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"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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YOU ARE THE REASON
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it is possible to turn dyslexia into a positive rather than a negative. I learned to focus on the things I was good at and delegate other tasks, a skill that set me in good stead to develop the whole Virgin Group. Having dyslexia means having to trust others to help you with tasks or do them on your behalf – this ability to let go is vital for entrepreneurs.
Richard Branson. Founder of Virgin Group
...because truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
Herman Melville, Author of Moby-Dick
Can Everything Change In An Instant?
Rather than a singing competition, The Voice is a documentary reality show about the mentorship of young singers by charismatic and caring celebrities. Each week viewers tune in not to see who wins and loses, but rather to watch as singers grow into artists; the same is true of most singing competitions, true, but the tight focus on mentorship foregrounds this narrative above that of competition.
Myles McNutt, Reviewer AV Club
The Voice "Live Finale"
How to Fold a Shirt in Under 2 Seconds.
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No matter how much money you have, you can’t buy more time. There are only 24 hours in everyone’s day.
Bill Gates, Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Three Things I've Learned From Warren Buffett
Do what you love. Then master it so you can do it much better than anyone else you know. Happiness is where interests and capabilities intersect.
Michael Lazerow, Founder Buddy Media
Offbeat Advice I Wish I Was Given In School
Truly confident people are quiet and unassuming. They already know what they think; they want to know what you think. So they ask open-ended questions that give other people the freedom to be thoughtful and introspective: They ask what you do, how you do it, what you like about it, what you learned from it… and what they should do if they find themselves in a similar situation.
Dharmesh Shah, Founder and CTO at HubSpot
9 Qualities of Truly Confident People
Start-ups and underdogs have nothing to lose. Their fear of change pales in comparison to their fear of being killed, which is always right around the corner.
Scott Belsky, Co-founder of Behance
Goliath's Best Chance of Survival
This story, like all good stories, isn’t about getting to the ending. Good stories are about the hero becoming the person that the ending can happen to.
Donna Bowman, A.V. Club on the Journey of Ted Mosby
Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers
Seth Godin
Entering the Arena
Last week I hit a wall.
Afraid of hearing the word "no" from a potential business partner, I preemptively shut down conversations by hiding behind the need to develop a perfect pitch. Of course, this only resulted in me sitting in front of my keyboard feeling deservedly frustrated and unaccomplished.
What I should have done is entered the metaphorical arena by couragously committing to my ideas and drafting a proposal thereby opening up the conversation, knowing full well that the only way to find the perfect pitch is by asking more question and allowing a co-created solution to emerge.
This realization hit me while listening to the TED Radio Hour Podcast on Making Mistakes, where Brene Brown explores if we can gain strength from recognizing shame and embracing vulnerability:
I know it's seductive to stand outside the arena, because I think I did it my whole life, and think to myself, I'm going to go in there and kick some ass when I'm bulletproof and when I'm perfect. And that is seductive. But the truth is that never happens. And even if you got as perfect as you could and as bulletproof as you could possibly muster when you got in there, that's not what we want to see. We want you to go in. We want to be with you and across from you. And we just want, for ourselves and the people we care about and the people we work with, to dare greatly.
Ultimately, the proposal that I sent today was no better than the proposal I would have sent last week. In fact, the delay probably did not help my case much. Moving forward, I guess I'll just have to take a page out of Guetta's book, don some titanium armor and join the fight.
I'm criticized, but all your bullets ricochet
You shoot me down, but I get up
I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Watch the full TED talk here:
Sources
“Making Mistakes” - TED Radio Hour
“Listening to Shame” - Brene Brown | TED
2013 Resolution: Ask Better Questions
Want to seem more interesting this year? Start by being interested. Focus on making others feel intelligent, impressive and fascinating. Instead of focusing on yourself, shine the spotlight light back on them by asking better questions:
Social jiu-jitsu is easy. Just ask the right questions. Stay open-ended and allow room for description and introspection. Ask how, or why, or who.
As soon as you learn a little about someone, ask how they did it. Or why they did it. Or what they liked about it, or what they learned from it, or what you should do if you're in a similar situation.
By asking for advice, you are demonstrating that you respect their opinion and in a way, are inviting them to be part of your future success.
Here is to a more charismatic 2013. Cheers!
Source
“6 Habits of Remarkably Likeable People” - Jeff Haden | Inc
New Year's Day: A Collective Legally Blonde Moment
It's New Year's Day.
Today, we wake up armed with a handful of fresh resolutions and a little resolve borrowed from the promise of a new year.
We head to the gym, take to the kitchen, curl up with a book and hunker down in front of a keyboard. We swear off the junk food, power down the TV and dream of a better, happier, healthier, more productive life. Waiting for that all important day when we walk out of the room as people whisper behind us:
Do you think she just woke up one morning and said, 'I think I'll go to law school today'?
That day however, is not today. Because achieving our resolutions are never quite as easy as waking up and making a grand proclamation. A better life requires life long changes. It's about showing up to each battle, win, lose or draw, while not losing site of the overall war. Jeff Goins helps us to understand why most resolutions fail:
A resolution is something you make. Resolve is something you have. Call it semantics, but this is important. A lot of people will make resolutions this new year and immediately break them. Why? Because they’re not really resolving to do anything. They’re just wishing.
So where do we find resolve? Or better yet, how do you build resolve? Lifehacker recommends a scaffolding approach to structure your goals that involve the following steps:
Choose a concrete goal Determine the next action Make your resolution open ended Seek out a support network Be realistic and kind
At the end of the day, we all have 24 hours. Changing your life requires that you to rethink how to prioritize the time that we are all given.
Source
“Why You Shouldn't Bother with Writing Resolutions this New Year” - Jeff Goins | Jeff Goins Writer
“Scaffold Your New Year's Resolutions for Lasting Change” - Jason Fitzpatrick | Lifehacker
2012 Score Card
Raw Score: 23/28 = 82%
with bonus points 43/28 = 154%
TRAVEL OFTEN
Modesto, California
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Washington D.C.
Indio, California (Coachella)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Barcelona, Spain
Rome, Italy
Paris, France (Roland Garros)
London, England
Black Rock City, Nevada (Burning Man)
Portland, Oregon
Seattle, Washington
Bonus Travels and Repeat Locations
Florence, Italy
Venice, Italy
Milan, Italy
Lake Como, Italy
Madrid, Spain
Fountainbleau, France
San Bernardino Mountains, California
New York, New York
Denver, Colorado
Albuquerque, New Mexico (Hot Air Balloon Fiesta)
San Francisco, California
Honolulu, Hawaii
WHEN YOU EAT, APPRECIATE EVERY LAST BITE
Experiment with molecular gastronomy
Sculpt a cake
Participate in a flavor-tripping party
Experiment with vegetarianism
Bonus Adventures
Deep fry a turkey
Craft homemade ice creams
Adopt a paleo-esque lifestyle (25 lb lighter from the start of the year)
Memorable Meals
Pistachio and Rose Macaroons from Pierre Herme | Paris, France
ALL THE PIZZA from Pizza Bonci | Rome, Italy
The Reggie and McIsley from Pine State Biscuits | Portland, Oregon
ALL THE CHOCOLATE from Theo's Chocolate Tour | Seattle, Washington
Sweet Corn Pancakes from Maria's Cafe | Minneapolis, Minnesota
OPEN YOUR MIND, ARMS, AND HEART TO NEW THINGS
*Design, make and sell something
*Travel by train across the US to either Chicago, Seattle or both
Attend a major festival (like Burning Man)
*Play tennis on real clay courts
Take a class in free running at Tempest Academy
Bonus Adventures
*Sold my first ad campaign
*Traveled by train across Italy and from Paris to London
*Played tennis on American clay courts, real European clay is up next
Rode in a hot air ballon
Wake boarding with Captain Morgan
Hiked Diamond Head, Koko Head. Hawaii Loa Ridge, Griffith Park and the Boulder Basin
Completed a round of Insanity
Tried Crossfit
LIFE IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU MEET, AND THE THINGS YOU CREATE WITH THEM
Simon Mainwaring - We First
Dave, Michael and Fabian - Holstee
Colin Wright - Exile Lifestyle
Chris Guillebeau - Art of Non-Conformity
Anyone - Virgin Unite Team
GETTING LOST WILL HELP YOU FIND YOURSELF
Travel Hacking
Blogging/Building a Personal Online Brand
Any suggestions for 2013?
If I seem too passionate, it’s because I care. If I come on too strong, its because I feel strongly. And if I push too hard, it’s because things aren’t moving fast enough. This is my home, you are my family, and I promise you, I’m not going anywhere.
Leslie Knope. "The Debate" - Parks and Recreation | Season 4, Episode 20
Battle cry. Let's go.
Revisiting the White Desert Forest
You know it's close so you keep pedaling.
Shrouded in swirling clouds of playa dust, the shadowed masses of deserted bikes come into focus. A white walled sanctuary stands strong in the distance, a welcome shelter from the sand, sun and sweat that coats every inch of exposed skin.
Bike parked. Lock secured. You slip between the walls and enter the white desert forest.
Behind you the bass filled beats of Robot Heart silently fade into the background and the soft rustling of a thousand plastic strips beckon you closer.
Remove your shoes first, then your socks. The rough sun warmed wood beneath your feet guides you along the perimeter of this plush furry wonderland.
A sudden breeze sends the delicate white leaves into flurried dance revealing a cuddled mass of people lying on the forest floor. The winds calm, the strips settle, and once again everything is shielded behind a shimmering wall of white.
With your first step, you sink into the padded foam floor. Soft white fur provides a welcome relief from the grainy layer of dust that covers your shoes, tent and just about every other surface that comes in contact with your feet. Careful to dodge the scattered assortment of limbs, you step over an arm here, a leg there until you discover a wide open spot to call your own.
Collapsing onto the ground, you slowly stretch out as the fine sea of white fibers gently tickles your bare back and neck as you begin borough deeper.
Staring up at the blue sky above you smile.
With their tips cut to barely graze the top of your skin, the strips scatter, caught in the rhythmic breath of the playa.
Here you lay.
You are happy. You are warm. You are loved.
Source
“The 'Desert Forest' Installation - Burning Man Art Decompression” - Paige | LOCZIdesign
"Burning Man 2012 - White Forest" - Starjuice | deviantART
"The Desert Forest at Burning Man 2012" - thehomertov | Youtube
Taking Note
Writing a blog post is often a paralyzing proposition.
Your breath grows shallow as you are transported back to school. Memories of all nighters and minimum page requirement leave your hands frozen on top of your keyboard as the clock in the back of your head continues to count down till class the next day. Scrambling for sources to weave together into a tight insightful masterpiece worthy of an A, your fingers finally fall into a rhythmic flow only to be broken by a single long silent press of the delete key. Sigh….
Even though I have left school behind, I have not been able to shake my rocky relationship with writing. Overwhelmed and exhausted before I even begin, I have failed to keep up with my resolution to blog more this year.
With only a month left, I have determined that a new medium requires a new mindset. Instead of approaching each post as a research paper, I want my blog to instead serve as a collection of notes. Martin Varsavsky, CEO of Fon, provides an enlightening insight into how he handles social media:
Sometimes people say: how do you get work done if you spend so much time on social media? But I use social media to take notes, like I have an idea for a business and I blog it, I share it, and I work collectively with people.
Here is hoping that a shift in mindset leads to an increase in consistency for my blogging. I guess we will all know in a month.
Source
“Time vs. Impact in the Lives of Entrepreneurs” - Martin Varsavsky | LinkedIn
