From the category archives:

Learning

Standing Up…

by Jason on February 23, 2010

ShareAlmost 2 years ago, I started on the path towards accepting responsibility for everything that happens in my life.
I was hardly living my “best life” at the time and the repercussions of that were really starting to be a drag.
The goal (which is always a work in progress) is to stop offloading anything about [...]

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Sticking Around for Greatness

by Jason on February 22, 2010

ShareI’ve spent a lot of time in my life looking for something better.
When I was a musician, I was “looking” for something better in the business world.
When I was in the business world, I was “looking” for something better in the marketing world.
In each subject area, I’d work really hard at the beginning. I’d [...]

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The Hello Kitty Helmet: Business Lessons from a 5 Year Old

February 19, 2010
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ShareThat’s a picture of my son right there. He’s learning how to ride his skateboard. That’s him with his new termite skateboard and all of the protective gear a father could love.
The other week, (before he got all the gear you see in the picture) we were down in Scottsdale visiting the grandparents. I [...]

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10 Things I Learned in School That Aren’t True

February 15, 2010

ShareYou don’t have to talk to me too long to find out that I am not a fan of traditional education. The “be like everyone else,” “put me in a box” and “suppress my ability to think for myself” factory that’s been created over the years.
That, along with TV, in my opinion, plays a [...]

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Review of Seth Godin’s Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

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ShareI love people who think for themselves.
Especially when it challenges the status quo…
When it makes the status quo nervous and shake in their boots, or shows without a shadow of a doubt (in a polite way of course) that the emperors truly have no clothes … well that’s even better.
Seth Godin, of course, is one [...]

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Build a Better Business By Not Working

July 1, 2009

ShareWhen I was back in music school, one of my teachers always said something to the effect of, “one of the best ways to become a better musician is to live a fuller life. Your life will inform your music in a way that practicing never will.”
Now at the age of 18, a statement [...]

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