The document outlines lessons learned from a 10-year journey of self-discovery through entrepreneurship. It encourages finding your unique place in the world through entrepreneurship, taking risks, and committing fully to goals. The author shares 10 lessons, including getting out of your comfort zone, building an online platform, prioritizing self-care, and not wondering about what could have been if risks were taken. Readers are prompted to envision their 10-year goals and take steps today to pursue their vision without regret.
1) The document discusses how school districts can tell their story to the world by developing an identity and brand.
2) It emphasizes finding something unique to celebrate and share about the district to differentiate it from others.
3) The document also stresses the importance of making sure the experiences of students, teachers, and community match the stories and identity being portrayed to build an authentic brand.
This document provides 23 tips for advancing one's career in the library field. Some of the key tips include having a good attitude, being willing to take risks, developing new skills, networking, publishing work, and following one's passions. The tips are supplemented by tweets from other library professionals commenting on career advice. The overall message is that an evolving skill set, strong work ethic, and positive relationships are vital for career success in libraries.
Making the most of your evergreen contentRob Mansfield
Forget your sexy viral marketing campaigns - you need to spend time on your hygiene content. The content that powers your site and is the reason people visit you in the first place.
Come ready to make things happen. In under one hour we will discuss 5 questions about makerspaces, dive into the importance of focusing on the culture of a makerspace and not the tools. Additionally, the audience will undergo a build, play, and share cycle through a hands on immersive challenge to experience the culture before walking away with your own set of LEGO pieces to get started. Audience will learn how to apply these ideas into any classroom and school.
Adventures in Wonderland: an interactive tour of 6 impossible thing-Eslblakemore
A workshop presentation on the wonderful ups and downs of teaching with technology. Presented by Katrina Hennigan and Lucy Blakemore at the 2011 English Australia conference in Adelaide.
Sharekhan is one of India's leading retail brokerage firms established in 2000, with over 1200 share shops across 400 cities. It provides a range of products and services including equity and derivatives trading, IPO facilitation, research reports, portfolio management, insurance products, mutual funds, currency trading and more. Sharekhan also has tie-ups with banks and financial institutions to offer additional services like fixed deposits.
This document discusses various topics around creative, innovative, integrative, and futuristic thinking. It provides examples to encourage thinking differently such as inventing a mobile clinic, swimming like a dolphin, or a folding bicycle. It emphasizes that all work is the same except one's approach and encourages asking questions from different perspectives to avoid becoming like dinosaurs who think in only one way.
1) The document discusses how school districts can tell their story to the world by developing an identity and brand.
2) It emphasizes finding something unique to celebrate and share about the district to differentiate it from others.
3) The document also stresses the importance of making sure the experiences of students, teachers, and community match the stories and identity being portrayed to build an authentic brand.
This document provides 23 tips for advancing one's career in the library field. Some of the key tips include having a good attitude, being willing to take risks, developing new skills, networking, publishing work, and following one's passions. The tips are supplemented by tweets from other library professionals commenting on career advice. The overall message is that an evolving skill set, strong work ethic, and positive relationships are vital for career success in libraries.
Making the most of your evergreen contentRob Mansfield
Forget your sexy viral marketing campaigns - you need to spend time on your hygiene content. The content that powers your site and is the reason people visit you in the first place.
Come ready to make things happen. In under one hour we will discuss 5 questions about makerspaces, dive into the importance of focusing on the culture of a makerspace and not the tools. Additionally, the audience will undergo a build, play, and share cycle through a hands on immersive challenge to experience the culture before walking away with your own set of LEGO pieces to get started. Audience will learn how to apply these ideas into any classroom and school.
Adventures in Wonderland: an interactive tour of 6 impossible thing-Eslblakemore
A workshop presentation on the wonderful ups and downs of teaching with technology. Presented by Katrina Hennigan and Lucy Blakemore at the 2011 English Australia conference in Adelaide.
Sharekhan is one of India's leading retail brokerage firms established in 2000, with over 1200 share shops across 400 cities. It provides a range of products and services including equity and derivatives trading, IPO facilitation, research reports, portfolio management, insurance products, mutual funds, currency trading and more. Sharekhan also has tie-ups with banks and financial institutions to offer additional services like fixed deposits.
This document discusses various topics around creative, innovative, integrative, and futuristic thinking. It provides examples to encourage thinking differently such as inventing a mobile clinic, swimming like a dolphin, or a folding bicycle. It emphasizes that all work is the same except one's approach and encourages asking questions from different perspectives to avoid becoming like dinosaurs who think in only one way.
Kent Sayre's Business Launching WorksheetKent Sayre
A guide to leverage your resources. Just go through the questionnaire and you will find out all ideas coming from your mind, producing all the needed resources you required in starting your own micro-business.
15 habits of successful Articles and Interns - CA Pritam MahurePritam Mahure
The document provides 15 habits of successful articles/interns. Some of the key habits include constantly learning and avoiding expert mentality, thinking critically and doubting processes, being original and proactive, focusing despite distractions, being creative, keeping a student mindset, embracing failures positively, setting high standards, and viewing problems as opportunities. The overall message is that interns should strive to continuously learn, challenge conventions, take initiative, and persevere through obstacles.
Balancing a career as a woman is real judith mugeni beauty brains and body af...Judith Mugeni
Beauty, Brain and Body Affair Brief
- Introduction, who you are, what you do, etc..
- how you chose career path or choice of business.
- your passion for what you do, how did you know this is what you wanted to do.
- Failures and successes in your journey/career/business.
- How you dealt or overcame challenges to get where you are.
- what advise would you give any woman trying to find their purpose and passion.
- where do you find strength to keep going and chase your dreams.
- Career/business tips for getting started.
- How do you deal with fear.
This document provides guidance for an information meeting on student exchanges with AIESEC. It begins by acknowledging students' worries like failing exams, unemployment, and dependence on parents. It then presents AIESEC's benefits like expanding one's outlook and network, gaining work experience, and developing skills. Common student questions are addressed. The document stresses defining students' problems and dreams, showing how AIESEC can help, and denying excuses. It provides a checklist for an effective presentation focusing on benefits rather than features while answering questions.
This episode is a family affair, in which Val and his brothers Vince and Charles reflect on the journey of launching a video podcast and now having 10 episodes, as well how to deal with the fear that stops the most from going for what they want.
This document provides tips for standing out at a conference without being disruptive or annoying. It recommends being fun by wearing a smile and engaging others on breaks, being creative with unique business cards or flyers, and being smart by preparing thoughtful questions backed by data for speakers and other attendees. Most importantly, it stresses the importance of being confident by actively connecting with others beyond just speakers and not being afraid of mistakes. The overall message is that conferences offer opportunities to network and get your name recognized through positive engagement with industry communities.
The document contains a series of "Would You Rather" questions followed by various prompts and surveys related to adult ADHD. It discusses the importance of connecting students to their institutions through a sense of feeling welcomed, connected, and engaged. It also addresses why people choose to work in higher education and emphasizes that student affairs professionals can have a significant impact on students' lives through their support both inside and outside the classroom.
Start with WHY - understand your motivation for the startup. Ideas are cheap but execution is key, so focus on solving problems people actually have. Get feedback early by creating mockups and personas to understand your potential users before building the minimum viable product. Don't get attached to your initial idea, as the problem you're solving matters more. Be prepared to fail and learn from mistakes, as success requires persistence through challenges. Most importantly, take action to make your vision a reality rather than just dreaming about it.
This document provides 50 ways to stay motivated. It begins by introducing the author Joel Brown and his motivation website Addicted2Success.com. Some of the key ways to stay motivated discussed include starting with a solid plan, not being afraid of mistakes, setting vivid goals, learning to use available tools, focusing on the basics, and looking for solutions when facing roadblocks instead of losing momentum. The overall document aims to share techniques and mindsets that have helped the author stay motivated in his own success journey.
The document discusses creativity, innovation, and social entrepreneurship. It touches on several key points including having a moral responsibility to help others with excess resources, pursuing opportunities while being kind, and facilitating positive change by inspiring others. The author reflects on their experiences founding social networks and non-profits, and discusses stages of starting new initiatives including gathering ideas, building teams, and gaining professional advice.
Foundup manifesto and o!f manual v1.5 introJose Gonzalez
This document provides an introduction to the Open Incubator (O!F) framework and Foundup model for launching startups. It discusses problems with the traditional definition and high failure rate of startups. The key points are:
1) There is no agreed-upon definition of a startup, and failure rates are estimated at 97%, indicating systemic problems with the traditional startup model.
2) O!F aims to address these problems by providing a collaborative framework and roadmap to help validate, build, and launch ideas (Foundups) into successful businesses at a higher rate.
3) The collaborative Foundup model differs from the traditional institutional startup model in its use of open source tools, wiki collaboration,
This document provides 5 tips for identifying reliable websites:
1) Reliable websites stick to the main topic and have clear aims.
2) Check if information is consistent across multiple websites to determine if it is true.
3) Search engines gather information quickly but do not evaluate reliability, so users must determine what is true.
4) Blogs contain opinions rather than facts and should be avoided for research.
5) Wikipedia can be edited by anyone so information must be verified elsewhere.
This document provides 5 tips for identifying reliable websites:
1) Reliable websites stick to the main topic and have clear aims.
2) Check if information is consistent across multiple websites to determine if it is true.
3) Search engines gather information quickly but do not evaluate reliability, so users must determine what is true.
4) Blogs contain opinions rather than facts and should be avoided for research.
5) Wikipedia can be edited by anyone so information must be verified elsewhere.
This document provides 5 tips for identifying reliable websites:
1) Reliable websites stick to the main topic and have clear aims.
2) Check if information is consistent across multiple websites to determine if it is true.
3) Search engines gather information quickly but don't evaluate reliability, so users must determine what's true.
4) Blogs contain opinions rather than facts and should be avoided for research.
5) Wikipedia can be edited by anyone so information may not always be reliable.
CIVSA 2019- The why of student affairs - avoiding burnoutSwift Kick
This document discusses the importance of student affairs professionals in changing students' lives outside of the classroom. It provides examples of messages from students thanking professionals for their mentorship, support, and role in helping students grow both personally and professionally. Research is cited showing that impactful learning happens outside the classroom and that social integration is key to academic success. The document argues that student affairs work is critical to student success and encourages professionals to champion the important role they play.
The document outlines 7 mindset shifts for success:
1. Do what you do best by living authentically and creating your unique brand.
2. Take 100% responsibility for your actions, thoughts, and situations rather than blaming others.
3. Give it all away by helping others succeed which empowers both them and yourself.
4. Lean into struggle by viewing failures as learning opportunities rather than something to fear.
5. Practice rest-based living through lifestyle design to leverage your time for high-impact tasks.
6. Think big and take risks by visualizing your potential rather than limiting yourself.
7. Be a lifelong student to maintain a learning edge and high self-worth
The document outlines 7 mindset shifts for success:
1. Do what you do best by living authentically and creating your unique brand.
2. Take 100% responsibility for your actions, thoughts, and situations rather than blaming others.
3. Give it all away by helping others succeed which empowers both them and yourself.
4. Lean into struggle by viewing failures as learning opportunities rather than something to fear.
5. Practice rest-based living through lifestyle design to leverage your time for high-impact tasks.
6. Think big through visualization, taking risks, and keeping a broad perspective rather than getting weighed down.
7. Be a lifelong student to maintain a learning edge and
Kent Sayre's Business Launching WorksheetKent Sayre
A guide to leverage your resources. Just go through the questionnaire and you will find out all ideas coming from your mind, producing all the needed resources you required in starting your own micro-business.
15 habits of successful Articles and Interns - CA Pritam MahurePritam Mahure
The document provides 15 habits of successful articles/interns. Some of the key habits include constantly learning and avoiding expert mentality, thinking critically and doubting processes, being original and proactive, focusing despite distractions, being creative, keeping a student mindset, embracing failures positively, setting high standards, and viewing problems as opportunities. The overall message is that interns should strive to continuously learn, challenge conventions, take initiative, and persevere through obstacles.
Balancing a career as a woman is real judith mugeni beauty brains and body af...Judith Mugeni
Beauty, Brain and Body Affair Brief
- Introduction, who you are, what you do, etc..
- how you chose career path or choice of business.
- your passion for what you do, how did you know this is what you wanted to do.
- Failures and successes in your journey/career/business.
- How you dealt or overcame challenges to get where you are.
- what advise would you give any woman trying to find their purpose and passion.
- where do you find strength to keep going and chase your dreams.
- Career/business tips for getting started.
- How do you deal with fear.
This document provides guidance for an information meeting on student exchanges with AIESEC. It begins by acknowledging students' worries like failing exams, unemployment, and dependence on parents. It then presents AIESEC's benefits like expanding one's outlook and network, gaining work experience, and developing skills. Common student questions are addressed. The document stresses defining students' problems and dreams, showing how AIESEC can help, and denying excuses. It provides a checklist for an effective presentation focusing on benefits rather than features while answering questions.
This episode is a family affair, in which Val and his brothers Vince and Charles reflect on the journey of launching a video podcast and now having 10 episodes, as well how to deal with the fear that stops the most from going for what they want.
This document provides tips for standing out at a conference without being disruptive or annoying. It recommends being fun by wearing a smile and engaging others on breaks, being creative with unique business cards or flyers, and being smart by preparing thoughtful questions backed by data for speakers and other attendees. Most importantly, it stresses the importance of being confident by actively connecting with others beyond just speakers and not being afraid of mistakes. The overall message is that conferences offer opportunities to network and get your name recognized through positive engagement with industry communities.
The document contains a series of "Would You Rather" questions followed by various prompts and surveys related to adult ADHD. It discusses the importance of connecting students to their institutions through a sense of feeling welcomed, connected, and engaged. It also addresses why people choose to work in higher education and emphasizes that student affairs professionals can have a significant impact on students' lives through their support both inside and outside the classroom.
Start with WHY - understand your motivation for the startup. Ideas are cheap but execution is key, so focus on solving problems people actually have. Get feedback early by creating mockups and personas to understand your potential users before building the minimum viable product. Don't get attached to your initial idea, as the problem you're solving matters more. Be prepared to fail and learn from mistakes, as success requires persistence through challenges. Most importantly, take action to make your vision a reality rather than just dreaming about it.
This document provides 50 ways to stay motivated. It begins by introducing the author Joel Brown and his motivation website Addicted2Success.com. Some of the key ways to stay motivated discussed include starting with a solid plan, not being afraid of mistakes, setting vivid goals, learning to use available tools, focusing on the basics, and looking for solutions when facing roadblocks instead of losing momentum. The overall document aims to share techniques and mindsets that have helped the author stay motivated in his own success journey.
The document discusses creativity, innovation, and social entrepreneurship. It touches on several key points including having a moral responsibility to help others with excess resources, pursuing opportunities while being kind, and facilitating positive change by inspiring others. The author reflects on their experiences founding social networks and non-profits, and discusses stages of starting new initiatives including gathering ideas, building teams, and gaining professional advice.
Foundup manifesto and o!f manual v1.5 introJose Gonzalez
This document provides an introduction to the Open Incubator (O!F) framework and Foundup model for launching startups. It discusses problems with the traditional definition and high failure rate of startups. The key points are:
1) There is no agreed-upon definition of a startup, and failure rates are estimated at 97%, indicating systemic problems with the traditional startup model.
2) O!F aims to address these problems by providing a collaborative framework and roadmap to help validate, build, and launch ideas (Foundups) into successful businesses at a higher rate.
3) The collaborative Foundup model differs from the traditional institutional startup model in its use of open source tools, wiki collaboration,
This document provides 5 tips for identifying reliable websites:
1) Reliable websites stick to the main topic and have clear aims.
2) Check if information is consistent across multiple websites to determine if it is true.
3) Search engines gather information quickly but do not evaluate reliability, so users must determine what is true.
4) Blogs contain opinions rather than facts and should be avoided for research.
5) Wikipedia can be edited by anyone so information must be verified elsewhere.
This document provides 5 tips for identifying reliable websites:
1) Reliable websites stick to the main topic and have clear aims.
2) Check if information is consistent across multiple websites to determine if it is true.
3) Search engines gather information quickly but do not evaluate reliability, so users must determine what is true.
4) Blogs contain opinions rather than facts and should be avoided for research.
5) Wikipedia can be edited by anyone so information must be verified elsewhere.
This document provides 5 tips for identifying reliable websites:
1) Reliable websites stick to the main topic and have clear aims.
2) Check if information is consistent across multiple websites to determine if it is true.
3) Search engines gather information quickly but don't evaluate reliability, so users must determine what's true.
4) Blogs contain opinions rather than facts and should be avoided for research.
5) Wikipedia can be edited by anyone so information may not always be reliable.
CIVSA 2019- The why of student affairs - avoiding burnoutSwift Kick
This document discusses the importance of student affairs professionals in changing students' lives outside of the classroom. It provides examples of messages from students thanking professionals for their mentorship, support, and role in helping students grow both personally and professionally. Research is cited showing that impactful learning happens outside the classroom and that social integration is key to academic success. The document argues that student affairs work is critical to student success and encourages professionals to champion the important role they play.
The document outlines 7 mindset shifts for success:
1. Do what you do best by living authentically and creating your unique brand.
2. Take 100% responsibility for your actions, thoughts, and situations rather than blaming others.
3. Give it all away by helping others succeed which empowers both them and yourself.
4. Lean into struggle by viewing failures as learning opportunities rather than something to fear.
5. Practice rest-based living through lifestyle design to leverage your time for high-impact tasks.
6. Think big and take risks by visualizing your potential rather than limiting yourself.
7. Be a lifelong student to maintain a learning edge and high self-worth
The document outlines 7 mindset shifts for success:
1. Do what you do best by living authentically and creating your unique brand.
2. Take 100% responsibility for your actions, thoughts, and situations rather than blaming others.
3. Give it all away by helping others succeed which empowers both them and yourself.
4. Lean into struggle by viewing failures as learning opportunities rather than something to fear.
5. Practice rest-based living through lifestyle design to leverage your time for high-impact tasks.
6. Think big through visualization, taking risks, and keeping a broad perspective rather than getting weighed down.
7. Be a lifelong student to maintain a learning edge and
Thank you for having me, and thank you for being here. Hello to those who are watching online. If you’re tweeting, you can mention me with my Twitter handle @TaraAgacayak (lots of A’s)
I’m going to tell you the story of a 10-year journey. It’s the story of how I got lost, but then found my way through entrepreneurship. This photograph was taken two days after I moved to Turkey. I just gotten married. I look pretty happy, don’t I? But this picture almost didn’t get taken. Just a month before I was considering cancelling my wedding. I was hopelessly in love, but I didn’t know how I was going to leave my family and move from the United States to Turkey. I was in a complete panic. My dad sat gave me some advice that changed everything. Are you wondering what he told me? I’m going to save his advice for the end of the story. What he told me helped me overcome my panic. I got married, got on a plane and moved to Turkey. Two days later, this photo was taken. And that smile disappeared for the next several years, because the adjustment was extremely difficult. There was the missing of my life and my family and what felt like learning from scratch. Living in two cultures both enriched and confused my life and it was disorienting. Trying to adapt to a new culture while holding onto my old one resulted in me breaking down completely and feeling like I’d lost myself. But I think just like being born with DNA, we’re also born with an innate sense of direction and the tools we need to find our way.
The process of finding myself involved asking questions like “Who am I? What do I like? What don’t I like? What do I want to do? What don’t I want to do? What makes me happy? What doesn’t?” These questions helped clear the fog so I could start to see the picture of myself. In trying to answer these questions I tried many different ideas and projects. It was trial and error and I kept trying to see what would work in my life and what wouldn’t. What suited my passions and talents and what didn’t. In 2006 I attended a program for global women leaders. The director of the program said that she doesn’t believe in self-confidence, that a better determiner of success is having a well-defined goal and an undying commitment to it. So I worked to come up with a goal I could believe in. Something that was meaningful. Something that I could be completely committed to. The only things I knew were that I needed the freedom and flexibility of working from home, I loved writing, and I loved working with creative people. So I started to explore how I might make that into a job. From the outside, the process looked very messy. It looked like a bunch of failed experiments, of projects gone wrong, of disappointment. But on the inside I knew I was finding my way. I knew I had to eliminate what wasn’t working to find what would.
The process of finding myself involved asking questions like “Who am I? What do I like? What don’t I like? What do I want to do? What don’t I want to do? What makes me happy? What doesn’t?” These questions helped clear the fog so I could start to see the picture of myself. In trying to answer these questions I tried many different ideas and projects. It was trial and error and I kept trying to see what would work in my life and what wouldn’t. What suited my passions and talents and what didn’t. In 2006 I attended a program for global women leaders. The director of the program said that she doesn’t believe in self-confidence, that a better determiner of success is having a well-defined goal and an undying commitment to it. So I worked to come up with a goal I could believe in. Something that was meaningful. Something that I could be completely committed to. The only things I knew were that I needed the freedom and flexibility of working from home, I loved writing, and I loved working with creative people. So I started to explore how I might make that into a job. From the outside, the process looked very messy. It looked like a bunch of failed experiments, of projects gone wrong, of disappointment. But on the inside I knew I was finding my way. I knew I had to eliminate what wasn’t working to find what would.
So from the outside I suffered lots of criticism, most of it from the people closest to me who were worried I wasn't making any progress. I was asked lots of questions about why I didn’t just give up, get a regular job, do something less stressful. But I knew that if I didn’t try to find the answers to these questions that I would remain lost and unfulfilled. Those voices tempted me to give up, but I had to block them out if I was going to reach my goal.
Throughout the process, I was building my online platform. Working online was one of the things that made me visible and gave me the independence I needed. My platform was made up of websites and blogs and tweets and a myriad of other experiments and it reflected the messy process I was going through. It was an external evolution of my internal process. It was changing and growing along with me. The businesses I developed online were the outcome of me trying to find myself and create a life of meaning and fulfillment. But more than developing businesses, I was developing myself.
You can think of this process is the entrepreneurship of the self - solving the problems in our own lives by asking questions about what’s missing, what’s not working and then dedicating ourselves to solving the problems by transforming our lives regardless of our situations. Actually, Anastasia Ashman came up with a term for it a global niche - the unique place in the world where only you belong - and we believe in it so strongly we built a website and global community around it. The place of meaning and fulfillment that you create for yourself.
That brings me back to my dad's advice. That night when I was in a panic, when I couldn’t breathe, my dad said that I didn’t have to get married if I didn’t want to. Even though we had spent a lot of money preparing for the wedding he said we could cancel everything and I didn’t have to go through with it. Then he said, But consider this - if you don’t get married and if you don’t go to Turkey, you might always wonder what would have happened if you did. On the other hand, if you do get married and go over there and it doesn’t work out, you can always come home. But if you’re going to do it, you should give 110%. And here I am, 10 years later. Co-founder of a global initiative,
Lose yourself You don’t know who you are until you figure out who you aren’t. Get out of your comfort zone
Lose yourself You don’t know who you are until you figure out who you aren’t. Get out of your comfort zone
Identify problems Frame your situation as a problem to be solved rather than a condition that’s out of your control.
To solve the problem, ask questions. What do I like? What don’t I like? How can I overcome this problem under these circumstances? What’s possible? Where can I compromise?
Don’t believe in yourself, but believe in a goal Because there are days when you just don’t have it. You’re sick, or tired, or your kids need you. On those days, as much as you want to, it’s easier to believe in your goal than in yourself.
Don’t listen to outside voices Take their advice into consideration, but always weigh it against the truth of your own heart.
Build a platform Your platform is an embodiment of you. It is your testing ground and your launching pad. When it is firmly in place, you can use it to climb higher.
Make self-care a priority Rest. Eat well. Move. Spend time doing things you love with people you love. You don’t have time for the fluff. And you need the energy and vibrancy to enjoy what you’re creating.
Don’t wonder Don’t look back and wonder what your life could have been. Choose to walk toward something, anything that feels meaningful. That inborn sense of direction I mentioned - Let your curiosity be the thing that guides you toward it.
Take calculated risks Entrepreneurs are known for this. My dad helped me lessen my panic by lessening the risk. He gave me a safety net for when it got too difficult.
Commit Only devote your energy to the things in your life that are worth doing. And if anything is worth doing, dedicate yourself to it completely, with everything you have, and everything you are. If it’s meaningful, the goal will be easy to commit to. And if you’ve commited to it, give 110%. Never quit. Take breaks, recalibrate, find alternative routes, but don’t ever stop working toward your goal.
I am known for asking thought-provoking questions, so I'm going to leave these with you today. I challenge you to find your own answers to these questions. What do you feel so strongly about that you'll commit to it 110%? What are you willing to do today to take one step toward a goal? What are you willing to do today so that 10 years from now you don't look back and wonder?