August is traditionally a rough month for media. People tent to be on vacations & out of their normal routine. During August I traveled a bit myself & had sick children to take care of, a sick dog too. It’s been good to take time today to review such great episodes.
#1. Cube 61 – How to Get Things Done
[audio:http://www.startingcube.com/cube61how-to-gtd.mp3]
[mp3 – 06:45]
One of the most practical Cubes that has been released, the practical steps are steps that anyone can take to make a dream a reality.
I’m at a point where it could be easy to just settle into the life that I have, but there are desires of helping more organizations and businesses that cause me to want to add and subtract from my life. Projects I need to just put a due date on & start working. Might be a novel, might be a program. A key for me is to have enough time or margin in my life and that means I need to work on that other side & drop some demands on my time.
This is a really good episode & I can see why it was the #1 downloaded in August 2011.
#2. Cube 63 – Pursuing Moving Cheese
[audio:http://www.startingcube.com/cube0063Pursuing-Moving-Cheese.mp3]
[mp3 – 08:20]
The phrase “moving cheese†is a reference to the book Who Moved My Cheese? a story that goes through dealing with change.
Free is a wonderful book, which I received in audio form for free, but then I purchased two copies of the physical book. One to keep in my collection & one to share with people.
A key element of this episode is that change will happen the question is will you be ready to deal with it or not?
#3. Cube 60 – Overcoming Adversity
[audio:http://www.startingcube.com/cube0060Overcoming-Adversity.mp3]
[mp3 – 06:45]
Change seemed to be in the air in August. This one looked at what some small businesses were doing, along with one mindset of an NFL Player during the 2011 labor dispute.
The most interesting comment to me this time I listened was Ray Lewis talking about how business is about putting people together. It’s a good insight from this man who I have learned to respect a lot over the past year.
#4. Cube 25 – How to Succeed
[audio:http://www.startingcube.com/cube0025how-to-succeed.mp3]
[mp3 – 7:47]
This is a great piece that is well worth listening to on a regular basis, thus not a surprise people have shared it & returning to it again and again.
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal.â€
That’s something worth hearing again and again, too.
What are you thinking about?
T#5. Cube 59 – Do More : Building Fans & Customers
[audio:http://www.startingcube.com/cube0059Do-More.mp3]
[mp3 – 10:30]
“Start Wiring Now†is a great message, and this cube shows great reasons why.
Look longer term is another message from this that rings true to me. You have to do stuff that plants crops that you can harvest later on.
See a theme of the top downloaded episodes this month yet?
T#5. Cube 2 – the Billionaire to the Millionaire
[audio:http://www.startingcube.com/cube0002-b2m.mp3]
[mp3 – 3:31]
Find what works & do it over and over and over. Does not sound glamorous, it could be, but it is a key lesson & how you get to a large collection of anything.
You know who always wins.
Keep that in mind & keep striving for your dreams.
Closing Thoughts
One of the great things about how we have done Starting Cube is that the content is evergreen. An episode might hit you one way today & a totally different one in a year. That’s why the Random Artwork page is a great way to get a daily dose, just fire it up & see the suggestions, pick the image that you like & listen.
