In her song Burn, Ellie Goulding says, “Cause we got the fire, fire, fire, yeah we got the fire fire fire And we gonna let it burn burn burn burn” Notice that she says, “We gonna let it burn.” Not, we gonna keep adding sticks until the fire smothers and runs out of oxygen. It … [Read more…]
I’ve got burritos in the oven so we’re not going to waste any time chitchatting. An interesting observation I’ve had over the last year or so is that the value of your time varies. I think that’s a poor explanation so let me try to rephrase that. Over the course of a day, week, month, … [Read more…]
In fifth grade our teacher asked who was excited to eventually get their driver’s license. Everyone’s hand went up except for mine. Perplexed, the teacher asked me why I wasn’t looked forward to getting my license. I replied that, “Getting my license doesn’t matter to me because by the time I’m 16 I’ll be rich … [Read more…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i5i4mqvucg Last month Seth Godin wrote an interesting post on the harsh tone of most signs. ABSOLUTELY NO CREDIT CARDS. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST OR STOLEN ITEMS. BATHROOMS FOR PATRONS ONLY. He made the point that, “There’s no legal requirement that signs have to make you sound like a harsh jerk in order to carry … [Read more…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAULMnn9wjw Perhaps the most common complaint in self-improvement is that people feel stuck. They’ve tried to do this or that, but their life is at a stalemate. What should they do? We could talk about cultivating a burning desire to change, how they could set better goals, or any other number of tactics. What I’m … [Read more…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAOyoXFhcFA For a long time I thought the celebrities I looked up to were super human. I might have said otherwise on an intellectual level, but on an emotional level I felt my heroes had something I didn’t. I felt that they were wired differently, and that regardless of what I did I would never … [Read more…]
As a juggler a topic that often arises when talking to other jugglers is the amount and frequency one should practice. Of course, most of the community here doesn’t juggle, but I think it’s an interesting topic nonetheless so today’s post will focus on general guidelines that can be applied to ANY field. Think Assimilated … [Read more…]
There’s something very esoteric about the eyes of human beings. When you hold extended eye contact with someone you can peer into their soul, yet at the same time it’s impossible to see your own eyes without the use of a mirror (or other reflection). An interesting theory I’ve heard in the past is that … [Read more…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8quXdXm_YDI Yesterday had just been one of those days. I committed to taking a break from juggling, but irresponsibly forgot to schedule an alternative activity. As a result I got sucked onto the computer, and wasted an entire night chasing shiny objects through every corner of the internet. I don’t mind taking breaks from work, … [Read more…]
It’s been a crazy week, and I haven’t had time to write a blog post so I’m going to give you this instead. Enjoy. [grwebform url=”http://app.getresponse.com/view_webform.js?wid=12610802&u=BS1kr” css=”on” center=”off” center_margin=”200″/]