npr:
8 Successful Entrepreneurs Give Their Younger Selves Lessons They Wish They’d Known Then
Tim Westergren, the founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Pandora:
“Be sure to ‘notice’ ideas when you have them. Stop. Take the time to consider them seriously. And if your gut tells you they’re compelling, be fearless in their pursuit,” Westergren said. Nothing is more haunting than thinking, ‘I wish I had…’”
Read the rest here.
Related: NPR’s Susan Stamberg shared her advice to her younger self a couple of weeks ago as part of our “Changing Lives of Women” series. — tanya b.
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The 30 Happiest Facts Of All Time ›
You need this if you’re having a rough day. This post was inspired by a Reddit post asking people to share “the happiest fact you know.”
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sade:
‘Those are the people that took the life of my beautiful girl’: Mother goes on attack over teen’s suicide
On Sunday night, Rehtaeh Parsons’ family removed her from life support, and on Monday her mother took to Facebook to lash out at those she holds responsible for her 17-year-old daughter’s suicide.
Leah Parsons wrote that the straight-A student’s descent into agony began 15 months ago when she went to an acquaintance’s house in suburban Halifax and was sexually assaulted by four boys her age, who later distributed a photo of the assault among their classmates.
“Rehtaeh is gone today because of the four boys that thought that raping a 15 yr old girl was OK and to distribute a photo to ruin her spirit and reputation would be fun,” she wrote.
“Secondly, all the bullying and messaging and harassment that never let up are also to blame. Lastly, the justice system failed her. Those are the people that took the life of my beautiful girl.” (Facebook)oh so yeah this is definitely considered an epidemic now, right?
This is so sad to me. Why has our justice system failed and how can teenagers be so cruel as to keep bullying her?
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I don’t know why exactly, but I think the lyrics “I don’t think you’re right for him. Think of what we might have been” from the song by the Lumineers is so sweet. It’s not jealous (though it is). It’s caring, and kind. She’s his sweetheart.
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#lumineers
The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you’re in the pit together, are the best years of your life. I built the business exactly the way my mother built and ran her family. I wanted a replication of the big, happy family I grew up in. I wanted happy people having fun.
-Barbara Corcoran
and I want: a big dress, and a reason to wear it. This is not a statement on fashion, but a statement of excitement, anticipation, dreams of being a princess and a queen. Dreams of being cinderella, and making All Things New.
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Glamor is assurance. It is a knowing that you are alright in every way: mentally and physically and in appearance, and that whatever the occasion or the situation, you are equal to it.
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Do not bring people into your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts…Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with someone you want to marry, it’s with the friends you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourself with.
-Michelle Obama
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Feature - Honoring an Enlisted Hero: Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham ›
I don’t like it when a person’s life is cut short. I think about all the things they could have done.
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brave.
I’ve had some years where I was very self protective. So much so that I subconsciously missed majorly obvious things—because I was just protecting myself.
I’ve learned to be brave.
and I’ve had other years, maybe the first years that I was coming out of hiding, where I was hurt because I missed majorly obvious things. I was naive. I got really hurt. And I learned. And when I was really angry about my hurt or how I had been tricked or whatever—I fought the anger. I didn’t let the anger win. And I fought the sadness. And, not slowly, but steadily, I’ve become the happiest person I’ve ever been, and increasingly so every year.
So I get more brave.
And I get less naive.
And so I take more risks.
But they are calculated risks. And when you get hurt a few times, I really hurts. “and It HURT MAN!” But then you realize how it gets easier and easier to bounce back. And then there is hope there-in that place.
I have hope that no matter what mistakes I make—I won’t make them again. And I’ll make less and less.
And the more risks that I take, the more opportunities and life I will have.
So I didn’t get into PA school this year (I had about a 4% chance of getting in) but I have a full year and a half (at least) that I can do whatever I want with. Maybe just soak up this beautiful city and all the people in it.
“I thought my life was a vast empty page, and I could to anything I wanted.” This, is true.
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I originally created this blog to document my journey. They journey of 2010. It was a hell of a year. Now, I'm just using it for expression. Here is what I wrote before I started my trip:
Julia goes from the beach of the West coast to the beach of the East coast, and everything in between. I don't know where I'm going, but I know who I am. My stops include visiting the most wonderful people I know, and maybe meeting a few more along the way. The adventure if figuring out where to land, and also, not having it figured out.
Tucson, AZ
Austin, TX
Houston, TX
Memphis, TN
Nashville, TN
Knoxville, TN
Johnson City, TN
Charlotte, NC
Atlanta, GA
Gainesville, GA
Greenville, SC
Newport News, VA
Hartford, VT
Somewhere in PA,
Philly, PA
Myrtle Beach, SC
Savannah, GA
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