This May, Seth Godin swept the audience off their feet earlier this month as he spoke on the monthly theme, “Backwards,” about a few things that we have backwards in terms of the work we do versus the work we’d like to be doing. An excellent watch for anyone with goals, ambitions, hopes, or dreams and is wondering how to pursue them.
And once you’re done consuming that, check out the Q&A, which is just riddled with truth bombs that will leave you beyond inspired to take on the world.
The event was hosted by The New School as part of Parsons Festival 2013. Big high five goes out to Ben Hallman for filming and editing, and that tongue-in-cheek intro perfectly aligned with the theme.
"The person who risks nothing, has nothing… does nothing - all we know about the future is that it will be different, perhaps what we fear - is that it will be the same, so we must celebrate the changes - everything will be alright in the end, and if it’s not alright, then it’s not yet the end."
Graphic designer Ryan McArthur has created a series of illustrations inspired by famous quotes.
Designed in a minimalistic layout, McArthur simply adds in a powerful image that represents the copy itself.
McArthur’s works are created using pen and ink, followed by digital renderings.
"I would define intellectual elegance as a mind that is continually refining itself with education and knowledge. Intellectual elegance is the opposite of intellectual vulgarity."
- Happy 82nd birthday, legendary designer Massimo Vignelli, creator of the iconic NYC subway map. (via explore-blog)
TED Talk: How to Spot a Liar
On any given day we’re lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lie can be subtle and counter-intuitive. Pamela Meyer, author of Liespotting,shows the manners and “hotspots” used by those trained to recognize deception — and she argues honesty is a value worth preserving.
"It’s O.K. for people to miss things…But that’s the American culture. You love something so much, you have it till you don’t want it anymore. And then you’re like, ‘Uch, I can’t eat that again.’ "
Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability
Happy the Movie
If you go to Starbucks this week, you can receive a free iTunes rental of this film
"The thing you really believe in always happens…
and the belief in a thing makes it happen."
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Why are so many things broken? In a hilarious talk from the 2006 Gel conference, Seth Godin gives a tour of things poorly designed, the 7 reasons why they are that way, and how to fix them.
Seth Godin is an entrepreneur and blogger who thinks about the marketing of ideas in the digital age. His newest interest: the tribes we lead.
Do what you love. Love what you do. 89 year old Al Jaffee has worked for Mad Magazine for 53 years and has no plans to quit.
