Are you at a loss for words? Struggling to find the right thing to say, and the right way to say it? Stop editing yourself, and just write it.
In today’s video (above), I share some perspective on self-editing and why more time than not, simply putting pen to paper and getting your thoughts out there to discuss, explore, and question is the absolute best thing you can do.
Love him or hate him. Tim Tebow is getting shit done.
I’m no fan-boy. And let’s be honest, he’s yet to play a full season as a starting quarterback in the NFL, but somehow, someway, in what is probably the ugliest, most unconventiaoal play for any quarterback in the past decade, this guy wins.
If you watched the Bronco’s most recent game against the Jets, as soon as Tim Tebow got the ball with a chance to lead his team to the winning touchdown (95 yards to go with only a few minutes left on the clock), there was no doubt in my mind he’d get it done.
Tim Tebow is an excellent metaphor and example of the attitude and effort each of us should put forward every single day.
Hello and Happy Friday from someone who can’t believe we’re less than a week away from Thanksgiving! How did that happen? At this time next week, I’ll be taking part in the annual tradition of Black Friday shopping with my cousins. The only other brave souls who would dare attempt to deal with those crazy post-turkey-and-dressing-induced-food-come folk with me at 5am. Who’s with me?
Each week I recap some of the best things I’ve read/seen/heard from around the web. I also get you up to date on what you may have missed here on the blog. It’s perfect “right-before-the-weekend-already-checked-out-at-work-on-a-Friday-afternoon” reading.
The stereotypes of Gen Y have been beaten to death. Arrogant. Ungrateful. Rebellious. Stubborn. Know-it-alls – and the overarching idea that we’re better than anyone and everyone who’s come before us.
Some have truth, others, not so much. I’ve held firm to the belief that we are a victim of circumstance. That our beliefs and ideals are not drastically different from those of previous generations, but that our circumstance, the environment we’ve grown up in, and the tools at our disposal, has a dramatic impact on the way we think. The way we tick.
I’ve tacked the label of “Generation Now“, Justin Kan, a 28 year old entrepreneur and founder of Justin.tv, labels us as “Generation Make“. Last week on TechCrunch, he shared some great insight into the mindset of a millennial.
“We are a generation of makers. A generation of creators. Maybe we don’t have the global idealism of the hippies. Our idealism is more individual: that every person should be able to live their own life, working on what they choose, creating what they choose. If you want to build a company to change the world, go for it. If you want to be an independent knife maker, what is stopping you?
We follow our passions. If we do it as a business, then we can create the ability to support ourselves doing what we love, and with some measure of security and autonomy that no institution is going to grant us. The Millennial path to self-actualization is the individual path, each man to create it for himself.”
In short, we believe the world is at our fingertips. That we have shit to say. That anything that can be done, will be done, and that we can do it, or find a way to make it happen.
There’s nothing worse than feeling overwhelmed.
Having too much on your plate is something we can all relate to. And let’s be honest, it stinks. In yesterday’s Pantsless Wisdom, I talked about feeling overwhelmed, and how to work on being less stressed, less distracted, and more focused.
It’s easy to get overwhelmed, but today, I want to share five things that have made a huge difference in keeping me relaxed and focused (because let’s face it, the Jessie Spano, sleeping pills, “I’m So Excited” look isn’t good for any of us).
