Focus: Part 1.
Day one:
Markos Moulitsas is about as talkative and political-geeky as you would expect. Jerome is a bit more knowledgeable and focused, but not quite as passionate.
Things learned:
- Start small.
- Don't be afraid to make calamitous mistakes, particularly early on. See previous.
- Be focused and passionate about what you're committing to.
- Focus on the long term: great things take a long time to build.
- If there's something I want to do, and I get jittery at the last minute and depressive, I need to ignore it and do it.
This sounds like Motivational Speaking 101, but it's all new to me. Particularly right now.
Much of their speeches were basically extensions of the book, but I got a pre-release copy signed for myself and another one for my mom, who's still stuck in Sugar Land with nary a hope.
It was fun. It was new. It was about 20-25 people. 3 bookstores in Santa Barbara suddenly were sold out. I bought some CDs afterwards. I bought a 12-pack of coke and then forgot to put it in the car after putting it on the roof, succeeding in spilling it all over. I laughed it off.
I didn't used to laugh it off.
Small steps.
Things continue.
Markos Moulitsas is about as talkative and political-geeky as you would expect. Jerome is a bit more knowledgeable and focused, but not quite as passionate.
Things learned:
- Start small.
- Don't be afraid to make calamitous mistakes, particularly early on. See previous.
- Be focused and passionate about what you're committing to.
- Focus on the long term: great things take a long time to build.
- If there's something I want to do, and I get jittery at the last minute and depressive, I need to ignore it and do it.
This sounds like Motivational Speaking 101, but it's all new to me. Particularly right now.
Much of their speeches were basically extensions of the book, but I got a pre-release copy signed for myself and another one for my mom, who's still stuck in Sugar Land with nary a hope.
It was fun. It was new. It was about 20-25 people. 3 bookstores in Santa Barbara suddenly were sold out. I bought some CDs afterwards. I bought a 12-pack of coke and then forgot to put it in the car after putting it on the roof, succeeding in spilling it all over. I laughed it off.
I didn't used to laugh it off.
Small steps.
Things continue.