personal development | Jamie Beckland
Jul 14 2010
My worst summer job ever – hot, sweaty, dirty, and many scars to show for itNPR is running a series on influential summer jobs. This is the essay I submitted: For two summers, I worked in Hell on earth – the dirtiest, hottest, most dangerous place I have ever visited. I worked in a foundry. [...]
May 12 2010
How social media is like cocaine – with props to @BillCosby, circa 1983Growing up, I must have watched “Bill Cosby, Himself” at least 40 times. I can recite most of it to you from memory even today. I’ll spare you that trauma, but Cosby has his finger on the pulse of cocaine (this whole clip [...]
Mar 10 2010
How to avoid getting sick at #SXSW – the best advice you'll get (til the first speaker)Really, this advice is good for just about any conference, but especially important at South by Southwest, because it is non-stop for several days, from 9 AM to 1 AM (or later). Do these things and you will be [...]
Feb 24 2010
Why you should not become a #ballerina, and why Naharin gets more talent than BallanchineDance has changed, therefore dancers have changed. Dance expertise has shifted from one dimensional to multi-dimensional.
Feb 08 2010
How to become an expert in anything in four stepsBecoming an expert – a real expert – in something is not as difficult as you think. It involves work, for sure, but it does not involve as much work as you think. You can become an expert in something in four steps.