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16 Timeless Lessons from Two Brothers Who Ignored Impossibility

"The Wright Brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility." -Dorothea Brande It was the 1890's and the race to fly was on. Even Wilbur Wright himself in a moment of deep disappointment, remarked to Orville that man would fly, but not in their lifetimes. Somehow the brothers moved past the disappointment, setbacks, obstacles, failures, copycats, haters, and lack of resources to hold … [Read more...]

2 Comments January 30, 2012

D80: What Direction Are You Going?

Do you see what I saw in these shoes? I know they're the same ones I photographed yesterday but when I stumbled across them in the middle of the floor, I stopped. Then I noticed something. Do you see it? The title may have given it away, but they are headed in opposite directions. In fact, I found them lying on the floor just as they are photographed here. I thought it was an apt … [Read more...]

3 Comments November 19, 2009

D73: Life is Like a Bar of Soap

Seriously. Haven't you ever heard that before? Okay, so I'm paraphrasing a bit from what Gary Fong said in his talk last night, but I think a little creative license is allowed, right? My interpretation of Gary's analogy of soap was that when we try to grasp for it, the more we work, the harder we reach for it, the more it just slips right out of our hands. It's when we let it go and let it … [Read more...]

8 Comments November 12, 2009