SXSW Day 4 was great. The days are long and these posts are getting a bit more succinct. Themes that continue to emerge are: givers, play, stoics/stoicism, humor, laughter (including laughing at one’s self), intentionality, and doing the work. Enjoy the day 4 lessons learned.
- Featured Session: Lead from the Outside: How to Make Real Change with Stacey Abrams
- “Sometimes you don’t get over things, you get through [them].”
- “What is often called voter fraud is actually voter confusion.”
- “When you’re focusing on you’re enemies, you’re not focusing on your allies.”
- We need to let people know that we see them and understand them.
- Ask yourself: am I blaming others instead of solving the problem?
- We need to have better conversations to help build connection and relationships.
- Let’s use the power of persuasion in politics.
- How can each of us be more intentional”
- Featured Session: Keep Going with Austin Kleon and Debbie Millman
- Steal from as many people as possible. This will allow us to create more original work.
- Be a better reader so you can be a better writer.
- “We need to practice everyday,” even when we don’t want to.
- Each of us needs to schedule time for our passion/work. We need to put it on our calendar if we need to.
- Featured Session: Douglas Rushkoff: Team Human
- “Technology is like a drug when you’re sick…[like drugs, technologies] help us get as close to ‘normal’ as we can.”
- Each of us are already on Team Human simply by being a member of the human race.
- Time spent with other humans is time that we can connect.
- “Corporations are not alive but the people inside them are.”
- Find the human in people that have differing views from our own. I see you as a person, as a human.
- We need to ask ourselves, “is this bringing people together or pushing them apart?”
- Session: The Obstacle is the Way: Ambitious Paths to Success by Ryan Holiday
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius was recommended again. Message received.
- Be intentional and do the hard work.
- Be humble (even when you make it big).
- We each have the power to turn “dead time” into “alive time.”
- “The ability to cultivate that deep work is a competitive advantage that most people leave on the table.”
- Session: NatureTech: Rewilding Human Habit with Kenner Kingston and Amanda Sturgeon
- How can we bring a sense of discovery and exploration into our design?
- How can we use