This document provides 8 tips for being awesome: 1. Consider the end and make the most of your one life. 2. Prioritize what's important. 3. Be bold and courageous in your actions and dreams. 4. Keep learning from various sources. 5. Come alive and be fully engaged in life. 6. Connect with others and have impact. 7. Express yourself through creative outlets. 8. Make your life a story worth telling through how you live.

2. How to be
AWESOME

3. How to be
AWESOME
Eric Leif Johnson
ej@uga.edu
@ericleif

8. The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we
stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of
inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim
a little more land. -T.H. Huxley, 1887

9. “Without a meaningful, believable
story that explains the world we
actually live in, people have no
idea how to think about the big
picture. And without a big picture,
we are very small people.”
-Nancy Abrams

10. 8 thoughts on being AWESOME

11. 1. Consider the end.

12. Doesn't everything die at last,
and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious
life?
from Mary Oliver’s poem
“Summer Day”

15. 2. Prioritize.

17. 3. Be bold.

18. “Caution is the devil.”
-William Blake

19. “Whatever you can do, or
dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius,
power, and magic in it.”
-Goethe

20. “The greater danger for most of us is not that our
aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too
low and we reach it.” -Michelangelo

23. The Flinch by Julien Smith

24. “When in doubt, make a
fool of yourself.
There is a microscopically
thin line between being
brilliantly creative and
acting like the most gigantic
idiot on the face of the
earth.
So, what the hell...Leap.”
-Cynthia Heimel

25. 4. Keep learning.

29. Live as if you
were to die
tomorrow. Learn
as if you will live
forever.
-Gandhi

33. TED.com

34. PopTech.org

36. 5. Come alive.

39. Major

40. Major Minor

41. Your Major Minor

42. Your Major is Minor

43. 6. Connect.

44. “A life is not
important except in
the impact it has on
other lives.”
Jackie Robinson

46. 7. Express yourself.

48. “Eat like a bird.
Poop like an
elephant.”
-Guy Kawasaki

49. The best way to know the Truth or
Beauty is to try to express it. And
what is the purpose of existence
Here or Yonder but to discover
truth and beauty and express it?
-Brenda Ueland

51. “How do I know what I
think until I see what I say.”
-E.M. Forster

52. DayOneApp.com

53. wordpress.com
posterous.com
tumblr.com

54. 8. Make your life a story
worth telling.

56. Disregard whatever you think yourself to be and act as if
you were absolutely perfect - whatever your idea of
perfection may be. All you need is courage... Behave as best
you know. Do what you think you should. Don't be afraid of
mistakes; you can always correct them. Only intentions
matter.
-Sri Nisargadatta Maharam

57. What

61. “Make each
day your
masterpiece.”
John Wooden

62. I am capable of much more
than I think I am. I am learning
that I am not a fixed being, but
someone capable of
exceeding everyone’s
expectations if I choose.
I am better than this. I am
meant for more.
I am a champion
standing over my
former self.
-Julien Smith

64. How to be
AWESOME

65. How to be
AWESOME
Eric Leif Johnson
ej@uga.edu
@ericleif