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Inspired by Seth Godwin’s response on Tim Ferriss’s Podcast Radio Hour You can ruin your whole education with this one sentence: Will this be on the test? When you begin to ask that question… and you think to yourself “well this is too hard… oh wait, it’s not going to be on the test? I’ll… Continue reading

“Jeff, this X isn’t supposed to be here. Can you move it?” I responded: “Yup you’re right. I’ll move it, sorry” What I really wanted to say was: “I know it’s not supposed to be there, but person Y literally told me they were going to move it…it’s clearly their fault but OKAY I’ll clean… Continue reading

It’s that time of the year again: where companies begin to roll out December Christmas promotions. Honestly, this is just a great marketing strategy. December is the month of consumerism and many people, including myself, find it the best time to treat themselves and other friends & family with gifts. But before you indulge in… Continue reading

We like to hear affirmations of what we believe in ourselves. We begin to seek and mingle with people who only hold similar opinions and thus we neglect those that oppose us simply because they are different.But if we only read and listen to our own beliefs, that doesn’t create dialogue.Creating dialogue is the key… Continue reading

Never forget to credit someone for their work and time… It feels absolutely horrible to be on the receiving end of NOT receiving credit… We invest our time in activities we love, and when we fail to receive recognition for our hard work and investment, it feels as if our work is unimportant or negligible… Continue reading

No know really knows what they are doing or going in life Vinh Giang, a great motivational keynote speaker, put out a video today on this subject: You don’t have to have complete clarity about your life; you only need to be able to see the next step with clarity. Keep taking that next step… Continue reading

Working for 10 hours is hard… The key is to not count the minutes in each hour, but to simply work without thought. Then, after it’s finished, you can look back and wonder how you survived such a long day. Then you do it 5 days a week for a year… Then you do it… Continue reading

I am the Assistant Stage Manager for Villanova Theatre’s production of A Streetcar Named DesireI do important things like setup props, help create the set, give people lines when they forget them, and getting the actors coffee when they need it. I find it interesting being someone else’s “servant”. It’s such a low-stress, simple task: Buy… Continue reading

Anytime you do something for the first time, it won’t be perfect. In basketball, it’s called first-time jitters. Some basketball players airball their first shot and miss really badly when coming off the bench. Then those same basketball players then manage to score the next 2, 3, 4 or more shots in a row.  Give… Continue reading

Stressing about something has always seemed stupid to me… Because immediately after you go through that stressful thing or finish that stressful project, it all goes away. Almost as if there was no trace of it ever happening. Everything leading up to the moment is completely erased because what matters is the end result. Stressing… Continue reading