TED = Inspiration. One of my favorite places to go on the internet for inspiration is the TED channel. TED stands for Technology, Education, Design, and they host forums of presenters all over the world. These presenters give short (5-15 minute) lectures on almost any subject but mostly within the 3 core categories of Technology, […]
What will you say to your daughter?
Sarah Kay Sarah Kay is a spoken word artist who also travels the country encouraging children and teens to express themselves through spoken word poetry. She began her story at the Bowery Poetry Club in NYC at the age of 14, and she’s never looked back. In her TED presentation (which I encourage you to […]
Don’t stop believin’. Develop your belief statement.
I received an email… My friend Mark sent me an email in response to Monday’s post – Define the why. It was an email that made me stop and think. He challenged me to go further. To not just say, “Why?”, but to say why in the context of a belief statement (or mission statement). He […]
Take your business to the next level: Define the why
Simon Sinek has given, what I feel, is one of the best TED talks ever. Despite some technical difficulties and low-tech methods of sharing, Sinek gives a 20 minute talk that wraps up why some businesses fail (or fail to be incredible) and other businesses are GREAT. You can watch the video at the end […]
More on your Story
In June, Kia and I visited Portland as both a vacation and the opportunity to attend the Storyline Conference. I’ve posted a lot about my thoughts on both the trip and the conference. Here are some of my favorites: The Power of Story What do you want? 4 Obstacles to living your story. Living intentionally […]
Lead with Passion & Have a Story to Tell – Jessica Jackley
About a month ago, I downloaded the TED app for my iPad. I love what TED does and stands for, but for some reason I never used it until earlier this week. I finally fired up the app, and found a couple of really good talks, but I think this was my favorite. The talk […]
How to stay CREATIVE
For a good portion of my life I thought that creativity was something that was innate. I believed that a person was either creative or you weren’t. Several years ago, I began to realize that this wasn’t true, I realized that I was creative (I had thought I was one of those who wasn’t creative), […]
