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Posts tagged “dream”

Holstee Gets It

YCombinator shared a tweet today from the folks at Holstee. They have a manifesto that’s so consistent with our outlook (in fact, with our manifesto), I feel like we were separated at birth.

holstee manifesto

When we first asked what will you do with your one wild and precious life, this is exactly response we found ourselves answering with

There are hundreds of thousands species of work that you’ve likely never heard of. If the one you’re in isn’t firing you up, don’t settle. Explore your options. Find something that both meets your financial needs and your growth needs. Many people take jobs for money, but almost all leave them when they quit learning. We want to help you seek out a life worth living. And it looks like Holstee does too.

holstee manifesto espanol

Waiting For Superman

Tens of thousands of people in the US dream of going into education. Hundreds of thousands want to see the education system improve. After this movie, I hope, that number will be in the millions.

On Daily Endeavor, Education is the #1 most requested area to learn more about. The top most requested job is currently Speech Pathology in Public Kindergarten.

Who do you know that can help the people dreaming about becoming a speech pathologist learn more about it?

Speech Pathology on Daily Endeavor

David Byrne: A Time to Reflect

Amidst the upheaval and real economic uncertainty, some people are asking the big questions that often get swept under the rug in go-go times. Questions like: what’s important to me?

Today Mark Hurst’s Good Experience newsletter arrived with a great pull-quote from David Byrne on this very topic. From Mark’s column:

Finally, for more listening: throughout the month of March, David Byrne streams old school gospel. He writes (and I agree):

Byrne…

With the economy and people’s finances in free fall, this is a time when many of us pause to reassess our values — what is important to us, what really matters and how we might restructure our lives to reflect those values. …

Whether you believe in the geezer upstairs or not, you might enjoy these tunes. They’re also the structural foundation upon which a lot of popular music was built — a strong foundation, I might add.

http://www.davidbyrne.com/radio/index.php

It’s the line in the middle that I hear people asking more and more:

what is important to us, what really matters and how we might restructure our lives to reflect those values….

The opportunity cost has never been lower to explore what might be right for you. It’s great to see people doing it.

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