Forever Grateful

Marie Forleo was interviewing Seth Godin on How to Show up & Do the Work (Even When You Don’t Feel Like It) ( #MarieTVInterviews​ #SethGodin).   About fifteen minutes into the interview, Mr. Godin states that the people listening to the show need to show up and make things better.  He adds that this is not about a race to get credit, it is about a race to contribute. If humility had an anthem, this statement would be part of the chorus. What a call for the masses to stop being passive and get engaged in practices that benefit mankind while remaining humble!

Why I read a book a day (and why you should too): the law of 33%  has had 12.7 million views as I write this.  I am not surprised. When I first encountered the title, I was wonderstruck that a person could read at such an amazing speed.  I mentally calculated how many books such a person would be able to read over a lifetime.  Once I dove into the video, however, I realized that my initial interpretation was completely wrong.   According to Tai, books, especially non-fiction works, are not meant to be read cover to cover and tucked away.  Books are like mentors, to him.  Sometimes he may read a page a day.  Other days, he may read much more.  According to him, we ought to cultivate the habit of reading.  We ought to read and reread books until we have digested and internalized their messages. This was a wonderful message for me.   I had given up on reading and wanted to pick up the habit.   Before internalizing thi...

  My name is Wossen, and in these blogs I will be sharing thoughts on what I watch (mostly You Tube), read, and listen to.  I was shocked into blogging through TED talks. A few years back, I became an avid fan of the forum. However, to my dismay, I discovered that most of the talks I was listening to were five to ten years old. I felt so out of date, a modern Rip Van Winkle waking up into a morphed world. Despite the bleak self-image it projects, I have to concede I felt euphoric, even vain about that metaphor. Unfortunately, the euphoria did not last for I discovered that I did not even know the details of the clever and nuanced story about Rip Van Winkle. Apparently, I picked up my metaphor from references and allusions  to the story rather than the tale itself. Since that discovery, I have devoured Ted Talks as well as other videos. I have also invested my time on a modest number of books, blogs, and articles.   I am indebted to those who took their time to s...