This is one you should watch on a big TV.
One of the most incredible corporate videos I ever have seen and I was with the GoPro video team the night it released its Hero 2 video that brought that company to an IPO.
Receiving all of those gifts and all of that ambition must be so outrageously fun. Learning that you are preternaturally skilled at this singular thing must feel like magic. No achievement is too outlandish. Nothing beyond your reach.
You must feel like you are a god.
And over time, you become convinced that giving your entire self over to your gifts must be the answer. What are you supposed to do, *not* develop them? *Not* strive to be great at whatever it is you do? This is the weight of the gifts.
The highs are so high. The achievements so extraordinary. You are historically relevant for generations. You fulfilled the life everyone thinks they want.
What you aren't told until it's too late, though, is that the moments are more fleeting than you were promised. The happiness less fulfilling than it should have been.
What you aren't told is that giving your entire self over to the extreme pursuit of greatness oftentimes -- not always, but oftentimes -- comes at a tremendous price.
What you are not told when you're 18 or 22 or 30 is that the true cost of all these dreams and all that glory and this entire life you were supposed to live is so much greater than you ever would have paid.
Beware functions that "re-imagine" their name and function (HR, InvestorRelations, Communications, Research) to justify their role - Lean into real work with people who don't care what you call them while they solve engineering, supply chain, sales, service to generate Revenue/Profit
75 degrees today in Ardmore and the covers are being removed from greens.
Which means in just a few short weeks, the gorse will bloom yellow to welcome golfers back for the new season and Merion will become even more beautiful than usual for a stretch of spring.
I hate the winters here, but the spring sure does make up for most of it.
@emmajo Try it to fact check issues with friends/family who need an impartial expert. Be careful asking it to evaluate 2 competing ideas by listening to each advocate make their case (or do it just for the fun of hearing definitive statements about co-working dumbassery)
The 2006 Rose Bowl on ABC with Keith Jackson, his final game announcing CFB, and Dan Fouts on the call.
#2 Texas (12-0) upset #1 ranked USC (12-0) 41-38 to win the National Championship. It's one of the greatest CFB games ever.
I wrote about what I see in the world today - its not short, its not funny, but it might help connect some dots in a way you hadn't considered...
https://t.co/4hvlecv0ey
This was said to me, on my podcast.
John Spitzer is the managing director of equipment standards at the USGA.
The guy in charge of equipment, at the USGA, said distance gains on the PGA tour (since 2004) are almost entirely due to the player himself.
Not the ball. Not the club. The player. Said by the guy in charge of equipment at the USGA.
🤔🤔🤔
@markmurdock5@kdamp@TXSTPresident Watched @kdamp up close when he arrived at TexasState and he made an immediate, positive impact in every way. Engaging students, faculty, alumni, parents at every opportunity to promote a better future for all. Leadership matters.
So thankful to have Congressman Luttrell’s endorsement in my race for Congressional District 8. He has fought tirelessly for our community and country, and I’m grateful for his trust. I’ve spent my career defending the America First agenda and standing up to the woke left, and I’m ready to bring that same strength to Washington to keep our district conservative and strong. @MLuttrellTX