This is going to sound crazy...
Oh, hi friends!
Here’s the crazy part: Answers are easy.
Want to learn how to sleep better? Shoot a short film? Master Photoshop? Run faster? Practice Transcendental Meditation? Compose songs? Fly to Iceland for free using credit card miles and eat some puffin? (Please don't eat puffin.)
Everything you want to know is in the machine you’re using right now.
Tell me something else I already know, Kara.
I know, it sounds simple. Like, stupid-simple.
But the Internet is magic.
And yet it’s easy to fall into the same patterns. Twitter, Facebook, email, repeat. The world seems very small.
Yet if you break your patterns, or form new ones, everything you could ever want to learn is a click away.
We’re kinda lucky in that way, you know?
From a TED talk by organizational psychologist Adam Grant, who argues that having original ideas starts with skipping step four. HARD AGREE. Full talk here. (16 mins)
Calling All Actors
My talented friends Chelsea Smith and Randa Karambelas are seeking five actors and actresses for their fall production of the play A Piece of My Heart, inspired by true stories of women who served in the Vietnam War. Know someone perfect? More details on Playbill.
Thank you for reading.
Love, Kara