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Some weeks feel like more of the same, others offer a bit of zest. My week started in Atlanta for work (holy hot, Batman), and wrapped up back here in Vermont. I did get home before the hurricane and just in time for the rain, power outages, and flooding.
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Five years ago, a snowboard collision left me incapacitated for months with a traumatic brain injury.
When I began to resume normal life, I alluded to it in passing on social media but never quite explained the magnitude of that event.
This wasn’t the first, second, or even the third time I’d experienced a significant head trauma.
I wouldn’t be where I am today had I not gone through that. And, I wouldn’t have been getting paid to stand on a snowboard in Jackson, Wyoming at all had I not taken a few leaps and left turns on the path leading me to that spot.
To understand how I’d come to be living in Wyoming, you first need to understand a few foundational things.
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I Became Everything I Ever Wanted with Natalie Lynn.
How to Lead With Radical Candor TED Talk with Kim Scott.
A Man of Average Intelligence Dry Bar comedy special with Zoltan Kaszas.
listen.
The 4 level framework of relational development with Mel Robbins.
The Gottman's on communicating vulnerability in strong relationships with Steven Bartlett.
Gabor Mate on understanding the role of trauma in ADHD & addiction with Armchair Expert.
read.
80% of Your Culture is Your Founder by Molly Graham.
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself by Rich Roll.
spotlight.
Andrew is a YouTuber who has documented his journey to becoming professional creator. This video shows both sides — the behind-the-scenes and finished product.
His message is simple: “your fear of looking stupid is holding you back”.
Andrew’s candid commentary on the creative process is a great reminder that we are the problem and the solution at any given time.
What you want is on the other side of starting.
The takeaway is clear.
“Do it because you want to”.
talk soon.
Thank for being here. See you next time.
onward.
-dm
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