Links Around the Blogosphere – Just Do It! Edition

I've come across alot of very inspiring articles this week that I thought might be helpful to those of you who may be unhappy with your job or current circumstances.  I think all of us have something we'd like to improve in our life, or maybe even some dreams that we may have forgotten, that we deserve to re-kindle. 

My new friend, Arvind, has a great new post out this week with some inspirational advice about approaching every day as if it were a carnival.  This is authentic living, with optimism and staying away from folks that will keep you down.  8 Simple Tips to Have a Carnival in Your Everyday Life.

I love this next article.  Particularly the part about how children don't over analyze their life choices.  If they want to do something, they just go out and do it.   Us adults, we analyze all the really bad things that could happen and then judge whether the thing we want to do is really worth it in light of that.  Sometimes, we talk ourselves out of a totally awesome, life-changing experience  Moving to Paris Without Quitting My Day Job – A Lesson in Becoming a Non-Conformist.

From the above guest article, I linked over to the author's blog and found a really great audio interview with Author Pam Slim, who's book, Escape from Cubicle Nation I am six chapters into and thoroughly enjoying.  Pam talks about going after her own dreams and how she escaped her own cubicle-hell.  How Best-Selling Author Pam Slim Started Her Blog to Balance Her Life and Dreams.

Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love writer, Jonathan Fields has a terrific inspirational article from earlier this week about the lessons learned while surfing and observing other surfers out on the open waters.  The Surfer's Guide to Entrepreneurial Bliss.

I'm new to the Dumb Little Man blog.  I guess that's like saying I'm new to sliced bread, but hey, better late than never, right?  The Art of Changing Easily and Gracefully is a terrific article about focusing on the change you want, and not on the results you don't want.  The scary but exciting truth is that the World seems to change faster and faster, and the true successes are those who can adapt quickly and not get all flustered when the rug gets pulled out from underneath you.

Jeffrey Tang also wrote a great article this week on entrepreneurship and the approach one needs to take to develop the proper mindset.  When I write, I try to always ask myself, what can I do to be most helpful to my readers.  Jeffrey takes it a step further by teaching us to take a bolder approach.  The Number One Question Entrepreneurs Forget to Ask.

For the US readers, enjoy your Labor Day weekend.  I'll be returning with more articles on Monday.