Career & Work How to Judge Yourself & Your Passion Projects (4 Questions) Last week I received two contrasting pieces of feedback on my article about Leonardo Da Vinci: Reader #1: ”Most of us cannot understand your essay. Most of us want or need a simple, clear-cut job.” Reader #2: ”Keep up the great work. You inspire me and all you touch.” Two Written by Matthew Trinetti August 24, 2018August 27, 2018
Career & Work Lessons From Da Vinci: Master Procrastinator, Perpetual Failure “Tell me if anything was ever done…Tell me…Tell me…” – scribbled inside Leonardo da Vinci’s private notebook. Leonardo Da Vinci is the quintessential Renaissance Man. He likely inspired the inception of the phrase itself. Yet in his quiet private hours, the man Written by Matthew Trinetti August 7, 2018August 13, 2018
Building a Life Career & Work You Do Not Have to Be Good You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. – from Wild Geese by Mary Oliver When I didn’t know the details of the life I Written by Matthew Trinetti July 30, 2018July 30, 2018
Building a Life Career & Work Your Future Self Will Thank You For This “If I were to realize that door A, B, or C all lead to a lot of heartache and pain, but you know, A was what I really want, well, why not just choose A?” –Mike Herrera, founder of MxPx (via Ryan Holiday) Last week we wrapped up another intake of the Career Change Accelerator at Written by Matthew Trinetti July 25, 2018July 25, 2018
Career & Work Work is Love Made Visible – The Quote That Made Me Quit My Job “Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.” – Khalil Gibran, On Work This quote made me quit my job. Written by Matthew Trinetti July 16, 2018July 16, 2018
Career & Work Time = Wealth (Behind The Story of Humans of New York) Last week I was prepping for a Escape The City career change workshop on “Intelligent Transition.” Which basically means – if you want to quit a job or chase a dream (or even play with a half-formed dream), how can you make it work financially? Simultaneously, I heard Brandon Stanton’ Written by Matthew Trinetti July 2, 2018July 4, 2018
Building a Life How Simple and Frugal a Thing is Happiness “I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.” —Zorba the Greek, Nikos Kazantzakis There’s a distinct memory I have from a few years ago. I was in a period of transition – Written by Matthew Trinetti June 24, 2018June 25, 2018
Building a Life Rethinking Birthdays Today’s my 34st birthday. I tend to spend birthdays quietly. Sometimes with loved ones. Sometimes in solitude on my own. Usually in a foreign place. Either way, I try not to make a fuss about turning 1 year older. This year is no different – I’m in the Kent countryside in Southeast Eng Written by Matthew Trinetti June 18, 2018June 18, 2018
Career & Work How to get out of your head (thoughts on creative block) Last week, I was feeling creatively stagnant after a 6 week break. What the hell should I write about? I want to grow as a writer and have ambitions to publish my own book. But I was stuck in my own shit, inside my own head, trying to claw my way out by looking deeper Written by Matthew Trinetti June 11, 2018June 11, 2018
Building a Life Stop Hiding, Start Shining: A Pep Talk For Showing Up, Standing Up & Expressing Yourself I took a 6-week hiatus from basically everything – writing, social media, email, posting, filming, consuming. Some of you were concerned – thanks for your notes! I’m fine and everything is okay. In life’s transitions, the first step is often disengagement. We unplug from our curr Written by Matthew Trinetti June 1, 2018June 4, 2018
