1.
Future Careers
For Gifted Kids
Ian Byrd
@IanAByrd
Brian Housand
@brianhousand

2.
The Rise Of The
TINY

3.
The Rise Of The
TINY

4.
THIS IS INVISIBLE

5.
Unique
6
Creators

6.
1. Little Bets
2. Finding A Specific Niche
3. Slowly Build A Following
Three Patterns

7.
Kawehi

8.
Feb 2014 Sep 2014 Apr 2015
Crowd Funding

9.
Lawrence, KS

10.
“For me, the less money and
promotion you have, the
more unique you need to be.”
Kawehi’s Advice:

11.
“For me, the less money and
promotion you have, the
more unique you need to be.”
Kawehi’s Advice:

12.
Lucy Bellwood
LucyBellwood.com

13.
Adventure
Cartoonist

14.
Patreon
Subscription
donations.

15.
BETHANY MOTA

16.
June 12
2009

17.
$40,000
PER MONTH

18.
Patreon
Subscription
donations.

19.
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$15,024 of $1,000,000
per Video
5,890
patrons
$15,024
per Video
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CGP Grey is creating Youtube videos
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1,870
patrons
$5,445
per video
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Pomplamoose is creating music videos
Home Featured Search Sign Up LogBecome a Creator

20.
3806 patrons

21.
JORDAN RUNTAGH

22.
Historian

23.
I got into it sort of by accident;
some combination of luck,
learning to play to my strengths, stubbornly
following whatever interested me,
and the willingness to be patient and do a
LOT of unglamorous (and sometimes
downright awful) work if I felt it would lead
to an opportunity.

24.
The more you read
—ANYTHING at all—
the more you get the
rhythm of words.
It's involuntary.

25.
I had some
exceedingly kind
teachers who
encouraged me in
every way possible.

26.
blind innocence and
ignorance took the
fear of failure out of
the equation

27.
David Peterson

28.
Gatekeeper
Audience
CreatorNo. This is
too weird.

29.
Audience
Creator
Gatekeeper
Let me
help!

30.
What do you want to be when you grow up?

31.
CREATIVE
OUTLETS

32.
Blogs

33.
149 Surprising Ways To
Turbocharge Your Blog With Credibility
John GruberMerlin Mann
NSFW

34.
How do you know if you
should start a blog?
If people keep telling you to shut up.

35.
Obsession
+ Voice

36.
Podcasts

37.
Apps

38.
The whole process of
education should thus be
conceived as the process
of learning to think
through the solution of
real problems.
-- John Dewey, 1938

39.
You don't have to be a doctor or a
politician to effect change in the world.
Solve the problems you see around you.

40.
Self Publishing

41.
apple.com/ibooks-author

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apple.com/ibooks-author

43.
apple.com/ibooks-author

44.
bit.ly/patriotismbook

45.
Required
Reading
* Not Actually Required

46.
Kevin Kelly
1000 True Fans
❤
💕
❤
💕
💖

47.
1,000 true fans
× $100/year
$100,000
doing what you love

48.
How Much Money
Can I Make?
Not

49.
How Much Money
Do I Need
To Do What I Want?

50.
We don't make movies to
make money“

51.
We don't make movies to
make money - we make
money to make movies.
“

52.
Andy Weir

53.
“So a book agent got in touch with
Weir. Shortly after that, the publishing
company Random House called — it
wanted to publish a hardcover. Four
days later, Hollywood called for the
movie rights, Weir said.”
businessinsider.com/how-andy-weirs-the-martian-became-so-successful-2015-6

54.
“So a book agent got in touch with
Weir. Shortly after that, the publishing
company Random House called — it
wanted to publish a hardcover. Four
days later, Hollywood called for the
movie rights, Weir said.”
businessinsider.com/how-andy-weirs-the-martian-became-so-successful-2015-6

55.
“So a book agent got in touch with
Weir. Shortly after that, the publishing
company Random House called — it
wanted to publish a hardcover. Four
days later, Hollywood called for the
movie rights, Weir said.”
businessinsider.com/how-andy-weirs-the-martian-became-so-successful-2015-6

56.
“So a book agent got in touch with
Weir. Shortly after that, the publishing
company Random House called — it
wanted to publish a hardcover. Four
days later, Hollywood called for the
movie rights, Weir said.”
businessinsider.com/how-andy-weirs-the-martian-became-so-successful-2015-6

57.
Paving the Path to the World of the
Tomorrow Starting Today!

58.
a world of
constant
uncertainty

59.
MATHcomputer science, economics, engineering,
neuroscience, and philosophy
cultivate mentors; think about vexing challenges in new ways; and
publish your own open-source code

60.
FORGETTHEi
TECHNOLOGY!

61.
100Rohit Talwar
Today’s children will most likely have to work until the age of
at 40 DIFFERENT JOBS

62.
WHAT IS A
DARK FACTORY?

63.
WHAT IS A
DARK FACTORY?
THAT’S DARK!

64.
Can you adapt?

65.
A LETTER
FROM YOUR
FUTURE
SELF

66.
E. Paul TorranceE. Paul Torrance

67.
1. Don’t be afraid to
fall in love with
something & pursue
it with intensity.

68.
I am interested in _______________.

69.
I am interested in _______________.NOTHING

70.
I am interested in _______________.EVERYTHING!

71.
INTENSE AND
INTERESTING
INTERESTS!!!
INTENSE AND
INTERESTING
INTERESTS!!!
INTENSE AND
INTERESTING
INTERESTS!!!

72.
INTEREST PASSION

73.
http://platformer.cdn.appadvice.com/wp-content/appadvice-v2-media/2016/03/Bracket_83bf350dc77194765fbee1d02505b2b8.jpg
bit.ly/sem-tech-interest-bracket-copy

74.
Don't be afraid to
fall in love with
something and
pursue it with
intensity

75.
2. Do what you love
and can do well.

76.
deep
interests

77.
interesting
combos

78.
independent
1
learner

79.
invest in this
WHAT WE
ARE GOOD AT
WHAT WE
LOVE TO DO

80.
WHAT WE
ARE GOOD AT
WHAT WE
LOVE TO DO
WHAT PEOPLE
WILL PAY FOR

81.
Ira Glass
Nobody tells this to people who
are beginners, I wish someone told
me. All of us who do creative work,
we get into it because we have
good taste.

82.
Ira Glass
But there’s this gap.

83.
Ira Glass
For the first couple years you make
stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s
trying to be good, it has potential,
but it’s not.

84.
Ira Glass
But your taste, the thing that got
you into the game, is still killer. And
your taste is why your work
disappoints you.

85.
And that’s why your work
disappoints you.
Ira Glass

86.
Anyone can
create and publish
today!

87.
What do you want to be when you grow up?

88.
What are you interested in today?

89.
3. Know, understand,
take pride in, practice,
develop, exploit, &
enjoy your greatest
strengths.

90.
WHAT IT MEANS
TO BE GIFTED

91.
TAKE PRIDE IN

92.
PRACTICE
&DEVELOP

93.
make full use of and derive
benefit from (a resource).
exploit
verb

94.
ENJOY!

95.
4. Learn to free yourself
from the expectations
of others and to walk
away from the games
they impose on you.

96.
The Step Story
3

97.
1. Get good grades
2. Go to a good college
3. Get a good job

98.
1. Get good grades
2. Go to a good college
3. Get a good job

99.
Success
what people think
it looks like
Demetri Martin
This Is A Book

100.
Success
what it really
looks like
Success
what people think
it looks like
Demetri Martin
This Is A Book

101.
1. Get good grades
2. Go to a good college
3. Get a good job

102.
1. Get good grades
2. Go to a good college
3. Get a good job

103.
High
performance
Low
effort

104.
High
performance
Low
effort

105.
High
performance
Low
effort
Smart?

106.
High
performance
Low
effort
Smart!

107.
High
performance
High
effort
Not smart

108.
1. Get good grades
2. Go to a good college
3. Get a good job

109.
1. Get good grades
2. Go to a good college
3. Get a good job

110.
Colleges want to see…
Beware this phrase:

111.
Go to the right college
for the right reasons.

112.
1. Get good grades
2. Go to a good college
3. Get a good job

113.
I did everything right.
Where’s my good job?

114.
One day you’ll need to…
Beware this phrase:

115.
5. Don’t waste
energy trying to be
well rounded.

116.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
UNDERGRAD
GRADUATE
DOCTORATE

117.
Pobody’s
nerfect

118.
Know it All

119.
Know it AllLEARN

120.
The illiterate of the
21st Century will not
be those who cannot
read or write,
but those who cannot LEARN,
UNLEARN AND RELEARN.
(Toffler, 1970)

121.
6. Find a great
teacher or mentor
who will help you.

122.
You’re so…
Smart!

123.
Kidney Table!
Curse of the

124.
I’m not grading it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_assistant
Tell me what you’ve made.

125.
What was the hardest part?
What was your favorite part?
What do you want to work on
next time?
Tell me what you’ve made.

126.
MENTORS
All Students Need

127.
BRAIN BUDDIES
flickr.com/photos/shonna1968/2573262564

128.
7. Learn the skill of
interdependence.

129.
Each person needs the skills to
make some kind of contribution
to a changing world
with a lot of problems
that need solving.
James Paul Gee

130.
Overvaluing
Well–Rounded

131.
WEAKNESSES
STRENGTHS

132.
MIKE

133.
1. Don't be afraid to fall in love with something and pursue it
with intensity.
2. Know, understand, take pride in, practice, develop, exploit
and enjoy your greatest strengths.
3. Learn to free yourself from the expectations of others and
to walk away from the games they impose on you. Free
yourself to play your own game.
4. Find a great teacher or mentor who will help you.
5. Don't waste energy trying to be well rounded.
6. Do what you love and can do well.
7. Learn the skills of interdependence.
TORRANCE MANIFESTO:
A Guide for Developing a Creative Career

134.
2017

135.
Everything is
amazing....

136.
Everything is
amazing....
and nobody’s happy.
Louis C.K.

137.
DYUTOPIA

138.
DYSTOPIA

139.
DYSTOPIA

140.
IT’S TIME
TO TAKE
THE FUTURE
BACK!

141.
http://www.westland.net/ny64fair/banner.jpg

142.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/documentsgallery/exhibitions/50th/worldsfair_1200.jpg

143.
September 12, 1962
Rice University

144.
July 21, 1969
The Moon

145.
http://vinylmationkingdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/NYWF_7-64-Progressland.jpg

146.
There's a great big beautiful tomorrow,
Shining at the end of every day,
There's a great big beautiful tomorrow,
And tomorrow's just a dream away.

147.
The way to get
started is to
quit talking and
begin doing.

148.
DREAM.
BELIEVE.
DARE.
DO.