Over the last year, I’ve been working harder at living in the present moment. My overall goal is simple: be fully here right now, and enjoy it. It’s not particularly easy, especially with Twiter, Facebook, SMS and dozens of social media options constantly beeping, buzzing, and chirping at me.

But, one thing I’ve found this: Just learning, every day, a small tip about living in the present is very effective in helping to achieve my goal.

So, I’ve created a simple 14-day step-by-step challenge to remind/teach myself about living in the present. Over the next 14 days, I’ve scheduled text messages to be delivered with a “tip” about how to live more in the present.

Example tip: Say thank you today for every experience — the sights, the sounds, the smells, the emotions, the triumphs, and the sorrows.

Join Me! I’d love to share these next 14 days with you. It starts on Sunday. If you’d like to join, send me a buck via Paypal (to cover text message costs) (and you don’t need a Paypal account).

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If you’re a rookie, hit singles. Then master the doubles. After that, you can start swinging for the fences.

Every coach knows that “swinging for the fences” is a recipe for wimpy pop flys, and quick 3-up-3-down innings. Singles beat wimpy pop flys any day.

Sure, there are all-stars who hit home runs their rookie year (Ken Griffey, Jr.), but I’m pretty confident Griffey had been practicing his swing since he could first hold a baseball bat — his dad played for the Cincinnati Reds.

If baseball isn’t your thing, let’s talk music: Avicii’s first hit single, “Lazy Lace” came out 3 years before you ever heard “Levels.” Carly Rae Jepsen (she sings my current favorite song “Call Me Maybe”) finished 3rd in Canadian Idol. You didn’t even know Canadian Idol existed.

We’re following this strategy at Leap. Over the past few months, we built a simple app for letting friends compete with each other in short, fun challenges. It’s not perfect, but it’s definitely “single” material. Apple picked up our app and featured it in the app store. In 2 weeks, 20,000 people joined Leap. You could say we’ve got the single down.

We’re working on the “double” right now. And who knows, maybe we’ll surprise ourselves and knock one out of the park with this release.

Stop stressing and start working on that swing.