One Thing - #Trust30 Day 15

Today's challenge is fairly timely. 

There is a very specific answer I have in mind and it is one that will take place with immediate effect. 

Tomorrow is the 6th installment of Ignite Waterloo, and I was lucky enough to be chosen as a speaker. 

I have been preparing for tomorrow's event for a couple of days so here is my goal: Deliver a memorable talk. 

I know for a fact that almost 100% of the people who attend tomorrow will forget nearly 99% of what I say ... I just want them to go home remembering 1%. 

How do I plan to do it? Simple: practice and execute. 

I'll will share my story once I have it and I probably won't be able to write up tomorrow's challenge because I will be too focused on completing today's. 

Truth by Conan

"It is our failure, to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It's not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right ... your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound reinvention."

Conan O' Brien, 2011, Dartmouth commencement address

Alternative Paths - #Trust30 Day 14

I'm not sure if you can really write about today's challenge but I guess I could start by defining my current (or one of my current) quests. 

Here it is: To understand how to make more efficient decisions. 

Yes, this sounds very lofty ... perhaps unrealistic ... but then again, how else could one describe a quest?

I find the latter half of today's challenge very oxymoronic ... how are you able to define a path that you cannot see? I guess the lesson here really is to try and actually not define it but rather figure out what it is first. 

Once I have ideas about how one potentially can make more efficient decisions, I will certainly share them with you. 

Until then, on with the quest. 

Fear - #Trust30 Day 12

Once again, I feel as though today's challenge has been in many ways echoed by previous challenges; however, instead of resisting it ... here's my answer:

Probably the greatest insecurity I have about becoming my future self, is the time it will take to get there. Time is probably the most valuable thing we have (I believe I wrote about this in the first challenge) and so whenever I feel I'm wasting or have wasted time ... my insecurity arises. 

There truly is only one solution ... spend each moment purposefully. Sometimes, there will be moments you purposefully spend doing nothing, and that's fine. Actually, many times that's needed. 

What fear is holding you back? 

Divine Idea - #Trust30 Day 11

Today's challenge was probably one of the hardest thus far. 

The notion of uniqueness or having original thoughts (or divine ideas) is one I personally find to be extremely challenging to verify. How can you know for sure that you are the only person in the world with such a thought or idea? ... I guess that depends on how you define 'the world.' 

My answer to today's challenge is in a way broken down into two parts. Firstly, I'll be honest and admit that I don't think I necessarily have one single glaring aspect of my life that is not in some way, shape or form an imitation. I think it's extremely hard to find an area where you are completely alone (do not have something or someone to seek as a guide ... or imitate) and once (if) you've found that area, I think it can be very hard to live it. With that said ...

I think in some small way my divine idea has been to create ... when I could have consumed. 

Creation and consumption is like filling a glass with water. Everyday you start with an empty glass ... you fill it with water (consumption) and then it's time for you to create (a mess because water has flowed over the brim of the glass). 

Again, I don't really think this is a 'divine' idea but I believe in it and I try to stick to it everyday. This challenge is certainly helping. 

Your Personal Message - #Trust30 Day 10

I think it would be super cool to create an app out of today's challenge. The app would simply serve up a random answer to today's challenge, which will hopefully inspire people to do something, or at the very least invoke some kind of emotion. 

Here is my answer: It's very simple and I've tried to live by this principle for a very long time (it's paid off for me at least twice in the recent past with my iPad2 stories) ...

persistence pays. 

There's a line between persistence and insanity. I believe it was Einstein who said that insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result. The difference with being persistent is ... hope really. By being persistent you are hoping that at some point the result will change and I am a strong believer that if you try hard enough at something, eventually you will achieve your desired result. 

Keep trying my friends, don't ever stop. 

The Invisible Layer (Podcast)

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Episode Summary:

On this episode I am once again joined by a fellow KWAwesome Trustee, Matt Duench. This time around, Matt and I decided to take on augmented reality! We both agreed that the technology was interesting enough to warrant a full episode and our conversation focused a lot on how this technology can impact marketers. We hope you enjoy the show! (Runtime: 40:37)

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