zen Habits earlier in the week. He has also interviewed Adam Pash of Lifehacker, Darren [...]

By: Collis

Collis — Thu, 10 May 2007 08:48:36 +0000

Hey Leo, yep that was me! Thanks, all those years of study and working for the man designing are paying off finally :-)

By: Leo

Leo — Tue, 08 May 2007 22:53:30 +0000

Thanks for the info, Collis! Btw, I understand you did the design of FreelanceSwitch.com, and I have to say, great job!

By: collis

collis — Tue, 08 May 2007 22:16:21 +0000

Hey Guys! Balfour’s link is correct. I went through some Landmark courses as well. They describe themselves as “education for living” and you generally take courses which last a few days 2-3 but are very intensive. In different courses you look at different things but a lot of it is to do with communication, mending relationships, how you view the past, what power you have over your life and so on.

I think they are quite valuable and I liked their general positive attitude to the world (a big part of the courses is helping your community), but they are a bit intense and because they rely on participants to refer others and their friends, they cop a lot of flak – some of it justified, some not.

Overall I did two courses with Cyan and I’m glad I did them, certainly there is a lot to get there.

Hope that helps!

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 08 May 2007 20:13:55 +0000

This might well be a separate topic, but how does one come up with goals? What is the process? How do you know you have the right goal for you?

This is a question for anyone here: how often, and in what way, do you evaluate your goal?

It seems to me that things change constantly. How much flexibility is built into the goal-generating process, and how much into the goal-monitoring process?

If your goal is to climb a (metaphorical) mountain. You are looking up at it. You imagine what it is like at the top. But as you climb up you start to see things differently. You see more. What you thought might have been a good goal is more than enough, or as you climb further, you realize that you are not enjoying the journey.

And what’s more, now you can see other opportunities that look better than your original vision.

Christopher
http://www.SlowDownNow.org

By: Leo

Leo — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:22:08 +0000

I’m not familiar with Landmark Curriculum … I’ll ask Cyan and see if I can get a link.

But I was glad that Cyan agreed to the interview, which I really enjoyed by the way. She and the other folks at FreelanceSwitch have put out a really great resource, and have had phenomenal growth in the last couple of months. Great job, guys, and thanks, Cyan!

By: Michael Rubin

Michael Rubin — Tue, 08 May 2007 18:31:43 +0000

What is the Landmark Curriculum?