Monday, January 30, 2012
Every time we get lost, we make our world bigger.
Our most valuable teachings come when our plans are disturbed. Our greatest transformations occur in the moments when we’ve lost our way. And our finest symphonies assemble when we turn a humble ear to the most unintentional music.
But when we make gods out of our plans, when we scrub our world clean of surprise, and when we preserve our sense of control by choreographing every goddamn minute of our lives, those unexpected turns never seem to take initiative toward us. And we shut the door on an entire orbit of opportunity that could change us forever.
Sadly, the chorus of voices tells us that if we don’t know where we’re going, we may never get there, or that any road will take us there.
To which I respectfully say, bullshit.
If we don’t know where we’re going, there’s no destination to scare us. If we don’t know where we’re going, our mapless journey turns blind alleys into broad avenues. If we don’t know where we’re going, nobody can stop us.
Not even us.
LET ME ASK YA THIS…
Are you making your own map?
LET ME SUGGEST THIS...
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Scott Ginsberg
That Guy with the Nametag
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
A hundred years ago, most scientists completed their best work before age forty.
Einstein, who identified his theory of relativity at age twenty-six, claimed that if a scientist had not made his greatest contribution by that age, he would never do so.
Of course, it’s all relative.
Life expectancy was dramatically lower. There was fraction of the information available. And the population of the world was under a billion.
Still, the relationship between youth and innovation never went away. History notwithstanding, young people have always landed on the forefront of invention.
Edison cranked out inventions at age eight.
Jobs built personal computers at age sixteen.
Zuckerberg developed software at age thirteen.
Not just because they were geniuses, but because they were kids.
And the fruits of their labor changed everything.
Because the young mind; the fertile, beautiful,
innocent landscape that it is; has an inherent ability to question, play, wonder and explore all that it encounters.
And our challenge in the next hundred years will be nurturing and preserving that landscape before adulthood bulldozes it into a shopping mall.
LET ME ASK YA THIS…
What are you afraid to create?
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Scott Ginsberg
That Guy with the Nametag
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Never the same speech twice.
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Every day we make art not knowing if we will get recognized or paid for it.
This is both a beautiful and terrifying reality.
On one hand, everything we create is an arrow shot into eternity. We’re just winking in the dark, without feedback, without closure and without metrics. It’s just us, our art and a heaping pile of trust. What a pisser.
On the other hand, the ambiguity makes us work that much harder. It forces us to create from the inside out, from the place where inspiration comes from what’s in our heart, not what the market is asking for. It’s where our joy comes from the work itself, not the impression it makes on the world. We’re moles, not peacocks.
Either way, our artistic commitment remains the same:
Show up, bear down and push something out into the world that matters to us.
LET ME ASK YA THIS…
What are you afraid to create?
LET ME SUGGEST THIS...
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Scott Ginsberg
That Guy with the Nametag
Writing, Publishing, Performing, Consulting
scott@hellomynameisscott.com
Never the same speech twice.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
According to a recent report from the Cellular
Telecommunications Industry Association, our country has three 327 million
mobile phone subscribers, but only 315 million people.
Proof positive that
our insatiable desire for human connection will always outweigh our unstoppable
desire for technological consumption.
Smartphones are awesome, but the fix we get when we use them
to reach out and touch someone is the addiction.
It’s physiological. As mammals, acts of human bonding cause
our body to excrete oxytocin. This
chemical reduces fear and anxiety, which increases empathy, trust and
cooperation.
Who needs cocaine when we can get high on connection?
LET ME ASK YA THIS…
Who did you connect with today?
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Scott Ginsberg
That Guy with the Nametag
Writing, Publishing, Performing, Consulting
scott@hellomynameisscott.com
Never the same speech twice.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
We are what we share.
Just look at the last thing we published, posted, profiled, updated, uploaded, streamed, liked, tweeted or clicked.
That’s it. That’s us. That’s who we are, whether we like it or not.
And because the web never forgets – because the web is forever – we better be careful what we put out there.
A Georgia teacher got fired for posting videos of binge drinking.
A Buffalo congressman resigned after his shirtless pictured surfaced online.
A Cisco employee lost her job for publishing negative comments about her position.
A British juror was dismissed after disclosing sensitive case information on her profile.
Everything matters. Everybody’s watching. Everything is a performance.
Which isn't that hard to do, if the character you're playing is you.
LET ME ASK YA THIS…
What did you share today?
LET ME SUGGEST THIS...
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Scott Ginsberg
That Guy with the Nametag
Writing, Publishing, Performing, Consulting
scott@hellomynameisscott.com
Never the same speech twice.
Now booking for 2012-2013!
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