Against all odds, I became a world traveler in my 25th year.
It began, as all things inevitably do, with a girl. I thought it was ever-lasting love. She was setting out for a year abroad — a summer in Germany, then an academic year in England. I decided, halfway through our summer apart, that I’d join her in England.
Ah, youth.
The relationship didn’t even last until… » Continue
May 5 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: adventure, experience, travel | 14 comments»
I’ve been thinking lately, what makes someone an "expert" in his or her field? Apparently Lorelle VanFossen has been thinking the same thing, because she recently wrote a post called What Gives You the Right to Tell Me? at The Blog Herald that explores the issue of expertise in some depth.
For me, the question started to percolate through my mind when I was invited to… » Continue
April 4 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: experience, expert, knowledge, learning, presentation | 21 comments»
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January 23 2008 | By Adrian | Tagged: creativity, criticism, experience | 13 comments»
We humans are story-telling creatures. On the face of it, telling stories seems absurd, for anything other than entertainment, and yet throughout the various societies of humankind, and throughout all the history we’ve uncovered in dusty libraries and remote archaeological sites, humans have told stories not just to entertain, but to teach, to build and strengthen social ties, to convey the deepest truths of their personal, spiritual, and religious… » Continue
September 5 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: Communication, experience, madetostick, stories, teaching, training, writing | 5 comments»
Most people learn over time, but often learning comes too late to be fully useful. There are certainly many things that I know now that would have been extremely useful to me earlier in my life; things that could have saved me from many of the mistakes and hurts I suffered over the years—and most of those that I inflicted on others too.
I don’t buy the romantic notion that… » Continue
July 23 2007 | By Adrian | Tagged: experience, Lifehack, Lifestyle, mistake, work | 112 comments»
Failure sucks. But if your planning on doing anything important you are going to have to get used to it. Embarrassment, frustration and even bad situations you can’t control are going to be part of life. What can you actually do about them instead of just having a “positive attitude?”
I definitely haven’t reached the pinnacle of human enlightenment. So I can’t boast that harsh criticisms… » Continue
July 9 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: bad, experience, relationship, stress, support | 11 comments»
We Are Only Human is a Web site dedicated to helping people learn from each other’s experiences. Only Human describes itself as, “A community where people share stories about mistakes they’ve made and their advice to others.” Only Human lets you anonymously or publicly share your experiences and add a specific blurb of advice based on the situation. They have the stories divided by topic. Some… » Continue
January 19 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: advice, experience, lessons, Lifestyle | 4 comments»
The difference between Starbucks and McDonalds from a coffee perspective is what? The experience. Starbucks wants almost $4 for a cup of coffee near me, and McDonalds wants $2. Starbucks wants $6 an hour for wifi, and McDonalds wants $2. It’s far more cost effective for a road warrior to sit in a McDonalds doing their internet chores.
But would you tell a client you’re sitting in a McDonalds? Would… » Continue
August 31 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: events, experience, hacks, howto, Management, meetings, planning, social+engineering | 7 comments»
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