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REEL TASTY: Austin Powers
My friend Jason brings 16 friends and 5 courses together for his monthly Reel Tasty get-togethers. This September 18, he invites you to join him for “a very groovy evening! yeah baby! grr” aka Austin Powers meets British grub. Check out the menu and reserve your spot!

There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village.
As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish.
The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?”
The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.”
“Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.
“This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said.
The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?”
The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink — we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.” The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman.
“I am a PhD in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. When you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. Soon you will be able to afford to buy more boats, set up your own company, your own production plant for canned food and distribution network. By then, you will have moved out of this village and to Sao Paulo, where you can set up HQ to manage your other branches.” The fisherman continues, “And after that?”
The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, and you will be rich.”
The fisherman asks, “And after that?”
The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning, catch a few fish, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!”
The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?

1 MIN READING: The fisherman and the businessman « Paulo Coelho’s Blog

(h/t Shannon)

this is my kind of dinner!

goat cheese stuffed figs wrapped in prosciutto and drizzled with honey. broil for five minute.

recipe by ag, good friend from SF

the cure to email overload = do what you love

i’ve noticed a major correlation in how email makes me feel and the work that I’m doing. when I’m not particularly fond of the work or it’s something that’s misaligned with my values&beliefs, email makes me feel tired and overwhelmed. I’m really, really bad at doing things that feel wrong to me; in fact, I’ll completely avoid them as long as possible (which is why the ad/agency world did not work well for me).

the more I love what I’m doing and the more I find & work only with people who share common beliefs and values, the more I enjoy email. I now get really excited to check email because I’m working only on things I adore and feel passionate about. as Dave Brown would say, I’m loving my work and working my love.

along the same lines, my “business big brother” recently advised me to monitor how potential new projects, partners and opportunities make me feel for a few days before making a decision. he said to monitor how the different work I was doing made me feel as that would provide critical insight into what is right for me. that’s some of the best business advice I’ve ever received.

tearriffic:

I’m up guys. I’m just picking out fonts for my current project. I’m designing a traveling farmer’s market. I’m kinda going for the feel of these fonts. But I’m also working on sketches for a symbol. We’ll see.

It’s called Produce for the People and it’s a portable/traveling farmer’s market which also promotes local coffee, breweries, and tea. It also hosts open mic nights. I guess I’m leaning to attract more creative types. 

i LOVE this concept!!!

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently… . While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

Steve Jobs, Circa 1997, Reintroducing Apple - NYTimes.com

Amen.

momma & me!

momma & me!

with one of my besties from HS, Amanda

with one of my besties from HS, Amanda

GPOYW: rocking the curls back in my hometown Chicago! in town until October 1…

For anyone than never discovers a deeper self-identity, based not on lack of mistakes but on courage, compassionate intelligence, commitment and creativity, life is a scary place made safe only by never getting into trouble, never breaking rules and never taking the risks that their hearts tell them they need to take.

#44 – How to learn from your mistakes « Scott Berkun

make more decisions & be prepared for the mistakes and failures you’ll inevitably make on the way to what you want.

Success is when reality catches up to your imagination.

Simon Sinek

kilas:

starting is the hard part.

analyze less, live more. 

Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon.

Paul Brandt

(h/t dave brown)

[Flash 10 is required to watch video]

one of the best parts about visiting home is being able to play the piano every day again…

here’s a short clip of my favorite song, Fur Elise.

#want!

NYNightowls: 0 seats left all of September. Crazy. 

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