[caption id="attachment_2634" align="alignright" width="461"] photo credit: armosa studios[/caption] The 2012 World Domination Summit wrapped up this past weekend. And, unless you have been sequestered in a monastery, in silent meditation without internet access, you can barely get a pixel's distance from the phrase World Domination Summit. That is, of course, if you are on the web with any regularity and have a hunger for alternatives to the status quo and defining life on your own terms.

As the excitement builds for World Domination Summit, or WDS for shorthand, there are a few things you need to know if you are a WDS newbie. WDS, which takes place in Portland July 6-8, 2012, is the progeny of my friend Chris Guillebeau’s fertile mind. Wildly successful last year, this is the sophomore year for WDS. This year WDS will double in size setting loose 1,000 official attendees, and likely many more who come to hang out, on downtown ...

The contest is over for a copy of Chris Guillebeau’s latest book, The $100 Startup. Thank you to everyone who weighed in with a comment on the business they would start today, if time, money, and fear were not in the way. I love your creativity and your desire to craft a business that is infused with your personality! I wish that I could award a book to all of you, but alas, that I cannot do (unless Chris wants to send more ...

I know how it is; I was there, too. You can hardly stand it. You go to work each day, living for the weekend (and happy hour), and that coveted one-dollar raise you have been waiting for that came through after your formal review no longer makes you feel gratified. The stories you tell yourself about security, prestige, and company loyalty seem so phony. That’s because they are. You are the only one who will care about your future and your now. ...