I told my son that at this point in his young life, he has three very important jobs. Listen to your parents/teachers/grandparents. They’re telling you things for a reason, and no, you don’t know better than they do. Tell the truth. Always be curious and try new things. If he does these things, the rest…
Tag Archive: learning
If At First You Don’t Succeed
We can’t all be the best at everything, no matter how hard we try. I wrote a post about it over on the Creative Freelancer Blog. Check it out! You can also see all of my posts for the Creative Freelancer Blog in one place. They focus on topics of interest to freelancers, like marketing,…
Wonder
How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year? I have a 4-year-old son. If you ever doubt the wonder of anything on this earth, spend time with a 4-year-old and watch through their eyes. Just today, we went to The Tech Museum in San Jose. Originally, we had planned to…
Not-So-RDQLUS Thinking
Ever since I read this blog post from Steve Gordon — a.k.a. RDQLUS — I’ve been thinking about the creative professionals that I’ve worked with during my career. “I’m so sorry,” they say by way of preemptive apology. “I’m not much of a writer.” I always cringe when I hear that. Sure, maybe they’re intimidated…
The 3rd 40: Day 34
When you start with a 6:30 run and end it with an 11:30 phone call home, it makes for a very long day. Some highlights from Sunday: After Google Maps listed only Starbucks locations that were behind locked doors in office buildings, I assumed that I would have to order room service to get a…
Unplugging From the News
I’m a news junkie. My homepage is set to Google News headlines. I read the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BoingBoing and anything that shows up in my feed reader under a variety of custom-configured search parameters. And say what you will about Twitter as a tool for outbound communications, but the hive…