TEDsday: How to Be a Loser: Rich Franklin at TEDxUChicago 2014

It's not often that you find a teacher turned MMA fighter. Even more rare, is when that fighter stands up and talks about his defeat and what he learned from it. Rich Franklin gives a powerful talk about How to be a Loser, and the importance of losing in a world obsessed with winning.

TEDsday- You are the art: Laura Hollick at TEDxHamilton

While I am not as familiar with Laura Hollick's work as I would like to be, I found her TED talk to be inspiring and informative. We are coming into a new world that is a blank canvas, and while that is scary it is also exhilarating. I loved her outlook on it, and I think you will too.

TEDsday

I thought I might start sharing some of my favorite TEDx talks in this space. For those who don't know, TED stands for "Technology, Entertainment, Design". The purpose of the talks is to promote ideas worth sharing, and the subjects vary wildly.

The one I want to share today is presented by Jolie Guillebeau, called "Building and Artist's Life". In her talk, Jolie explains how she got to be an artist by making small, daily steps. I know in my own life it has been hard to shut out the inner critic and just do the work. I enjoyed hearing what Jolie had to say, and hope you will as well.