Fresh Wisdom: The Downside of Storytelling
“With great power comes great responsibility.” The same is true for storytelling. This is the final post in a series on “The Power of Storytelling.” Read “A Relational Tool,” “Social Momentum,”...
View ArticleFresh Wisdom: Your Personal Bandwidth
Sometimes you just have had enough. How do you get to that point? Psychologically, we have finite resources. Our brains can only process so many things at once, say in our environment or when a stream...
View Article10 til 2: When I Learned About Being a Professional
Bars, nightclubs, and parties: my greatest professional development tool. This is another series for 1amgeek that was borne out of years of work and refinement. I started crafting this back in 2009,...
View Article10 til 2: Core Confidence
You learn the most about yourself in stressful times. This is the second post in a series “10 til 2: When I Learned About Being a Professional.” Read the intro post here. Many people do not thrive in a...
View Article10 til 2: Cold Approach (and Rejection)
Fact: the social scene is not geared to favor men. This is the third post in the series “10 til 2: When I Learned About Being a Professional.” Read the first and second posts. For instance: Group of...
View Article10 til 2: Calibration
There is a line you can push things to get what you want. Finding it is the art of calibration. This is the fourth post in the series “10 til 2: When I Learned About Being a Professional.” Catch up on...
View Article10 til 2: Conditioning
“I practice overcoming fear and adversity by overcoming fear and adversity.” This is the fifth post in the series “10 til 2: When I Learned About Being a Professional.” Catch up with the intro, core...
View ArticleFresh Wisdom: Broseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
There is an interesting phenomenon I’ve come to realize recently: there may be some strong powers in the Bro that are commendable. Let’s start with a definition as provided by UrbanDictionary:...
View ArticleHow to Be A Legend
When everyone around you is just wrong, things can become problematic. So what do you do? It’s convenient to think that everyone in the room (or whatever the environment) is starting off from the same...
View ArticleA Redux: The Cycles of Motivation
People go through peaks and valleys in their development, and it drags down motivation. People see progress, plateau, then have to push through to keep growing. Yet, when you plateau it is easy to lose...
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