thinking out loud

The No. 1 Career Mistake Capable People Make

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20121206081322-8353952-the-1-career-mistake-capable-people-make if you don’t design your career, someone else will. “Using a camping metaphor, capable people often add additional poles of the same height to their career tent. We end up with 10, 20 or 30 poles of the same height, somehow hoping the tent will go higher. I don’t just mean higher on the career ladder…

there must be a reason

i’m not going to deny it. despite my “miraculous” day yesterday, the whole ordeal sometimes finds its way back into my head and it plays again like a bad nightmare that i can’t shake. i remember exactly how it happened and i also daydream about the 1,000,000 other possibilities that could have played out. things i shoulda-woulda-coulda said. but before i really let it get to me, i remember that i…

a new way of seeing things

i could mope and brood. i could be sad. i could feel disappointment, anger, frustration. but i just refuse to. i refuse to feel those things. i want to be happy. i will be happy. i am happy. i am thankful for everything that happened today. from the moment i woke up, i truly felt that this day would be different. what even led me to stay at home for that long? i had planned to leave, if not…

25 Quotes to Inspire You to Become a Better Leader

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130318103912-15077789-25-quotes-to-inspire-you-to-become-a-better-leader

i saw life of pi in 3d on saturday night and it was amazing. life of pi is one of my favorite books of all time and like many others who read the book, i thought this was an “un-filmable” movie, or if it were to be transferred to film, it would suck, period. it was such a powerful story that required so much imagination. i couldn’t…

i’ve been wrapped up in youtube all day watching anything and everything, mostly about movies, actors, video games, and business. anyway, here is the last video i am going to watch for the night. i’m halfway through but i think i’ll have to finish it tomorrow because i MUST get to bed. jim carrey has been one of my favorite actors since i was a kid. he has made my stomach hurt from laughing…

don’t do it, la times. just don’t. don’t try to make a correlation between video games and violence… because there isn’t one. the title of this article is “O.C. killer an obsessive video gamer.” really? is the fact that he played video games such an important one that you would title the damn article as such? i know the “video game violence” argument goes way back and i’ve always disagreed with…

this is one of my favorite things that i have ever made. rouxbe literally changed my life. back when it was free, i watched all of the videos several times and it taught me my way around the kitchen. things like how to use a knife, how to boil vs. simmer, how to scramble an egg, etc. rouxbe gave me a confidence in the kitchen that i never had before. i’m sad that you can only access the videos…

i love stories of entrepreneurs and this article about brian lee was particularly interesting, especially the part about what he did with this halloween candy as a kid. pretty cool.

my new love: cardio barre

i have a new love. i am utterly and completely addicted to… cardio barre. i went to dinner with some friends once and they were telling me about how much they love it. shortly after, there was a groupon deal for a package of 10 and i jumped on it. i was super intimidated and nervous for my first class. i honestly didn’t know what to expect and the idea of doing cardio on a ballet bar scared me.…

i don’t really like fruits or veggies. well i love veggies but only when they’re cooked. i’ve never really been a fan of fruit and if i had to give them up forever, it would be very simple. this is because i have oral allergy syndrome (oas) and whenever i eat most fruits and raw veggies, my mouth & throat itch. nothing severe but it’s definitely uncomfortable and annoying. anyway, in my quest to…

i’ve been a blogger since before i can remember but i stopped personal blogging to put my full effort into a travel blog. i guess that’s still personal as it revolves around my own travels but i want to have that outlet again where i can dump anything and everything that comes to mind. hence, “thinking out loud.” it’s been a while since i maintained a personal blog and i’m definitely a tumblr…