We all have read and heard enough bad advice to fill the oceans to overflowing. This, on the other hand, may be the best advice I have ever heard… ever.
I really, really, wish someone had told me this when I was sixteen. Ten thousand hours.
The other day, I went down to the Dallas Arts District to watch the first Patio Sessions
Here’s a Vimeo of a bit of the performance….
You can see me take a picture at 5:35 or so.
My favorite Internet radio station is Radio Paradise. They play a wide variety of music, all of it good. Every now and then, something comes on that makes me sit up and listen – then find out who and what it was. This was one of those times.
This has (as of when I’m writing this) over one hundred fifty million hits. I suppose you have already seen it. On the odd chance that you haven’t – here it is anyway. It deserves the hits.
This is sort of long, but watch the whole thing, it’s worth it. Nine-year-old’s cardboard arcade launches college fund
This is a great post. I’m completely taken with Caine — that kid is going to go far. Architect? Engineer? I also loved the advice from Ira Glass. I’ve reposted Caine to my Facebook page and the Ira Glass advice to my blog, hope that’s ok.
Of course it’s OK, – I have been thinking a lot about the Ira Glass advice and the more I do, the more important it feels.