Non-Random & Beautiful Chaos

Commitment & Outgrowing Freelancers In the last one week -...

colorchanger — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:05:43 -0700

In the last one week - literally - three awesome freelancers that I felt GREAT about have all told me “I’m not available anymore at this time, I’m too busy, so many clients” (some of which I helped them get) “…but in a few weeks I’m happy to help you with strategy advice.”

An Ode to Imperfection

colorchanger — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 15:11:41 -0700

An Ode to Imperfection

I love the parts of myself that want to escape, unwind, relax, disconnect from everyone and take things lightly. The part of myself that types up emails and wants to rest into busyness and distraction. I love the part of myself that so desperately longs to connect, to merge, to be seen, to bind, to be moved, to be loved. I love the part of myself that is afraid, afraid to be loved, afraid to be…

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Fall in love with your purpose

colorchanger — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:11:00 -0700

Fall in love with your purpose

What is your purpose?

The question is one to step into as a journey.
It can be easy. Here’s how:
Be curious. Be open to being surprised by what you discover.
Gently raise your purpose to your ear and listen.

Your purpose lives and changes just like you… savor each fleeting moment.

Carry your purpose with you wherever you go, in front of you, near your heart.
Spend time with your purpose. Indulge…

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Test post from mobile app Please disregard!

colorchanger — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 09:25:49 -0700

Test post from mobile app

Please disregard!

Test post from mobile app Testing out WP mobile publisher....

colorchanger — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 10:36:45 -0700

Test post from mobile app

Testing out WP mobile publisher. Please disregard.

Creative Constipation, Pt. II

colorchanger — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 06:38:30 -0700

Creative Constipation, Pt. II

I’ve had a huge shift in my creative output and relationship with my own creativity since I first drafted my first post on Creative Constipation (about a month ago). Turns out all I needed was to start drinking more coffee to get things moving. Just kidding.

Jokes aside, that post was a catalyst for committing to moving at the pace of my creativity and honoring my sometimes-raging-river pace of…

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Creative Constipation

colorchanger — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:39:51 -0700

Once again, I woke up in the middle of the night flooded with ideas of things I want to do, make, and write about. A familiar voice deep inside of me said “This is too overwhelming, there are too many ideas here to possibly even capture, you will spin out of control and create an oceanic vomit of confusion if you even attempt to start writing… safer to do none of it. You have tried this before….…

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Video: On Gratitude and Hating Homework

colorchanger — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 11:11:22 -0700

Video: On Gratitude and Hating Homework

It’s 7:30 a.m. I just woke up, and I’m wiped out. I had food poisoning yesterday. And it made me realize how grateful I am for how I normally feel. In the spirit of gratitude, I picked up this gratitude journal. It was a gift from my brother-in-law Devon, who’s a master of personal development and growth. Every day there are some questions you fill out.

Three in the morning:
1. I am grateful for…

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Video: I'm going to be honest with you

colorchanger — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:00:13 -0700

Video: I’m going to be honest with you

Hi my friends,

I’m back! Last year, I promised to share more of my work and thoughts with all of you, since I knew it was going to be a big year of change. But my pace of personal evolution has been so fast that I haven’t had time to reflect on what is happening.

Now, that I am getting my footing, I feel like I have so much to tell you and so much I want to say about my executive coaching work…

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Motherhood changed my perspective—and elevated my career

colorchanger — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 13:22:36 -0700

Motherhood changed my perspective—and elevated my career

Back in January, I wrote about why I was ready to be braver this year. That post was me saying ‘this is going to be a big year for me.’ Ten months later, I can confidently say I was right. I started my own coaching and consulting company, Kickass Enterprises, this year, and it has transformed my life. In the process, I reexamined many of the goalsI held at the beginning of the year. Many of these…

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Why I'm Ready to Be Braver This Year

colorchanger — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:42:55 -0800

We’re already 13 days into the new year – are you on track? I AM! Know my secret? I didn’t make any resolutions. (I never do.) So thus far I’m 100% on track. :) But I do have some big goals (keep reading to find out what they are) but first let me explain where they are coming from. (more…)

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Things that are True. (Please weigh in.)

colorchanger — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:35:31 -0800

I talk a lot about how and why to do things at work – it’s explored the academic, the productive, and the professional. But this post is different. It’s the beginning of exploring the personal. The oldest writing advice in the world is “Write What You Know.” Reflecting on this, I decided to take a wild leap and begin to share the deep down dirty stuff here… the stuff that’s important to ME as a…

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Google trying to combat the "Facebook kids don't use email" problem

colorchanger — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:42:52 -0800

Shocking, but true: kids and college students these days don’t really use email. I was told my a former intern that she only had three friends email addresses - she wasn’t a wall flower, but a very social, attractive, confident college senior, president of her sorority. “How do you get in touch with your friends?” I asked. Her answer: Facebook messenger or SMS.

“Email is mostly for parents and work. Some of my professors expect us to check email every day to get announcements and assignments,” she went on. “But if they don’t tell us explicitly, we wouldn’t check it for days.”

If the next generation of adults - the younger millennials - don’t use email like those of us in the “you’ve got mail” generation, then Google must be shaking in it’s future-marching boots. Gmail is - and I"m sorry to say it, G+ - Google’s best social product. But it’s losing relevance for the most meaningful conversations.

Today I got an announcement from Google announcing that they will be displaying your G+ connections as possible email recipients, even if you haven’t ever emailed with them before. This makes Gmail behave more like Facebook’s messenger, where a social connection equals a potential recipient.

The obvious weakness in this move is that most peoples’ Google+ social graphs aren’t nearly as robust as their Facebook graphs. How do you think this will play out? Time will tell how this tweak to Google’s “terms” plays out in the epic ongoing cold war between Facebook and Google. In the meantime, do you find this new Gmail feature valuable?

Gmail update: Reach more people you know

Ever wanted to email someone you know, but haven’t yet exchanged email addresses? Starting this week, when you’re composing a new email, Gmail will suggest your Google+ connections as recipients, even if you haven’t exchanged email addresses yet.

How it works with email addresses
Emailing Google+ connections works a bit differently to protect the privacy of email addresses. Your email address isn’t visible to your Google+ connections until you send them an email, and their email addresses are not visible to you until they respond.

Receiving email from people outside your circles
If you receive an email from someone outside your circles, it will be filtered into the Social category of the inbox (if enabled) and only after you respond or add them to your circles, can they start another conversation with you.

How to control who can contact you
You’re in control of whether people can reach you with a new setting in Gmail on the desktop. To learn more, check out the Help Center.

The Gmail Team

Twitter / LeoWid: 10 Steps to Becoming a Better...

colorchanger — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 17:15:53 -0800

Twitter / LeoWid: 10 Steps to Becoming a Better …
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startupvitamins: For every new feature we add, we take an old...

colorchanger — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:00:34 -0800

startupvitamins:

For every new feature we add, we take an old one out. A lot of big sites don’t do that, and it’s a problem. - David Karp, Founder of Tumblr

"Pairing the right people together to get something done is the central act of good business people."

colorchanger — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:40:20 -0800

“Pairing the right people together to get something done is the central act of good business people.”

- Fred Wilson

Bingo.

(via chriskurdziel)

Don't believe everything that you see

colorchanger — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:33:52 -0700

If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, the dots will remain only one color, pink.

However if you stare at the black ’+’ in the centre, the moving dot turns to green. Now concentrate on the black ’+’ in the centre of the picture. After a short period all the pink dots will slowly disappear and you will see only a single green dot rotating.

Google Glass now comes pre-loaded with free smirk. Pasty...

colorchanger — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:06:09 -0700

Google Glass now comes pre-loaded with free smirk. Pasty “Cubicle” toned complexion available as an upgrade.

(via Google Glass apps: everything you can do right now | The Verge)

(via Bacterial Lamp Can Eat Your Sewage and Light Up Your House...

colorchanger — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:09:38 -0700

(via Bacterial Lamp Can Eat Your Sewage and Light Up Your House | Popular Science)

The Official White House Tumblr: The White House, Tumbling Things

colorchanger — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:00:14 -0700

The Official White House Tumblr: The White House, Tumbling Things:

whitehouse:

We see some great things here at the White House every day, and sharing that stuff with you is one of the best parts of our jobs. That’s why we’re launching a Tumblr. We’ll post things like the best quotes from President Obama, or video of young scientists visiting the White House for the science…