The Gently Mad: Life, Business & Entrepreneurship Without The Bs

I had the opportunity to sit down with Chris Brogan for a minutes several months ago while I was preparing for a new show that eventually evolved into The Gently Mad.  It was great to talk to him and find out dive a little deeper into what he's all about. My favorite part of the discussion revolved around the idea of life/work balance and/or separation. It was great to hear Chris' somewhat contrarian take on that (since I happen to agree with him). We also talked about failure, the importance of "mission" and lots of other great stuff. Here are some of my favorite bits from the show: On the Separation of Life and Work “A lot of times people are under this weird pretense that they leave home at home when they head off to work and we all know that’s not true.” “It’s interesting to me that we even try to separate [life and business], because even when I’ve been brought into really big companies, a lot of times it ends up feeling like a personal therapy session. To me it’s not that different.” On Failure,