Debriefing: September 2010

Good morning from the living room couch at the Riskology Lab, here in Portland, OR. September was certainly a blast around here. Lots of great discussions on the site, some more friendly faces, and I even made it out for one more little mountain climb before the cold sets in.

Big plans this month include falling 10,000 feet (parachute included) and the beginning of work on my next digital guide (a note on that below). Hope you’ll stick around for the ride.

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Every new month we’ll look back at the last one and do a little debriefing of what’s happened around Riskology.co. If you’ve missed anything, this is great place to catch up.

From the Blog

In September, I wrote about how to change the world for $10.08, revealed 5 ways to turn a terrible idea into a great one, published a monster of an essay on how to write your own biography 40 years early, and built a fun flowchart to help riskologists like you and me make better decisions.

I also talked about the strategy I used to find 1,000 riskologists to join the movement here in just 15 minutes a day, gave away the secrets to reading someone’s mind, discussed keeping up appearances from the top of Saddle Mountain, and asked you to reveal your secret mission.

All in all, a good time!

Incoming!

I’m pretty excited for October. If everything goes according to plan (yeah right) I’ll jump out of an airplane, finalize my plans for the first big 7 Summits trip next year, and start work in earnest on my next big digital guide.

I don’t have a name for it yet and I don’t know exactly how it will look, but in the reader survey last month, you guys told me you were working on some really important projects and you wanted a guide with strategies to get more people interested in it. So, of course, that’s what I’m going to create for you.

Here’s a taste of what else you’ll see this month:

The details of an investment that you can never lose (unless you decide to lose it)

An explanation of why every decision you make is life or death (even the tiny ones)

The reason asking “Why?” is always the right question (even if you’re older than three)

How You Can Get Involved

I feel so stinkin’ lucky just to be able to write at Riskology.co for you, and even more lucky that a lot of you have written in wondering how you can help spread the word. So thanks!

Here are the best ways to make AR an even better place for even more people:

Leave a comment on an article that you have an opinion about. I try to ask a question for you to answer at the end of each piece because I firmly believe that you can learn more from a blog’s readers than you can from the writer.

Sign up for email updates to get my 5 Risks That Made History email series or subscribe via RSS so that you don’t miss an article that could help you or someone you know.

Share an article with your friends on Twitter, Facebook or any other site you hang out at. If you use a bookmarking site like StumbleUpon or Digg, submit any article you like there.

Hook up with me on Twitter and Facebook to share your ideas.

Or, of course, you could do whatever else you want to spread the message. There are no rules because that’s kind of the whole point around here.

Over and out,

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You can also check out previous debriefings to see how Riskology.co has been evolving.

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