Just Make It Better

photo by Misserion

Sometimes you have to give in and do nothing.

There’s an impatience in people who want to make things better, in entrepreneurs, in my generation specifically. This immense desire to reach our pot of goals is pushing us away from this moment, further stagnating progress and increasing pressure. Reaching your own greatness shouldn’t mean feeling stressed out and emotionally slamming towards it. Being better means knowing when to stop.

photo by Pedro Klien

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

- Bertrand Russell

Perhaps the greatest mistake we make is making the common opinion that everyone should have children.

In our society having children is considered normal. Being childless is odd and misunderstood, with people concluding that something is either amiss with mind or fertility. Having kids has become an easy way of finding purpose, love and direction, like a to-do list box to check off on the path to American happiness.

photo by lu_lu

The seven boys in my high school class, coupled with my daddy issues, had me thinking better than to waste my virginity on some local loser.

Which at nineteen, left me a dating novice, wasting it on a Long Island loser.

Charlie was a cute, down on his luck 24 year old, with a doctor daddy and name-brand education. I was smitten, stupid, and only paying attention to what I wanted to. Happy to think he was perfect, in his Ralph Lauren life.

20/20 Hindsight

CIRCLE ONE ONLY

quickly.

old.

powerful.

painlessly.

rich.

unknowingly.

With a lot of love.

photo by eugeni_dododov

Be honest -

Which one would you really pick? How does that relate to your life’s joy? What does that mean to who you are and the life you are living now?

Inspired by Hunter Nuttall’s post How do you want to die? and my comment to it.

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1. Always keep your audience’s pleasure in mind.

2. Learn everything you can about it.

3. Do it often.

4. Try new things to stay exciting and unexpected.

5. Look good while doing it.

6. If you’re good people will come back for more.

7. If you’re the best people will never forget you.

8. Be selective who you do it with.

9. Give, don’t just receive.

10. With time, you can always improve.

11. Be receptive to feedback.

12. Accept that regardless of performance, some people will not like you.