Career & Work Publishing & Media Maybe You’re The Niche “Anyone can sound like Beethoven or Joe Pan or them other guys you said. But your music, what you do? Only you can do that.” –Tony Lipp, The Green Book During a blogging workshop I ran at the London Writers’ Salon, one writer named Ricardo asked: “I hear adv Written by Matthew Trinetti May 22, 2020May 25, 2020
Career & Work 13 fascinating people answer the question “what do you do?” When you’re a human in midst of reinventing yourself, no question produces angst like the cookie cutter: “So, what do you do?” One day we’ll collectively design a better question. Until then, you and I will continue to fight the good fight, attempting to sum up our zig-zagged liv Written by Matthew Trinetti July 2, 2017August 3, 2017
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
Book Reviews How a Book Club Can Change Your Life (or, The Power of Positive Peer Pressure) Mike and I saddled into our seats on the idling Icelandair 612 at New York’s JFK and marinated on the moment for a bit. Eventually we turned toward each other, cracked the identical smiles we’d been fighting back, and started giggling like giddy school girls. Then the fresh-faced, tanned, Written by Matthew February 28, 2014January 29, 2018
Publishing & Media Things I Learned Wandering Around Europe: When Something Goes Viral First, 1 quick announcement. The past four days have been a whirlwind experience. I’m still trying to make sense of it, dissect how and why it happened, and process it intellectually. I’ve been trying to document it all in real time over social media. But in case we’re not con Written by Matthew November 19, 2013December 23, 2013
Travel Tales London on July 3: How to Escape and Build a Life Traveling the World I’m thrilled to announce that tomorrow, July 3, I’m speaking at an Escape the City event in London. The talk is titled “How to Escape and Build a Life Traveling the World.” Escape the City is an organization in London whose mantra is “Do Something Different,” and Written by Matthew July 2, 2013August 12, 2013
Travel Tales The GiveLiveExplore Comfort Challenge-Challenge: Stories From the Trenches (And Voting!) “Nobody ever died of discomfort, yet living in the name of comfort has killed more ideas, more opportunities, more actions, and more growth than everything else combined.” – T. Harv Eker Two weeks ago when I shared the details of my uncomfortable date with a sexy Serb, I came to th Written by Matthew November 28, 2012September 26, 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
