Check it! The Grand Opening of my bike shop is this Saturday from 10am to 5pm. We will have: A coffee bar run by the awesome crew from Cafe Evoke Free Beer from COOP Food from Cafe7 and more! Share this, invite others - any help you can give to spread the word would be great!! High-res

Check it! The Grand Opening of my bike shop is this Saturday from 10am to 5pm. We will have:

  • A coffee bar run by the awesome crew from Cafe Evoke
  • Free Beer from COOP
  • Food from Cafe7
  • and more!

Share this, invite others - any help you can give to spread the word would be great!!

in a pursuit of being “great” is your valuation for that based on the affections of others and materialism or your own internal convictions of character and personal virtue?

I think the first step of finding “greatness” for me is to stop giving a crap what any of you think. (because I do care - way too much to the loss of my own identity)

There are herds of us faceless people switching masks of quotes, and others talking points to try and find affection. Today I heard quotes coming out of a christian social media conference that was posted as if new - but was the same things I was hearing 4 years ago in the social media world. It was just drivel with no tangible consequence - but it sounded good - so give it a nod right?

for all our “engagement” in social media I think we are the worst off for it. i like guys like seth godin who don’t have comments on what they post. they just say it - they don’t need us to talk to them about it to feel important or “social media successful.” he actually SELLs books - and knows how to create value to a tangible reward for himself.

If you ever saw all the comments about the mona lisa below the actual painting it would so - devalue and muddle your perception and experience with the art you’d just ignore it and never experience it for your own. not everything needs our public response. not everything is better with conversation. and not everything works online with the same obvious marketing strategies.

is much simpler and harder then that - being unique and great. its not caring what the masses might think and just trying to be as authentic, honest, and comfortable in your identity and sharing that online as you care like crazy for a few at the center of who you are.

If your greatest passion isn’t to simply be yourself everything else is easily ignored.