Career & Work A Past Vision Come True: A Modern School for Adults Since I began working with Escape The City two years ago to help launch The Escape School I’ve worn many hats, the most recent of which sits snuggly on a rack labeled “Education.” 2015 saw me and a small team in London speak, teach, lead, write, design, and execute workshops, learning, and com Written by Matthew Trinetti February 5, 2016February 5, 2016
Building a Life Travel Tales There are 100 days left in 2014. What are you going to do with them? To make a long story short -- a long story that involves Chris Guilleabeau's new book The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life, an unconvincing tarot card reading at a yoga & surf retreat in southwestern Portugal, and experiencing the sensation of my heart bei Written by Matthew September 24, 2014October 19, 2014
Building a Life Why I Started GiveLiveExplore.com: A Reflection on the Past 2 Years “A year from now you will wish you had started today.” –Karen Lamb A couple of Mondays ago was a special day. It passed by without much gravity. No fanfare or trumpets announced its arrival; no epic celebration kissed it bon voyage. I did, however, mention it in passing to my parents Written by Matthew June 16, 2014June 24, 2014
Travel Tales The Importance of Helping Serbia Right Now Photo of flooding in Serbia & Bosnia and Herzegovina, via Anonymous Srbija. In Summary: I’m raising money to help my friends in Serbia. Please donate to my fundraising page here. Alternatively, you can donate directly to the Serbian government or to Red Cross Written by Matthew May 20, 2014June 24, 2014
Building a Life “Helping People” Isn’t a Destination “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” –Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe A few weeks ago, I delivered a TEDx talk at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. In a meet and greet after the event, I began chattin Written by Matthew May 3, 2014May 7, 2014
Travel Tales Thoughts on Coming Home (Part 3): These Things Traveling Taught “I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” – Lillian Smith, American writer This is Part 3 of a 5-part piece called Thoughts on Coming Home. After a long journey like mine, it&# Written by Matthew January 30, 2013August 12, 2013
Travel Tales The Scariest Place “All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it’s impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.” – Niccolò Machia Written by Matthew December 20, 2012June 12, 2013
Travel Tales A Really Uncomfortable Date (Plus a Contest!) “Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.” – Brendan Francis Behan, Irish writer There’s a concept that best-selling author, entrepreneur, and my personal hero Tim Ferriss introduces in his book The 4-Hour Wo Written by Matthew November 15, 2012August 12, 2013
Travel Tales The Best European Cities No One Talks About “The map? I will first make it.” – Patrick White, Australian author, from Voss Throughout this journey, people always ask “So Matt, what’s your favorite destination so far?” To avoid overanalyzing myself into a seizure, I always default to Iceland. It was an adre Written by Matthew November 9, 2012April 29, 2014
Publishing & Media The Power of Twitter Told in 3 Tweets “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” – John C. Maxwell, leadership expert, speaker, and author Back in 2009 when I joined Twitter, like many people, I didn’t quite know what to do. Here are my first tweets: If you’ve advanced this f Written by Matthew October 11, 2012November 16, 2018
