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I’m OBSESSED with this song by Shakira.

English translated lyrics:

I never use a mask
I pass through this fleeting world
I don’t pretend to stop
Tell me, who would walk if they could fly

My destiny is to wander
My memories are a wake in the sea
What I have I give
I say what I think
Take me as I am

My gypsy heart goes lightly
[it] only knows how to beat against the flow
Don’t try to tie me down
Nor dominate me
I’m the one who chooses how to make my mistakes
Take advantage because if I arrived yesterday I could leave tomorrow
Because I’m a gypsy
Because I’m a gypsy

I’m still learning
In each kiss and with each scar
I can understand something
For as much as I trip
I know how to fall

My gypsy heart goes lightly
[it] only knows how to beat against the flow
Don’t try to tie me down
Nor dominate me
I’m the one who chooses how to make my mistakes
Take advantage because if I arrived yesterday I could leave tomorrow
Because I’m a gypsy
Because I’m a gypsy

Let’s go and we’ll see
That life is a joy
It’s normal that you fear
What you don’t know

Take me and let’s go
Life is a joy
It’s normal that you fear
What you don’t know

I want to see you fly
I want to see you fly

My gypsy heart goes lightly
[it] only knows how to beat against the flow
Don’t try to tie me down
Nor dominate me
I’m the one who chooses how to make my mistakes
If I came yesterday, take advantage today because I’m leaving tomorrow
Because I’m a gypsy

Aug 30, 2010

#gypsy #Shairka

Beautifully organized list of restaurant recommendations in NYC

Aug 26, 2010

#Food #NYC

“People want to know how I started Teach For America straight out of college, and honestly, my greatest asset was my inexperience. It proved absolutely critical at many junctures. When I declared in my thesis that I would try to create this corps myself, my thesis adviser pronounced me “deranged.” When he looked at my budget of $2.5 million for the first year, he asked me if I knew how hard it was to raise $2,500, let alone two and a half million dollars. But aided by my inexperience, I was unfazed by these reactions. When school district officials literally laughed at the notion that the Me Generation — this was the label for my generation — would jump at the chance to teach in urban and rural communities, their concerns, too, went unheard. My very greatest asset was that I simply did not understand what was impossible.”—

Wendy Kopp (Teach For America founder)

Let others be afraid and defeated for you.

(via theessentialman) [< love this! I’ll outsource my fear please…]

Aug 25, 2010120 notes

#inspiration #Teach for America #No Fear

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Forecasting the future is fuzzy at the best of times, but I’m confident THE NEXT BIG THING will combine these ingredients into a belly-filling meal of user satisfaction…

Playful + Personal + Predictive + Push + Mobile + Semantic

I believe a service will emerge within the next couple years (or less) that will fundamentally change the way we discover and make sense of information. It will be born by some currently insignificant, or not-yet-existent, startup. It will initially be perceived as a toy whose utility and efficiency will be questioned and laughed at. It will then seemingly come out of nowhere to win the hearts, minds and eyeballs of 100s of millions of users around the world. It will make the current doomsday banter of an internet duopoly dominated by Google and Facebook an amusing historic footnote.

Nope, the internet is not dead …it’s just getting started. Looking forward to watching the future unfold :)

”—

Futureful: What’s Next for Discovery?

What’s your prediction of what will change the tech horizon? Lay your claim now!

Aug 25, 20101 note

“Get out and do good work - good as you define it. Do your very best. Practice some learned optimism. Take some risks. Don’t do it in a vacuum - help others do the same.”—Thoughts on “From Generation to Generation: Remarkable Women Leaders” | Ms. JD

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“Sometimes I fantasize about traveling back through time and telling my historical heroes and heroines how well things worked out in the end. I particularly enjoy the part where I find Vincent van Gogh and inform him that one of the unsold paintings piled up over in the corner will eventually go for $80 million. But I never imagine telling Susan B. Anthony how well American women are doing in the 21st century because her faith in her country and her cause was so strong that she wouldn’t be surprised.”—

Op-Ed Columnist - My Favorite August - NYTimes.com

Well put, what would those women think now?

Aug 22, 20101 note

“Simple example: start a blog and post once a day on how your favorite company can improve its products or its service. Do it every day for a month, one new, actionable idea each and every day. Within a few weeks, you’ll notice the change in the way you find, process and ship ideas.”—

Seth Godin on finding inspiration instead of it finding you.

HELLO business/marketing/advertising college-aged kids looking for a job/internship/passion for life. Don’t you think a blog documenting your ideas on how to improve current strategies (thriving off your naïvety) will help you stand out in the sea of resumes/clones.

On that note, this follows a theme I’m putting together in my head for a possible Pecha Kucha presentation. Dive into anything, everyday for a period (1 year, 6 months, whatever) and you’ll walk away changed for life. Even if you don’t keep it up after that initial goal period, your skills and perspective will forever be altered.

Worked for me with Web Design, Photography and Eating Right. Currently working on a new one too…

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You will be googled. Be prepared.

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Aug 20, 201042 notes

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#Steve Jobs #Inspiration

“Building an entrepreneurial company is challenging and frustrating, exhilarating and frightening.”—Tech Entrepreneurs Need More Than an Idea - TheStreet

Aug 20, 2010

“Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly. Choose happiness.”—Top Five Regrets of the Dying

Aug 19, 2010

“No Rules
There are a lot of rules working at most companies. You don’t even realize that some of the rules are rules until you work at a company with no rules. I’m talking about the most basic things like what hours you work, what days of the week you work, what tools you use, and whether you come into the office or not. Because there are no rules, you have to be able to set your own direction and make decisions on your own.”—Great insight from: My experience as the first employee of a Y Combinator startup - Blog - thoughts from the red planet

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Play

Aug 11, 20102 notes

#Simon Sinek #entrepreneurship #inspiration

“Almost everyone who worked for us was an animal at what they did. The woman in charge of sales was so tenacious that I used to feel sorry for potential customers on the phone with her. You could sense them squirming on the hook, but you knew there would be no rest for them till they’d signed up. If you think about people you know, you’ll find the animal test is easy to apply. Call the person’s image to mind and imagine the sentence “so-and-so is an animal.” If you laugh, they’re not. You don’t need or perhaps even want this quality in big companies, but you need it in a startup.”—How to Start a Startup

Aug 10, 20101 note

“Academics are already in broad agreement that there is a strong correlation between the quality of people’s relationships and their happiness; hence, anything that promotes stronger social bonds has a good chance of making us feel all warm and fuzzy.”—

On that note- go plan some trips with friends on Gtrot!

From: New York Times: But will it make you happy?

Aug 8, 2010

#happiness

Aug 6, 2010196 notes

#Be Creative #Today's The Day #Do it!

Aug 3, 20104 notes

#New York

The entrepreneur section could use a few more ladies.