This past weekend my mom came to visit me. At dinner, she asked me how my internship was going and I told her it was going really well. I told her that I've been learning a lot, meeting and interacting with a lot of really awesome people. [I'm looking at you, readers!] "What's this website about?" she asked. I did my best trying to explain the various topics we cover here … [Read more...]
Untemplater Weekend Reading: Evaluation Edition
These are some reads that are either very related to the untemplate message or just plain awesome stuff. This week's reading is called the 'Evaluation Edition' because many of these articles encourage us to pause and evaluate what we're doing. These articles challenge us to think outside the box: to rethink our personal brands, rethink the power of our words, rethink the … [Read more...]
Ask the Readers: What have you learned from your mistakes?
Everybody makes mistakes. Almost everyone has regrets. For me, I find that these days my Gen-Y ADD tendencies cause a lot problems. I'm usually satisfied with getting the gist of things, not really caring for looking into the details. This carelessness combined with thinking I've got the memory of an elephant has led to some big mistakes at work. I get so focused on just … [Read more...]
Untemplater Weekend Reading: ‘Just Doing It’ Edition
These are some reads that are either very related to the untemplate message or just plain awesome stuff. This week’s reading is called the "Just Doing It" edition because while many of us can get stuck in the planning stages of making a big change in our lives, we don't actually do what we set out. Many of the articles this week are about getting started with taking … [Read more...]
Ask the Readers: What Inspires You?
Sometimes life can be a beach. Other times it can be incredibly difficult. We get stuck in the drudgery of our routine, we get frustrated by unforeseen roadblocks, and we feel overwhelmed. The life of an untemplater can be emotionally draining. In those difficult trenches of our lives it's easy to lose track of why we began the journey to achieve our goals in the first … [Read more...]