1. HELLO
WordCamp Dayton!
I’m Cory Miller!
Founder of iThemes.com

2. Why are we here?
What do we have in
common?
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3. What is WordPress
helping us do?
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4. 4 Takeaways From
Living My Dreams
Online
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5. Key Takeaway #1!
Be Chasing a WorldChanging Vision
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6. You, your family, your
team, your customers
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7. This is Your Why,
Purpose & Summit
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8. The Cause Dictates
the Journey
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9. In 2008, it was clear,
focused and simple
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10. In 2013, I felt lost
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11. Realized how valuable it
was to me and everyone
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12. Make People’s
Lives Awesome
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13. Protect. Prosper.
Productive.
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14. Tip #1
Have two lifetimes
worth of dreams
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15. Tip #2
Be ready to change
& make new ones
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16. Key Takeaway #2!
Go Far Together
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17. ‘If you want to go fast,
go alone. If you want to
go far, go together.”
—African Proverb
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18. Individuals
don’t climb mountains.
Teams do.
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19. We can do more
together than apart
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20. Plus, the real reward
isn’t profit, but people
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21. All about the places
you go together &
the legends you create

22. Watch people
bloom & blossom
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23. Tip #1
Get a sidekick
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24. Tip #2
Find a peer group
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25. Takeaway #3!
Ruthlessly Guard
What Matters Most
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26. You, your family, your
team, your customers
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27. Everything else is
noise & distraction
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28. I was miserable
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29. I vowed to never, ever
let it happen again
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30. Tip #1
You are the protector
of your happiness
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31. Tip #2
You must be happy
& healthy first
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32. Tip #3
Set healthy
boundaries
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33. Tip #4
Read ‘Happiness
Advantage’
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34. Big Takeaway #4!
Keep Clicking
Publish
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35. I Clicked Publish
in 2006
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36. And I Keep
Clicking Publish
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37. “The tragedy of life
is what dies inside
a man while he lives.”
—Albert Schweitzer
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38. Ship and iterate
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39. Do the work.
Ship the work.
Improve the work.
Ship the work.
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40. But ship the work!
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41. We have to keep taking
chances & little bets
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42. If we don’t, we risk being
irrelevant or wasting our
opportunity
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43. 4 years ago, we took a
little bet that paid off big

44. Ship and See
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45. Tip #1
Perfectionism is evil
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46. Tip #2
You only fail if you
don’t try & learn
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47. Tip #3
Success is mostly
showing up & trying
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48. Tip #4
Read ‘Do the Work’ by
Steven Pressfield
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49. My guess is …
You have something
you haven’t shipped
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50. My challenge to you …
Go home & ship it
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51. What’s your two-lifetime vision?
Who are you going with?
Are you protecting what matters?
What will you ship today?
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52. This is me …
cory@iThemes.com
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