It s a shame I've been sitting on this book for about two years now. A friend of mine gave me Never Eat Alone , by Keith Ferrazzi a couple years ago (thanks Rey), and it s been on my bookcase ever since. It was resting there not because I didn't want to read it, but because I already had so many others in the pipeline. I finally got around to reading it last month and I definitely recommend it. In very simple terms, Ferrazzi explains why networking is important and how to do it. From how to make call lists to planning dinners to personal branding to goal setting, it s all here. He also maintains a valuable blog .
Inevitably there will be times when you have setbacks or things don t go your way. Maybe you didn't get a job you thought you were sure to get. Maybe you lost a job unexpectedly, didn't win a contract, or lost a major client. Your car always seems to break down right after you've had some other unexpected expense. These kinds of situations immediately place us in crisis. They don t feel good, but sometimes they re what we need in order to grow. The beautiful thing about crises is that they force us to take a step back and reevaluate what s going on in our lives and rediscover what we truly want and need. When we get over that initial shock and feeling of disappointment, we might realize that maybe that job wasn't really the best for us anyway. Maybe, just maybe, that wasn't what you really wanted to spend your life doing. Maybe that friend was holding you back instead of pushing you forward. The way I deal with crises of these sorts is simple: If something doesn't go my way professionally, I try to create a situation that would be more rewarding than the situation originally planned. A while ago, I was offered a job that looked very promising. After I accepted the offer, they pushed the start date back three times, later informing me (via e-mail) that they wanted to bring me on in the near future but I should feel free to explore other options. I was extremely disappointed. I felt disrespected and angry, but decided to make the best of the situation and follow my dream of working internationally. I then flew to Santiago, Chile and had great professional and personal experiences I wouldn't have had otherwise. Later, reflecting back on the original opportunity, I realized that working for a company that avoids a start date three times and then can t pick up the phone to explain the situation is probably not where I need to spend my time. Use setbacks as an opportunity to put your goals in order and act on them. In the moment, it s difficult to look at a setback as temporary, but they are. They happen to everybody. It s how you respond to them that will determine how they affect you.
I know it’s extremely short notice, but if you’re looking for something to do tonight, The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is having a closing pool party reception tonight, and they need help setting up, running the event, and breaking it down. Below are the details:
Location:
Guadalupe Backyard
816 S. Brazos St.
San Antonio, TX
Details from Facebook page
Chill out and enjoy refreshments poolside with San Antonio’s hottest artists. Join in the fun!
POOL PARTY CLOSING RECEPTION
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26
6-9 PM | FREE
816 S. Brazos St.
Enter the Wildest Sunglasses or Wackiest Sun Hat competitions. Play the Berries & Cream game, in which the first person to find and eat their strawberry wins. And wait till you see the Rubber Duck Race; artists from the exhibition and local reporters compete in a race around the pool using only their breath to move the rubber duck.
Plus kids’ crafts, beach music, fresh fruit kabobs, Hawaiian pizza, and more!
Also be sure to get your Folklórico Chanclas for sale by the Guadalupe Dance Company.
FYI: It’s your last chance to buy priority placement for engraved bricks & paving stones before the first installation next to “La Veladora” by Jesse Treviño.
Please come out and show your support. To see other opportunities that may interest you check out their page of events here.
Energy is one of those commodities we often take for granted. Whether it comes from coal, oil, gas, wind, water, the sun, nanotechnology, fusion, fission, or some other source, we need it to power everything from the computer I’m using to type this blog post to the cells in our bodies that keep us functioning. Sadly, however, our appetite for energy has placed us in a situation where our consumption is far outpacing what our planet can sustain. There are many technologies in the works to relieve our dependency on fossil fuels, but most are still in early stages and years from deployment, or simply cannot provide the massive amounts of energy we need.
Yesterday, a friend of mine from Chile sent me a link to the video I’ve embedded above. It reminded me just how important it is to reduce our consumption and find an alternative source of energy. He wanted me to help spread the word outside of Chile, and so do I. All of our actions have global implications, and it’s important to understand what those implications are. Become informed and be part of the solution. I’ve included a couple links below. If you know of any others or want to sound off, please do so in the comments.
Salvemos Punta de Choros from Ladislao Palma on Vimeo.
Líderes de opinión filman spot contra termoeléctricas en Punta de Choros.
María Izquierdo, Ángela Contreras, Iván Guerrero, Gonzalo Feito, Juanita Parra, Nicole Perrot, Pato Fernández, Roberto “Rumpy” Artiagoitia, Amaya Forch, Ignacio Franzani y Camila Moreno.
Web: www.salvemospuntadechoros.org
Dirección, dirección de fotografía, montaje: Sebastián López y
Zahra Brown www.kairosworks.net
Guión: Ladislao Palma, Lucas Zañartu y Raimundo Gómez
Director Creativo: Ladislao Palma
Productora general: Marcela Melej
Asistencia de Producción: Catalina Lecaros
Animación, postproducción, composición: Sebastián Platz.
Apoyo postproducción: Hector Capossiello, Luciano Muñoz Sessarego
Composición, mezcla y Postproducción de sonido: Benjamín Durán www.publicworks.cl
Música original (guitarra, wawatubes, kalimba, api, voces): Carlos Del Río
Traducción Español Ingles: Felipe Grez, Irene Alvear
Colaboradores: Agustín González, Valentina Escutti, Francisco Ponce, Gabriel Roa, Lilian Ruiz, Cristóbal Díaz de Valdés
Imágenes de archivo: Documental Termoimpacto, Documental Chao Pescao, Claudia Pool.
Agradecimientos: Sebastián Ballek, Axel Meléndez
contacto: ladislaopalma@gmail.com
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