The Human Potential in all of us, eric calls it, and we talk about it again today on GF Radio. Steve Jobs talking about how we are all capable of all sorts of stuff, from this YouTube video.
From Monica we learned about the website, The99percent.com, and talk about how to find your work sweet spot, by focusing on doing what you like with genuine interest and skills. Kinda like do what you love, the money will follow but with a dose of reality kicked in.
And from the same site, Mike and Eric talk about email etiquette, and how most emails can be negative and how to write emails that wont be taken the wrong way. Eric decides emoticons are ok to use, as emails can always be read the wrong way. Make way for more smiley faces from Eric now.
Kickstarter, and how to run your own kickstarter campaign is our next topic. Eric suggests a free PDF book, The Kickstarter’s Guide to Kickstarter, by Nelson de Witt, as a great place to start learning about running a successful Kickstarter campaign.
Planning is very important when deciding to have a Kickstarter campaign, so we have decided to wait a bit to start the GardenFork Kickstarter campaign. Stay tuned for news in February.
Mike’s Pinball Machine blog is http://shoppedmachine.blogspot.com/
Steve Job’s quote from PBS show:
When you grow up you tend to get told that the world is the way it is.
And your life is just to live your life inside the world
Try not to bash into the walls too much
Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money
That’s a very limited life
Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact
And that is that everything around you that you call life
Was made up by people who were no smarter than you
And you can change it, you can influence it,
You can build your own things that other people can use
Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.
photo by Mantasmagorical
Eric J.
@Mike,
Were the tires cupped? I have this issue with my 2007 Honda Civic. I had to replace the original tire at ~22k miles, and have the same issue again at ~47k miles on tires rated for 80k miles. Mine is an issue with the rear upper control arms being too short, resulting in a negative caliper. This wears out the inside tread in a cupping pattern and causes a lovely hum while driving over 30mph.
Martha
Hi Eric and Mike,
I want to provide an example regarding your influence on others. I haven’t cured cancer, but I have gone from gardening in containers to gardening in actual garden beds, and I know my interest in gardening has continually grown by the videos/radio discussions, examples, and demonstrations Eric, Mike and GardenFork have provided.
This example of what I garden in, isn’t earth shattering to others, but it’s huge for me! I now have the challenge of figuring out: how to plant, what to plant, and how to water the beds–guess what, Eric has three video that taught me how to do just that. I watched the video about making pots out of paper towel rolls, the video about planting garlic, and the video about setting up a drip irrigation system–WOW! I can’t wait to start planting again.
Although you may not hear from us all, your influence is evident and appreciated! Thank you very much! M 🙂