Extraordinary Stamp of Approval, Modite Natural Talent or Practice Makes Perfect? My natural affinity to this stuff has also kept me interested in this industry for years so I’ve gotten better at taking in knowledge really fast. My girlfriend told me that I was going to be horrible, maybe for a long while, and that [...]
Read the Full PostValedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling in Graduation Speech
August 25th, 2010 with View CommentsExtraordinary Stamp of Approval, Swift Kick Central Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling in Graduation Speech School is not all that it can be. Right now, it is a place for most people to determine that their goal is to get out as soon as possible. But now, I have successfully shown that I was the [...]
Read the Full PostThe First Step to Becoming Extraordinary
August 8th, 2010 with View CommentsMy newest post over at the Lifestyle Design blog, Untemplater is up titled: The First Step to Becoming Extraordinary I have a history being a Consumption Whore, but have realized that it might be such a bad thing: it might just be the first step to becoming extraordinary.
Read the Full PostA Process-Oriented Mindset Can Change Your Life: The Extraordinary Stamp of Approval
August 6th, 2010 with View CommentsTwo times a week I summarize two blog posts relevant to this site’s three topics, careers, business and life. A Process-Oriented Mindset Can Change Your Life Society is so focused on results: getting things done (we have a book for this), checking tasks off our to-do lists, always moving to the next thing. We are [...]
Read the Full PostDon’t Hate, Appreciate: The Power of Embracing Your Strengths
July 1st, 2010 with View CommentsThe passages below are from Scott Belsky’s new book “Making Ideas Happen,” which I have been obsessed with ever since reading. To set up the passages, Belsky went to a storytelling workshop and is waiting to hear constructive feedback from the group after he finished telling his story. I was grateful for the positive response [...]
Read the Full PostReThink 1.0
May 5th, 2010 with View CommentsTwo lessons I took away from my studies in economics are this: there are unanticipated consequences to the most well intentioned actions and there are usually better ways to meet an intended objective. With these thoughts in mind I want to present to you my Rethink series. The goal of which will be to find [...]
Read the Full Post
