1. ~smart, driven college student(s)...should ignore any advice
from anyone who purports to tell them what the future will look like. No one
knows. People have ideas, and those are good to take on board and consider, but
that’s about the extent of it. I can’t tell you how many media or political
“experts” have made proclamations as to the next big thing in journalism or
entertainment—or politics—and been proven horribly, embarrassingly wrong. In the
whole scheme of things, no one knows anything, or rather, all of us have a lot
to learn, and it takes a lifetime. Interrogate the information shared with you
by others, and use it as a way to make up your own mind, not a path to follow. P 142
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2. I like collaborative environments where people
who work hard and do good work get rewarded for it, no matter who they are. I
hate machinations and behind-the-scenes strategizing and bullshit. P 142
3. I’d been a dancer as a child and had forgotten
how much an understanding of my own body and belief in its capabilities could
translate into better self-esteem, focus, and mental and emotional
centeredness. (Vinyasa) Yoga, and the community I came to know through my practice, saved
my life. P 143
4. What I told these graduates (at a commencement speech of a privates' boarding school in upstate New York) was not so much
“fuck that,” but that they should work to overcome the uncomfortable feelings
they may encounter when telling someone else no, whether that is a friend, a
romantic partner, a work colleague, etc. P 144
5. Moving throughout the world, whether by foot
or four-wheeled vehicle, gives me a different way of looking at things and
inspires me to feel gratitude at even the smallest of pleasures: a fluffy
cloud, a chipmunk scurrying across the road, a hawk sitting on a fencepost, a
gaggle of teenagers making a ruckus and having the time of their lives. P 144
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http://annaholmes.com/
ANNA HOLMES is an award-winning writer and
editor who has worked with numerous publications, including The Washington
Post, The New Yorker online, and The New York Times, where she is a regular
contributor to the Sunday Book Review. In 2007, in response to her work for
magazines like Glamour and Cosmopolitan, she created the popular website
Jezebel.com, which helped to revolutionize popular discussions around the
intersections of gender, race, and culture. In 2016, she became SVP of Editorial
at First Look Media, where she is spearheading the launch of Topic.com, the
consumer-facing arm of Topic, the company’s film, TV, and digital studio.
Ferriss, Timothy. Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World (P. 135). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Kindle Edition.
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