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The Pixar Series: Priority

Part 2 in The Pixar Series

Nobody at Pixar is busy.

There is a zen-like quality through the halls — but I wouldn’t call it laid back. Equal parts tranquility and intense focus; an unusual combination.

I was exploring the campus reminiscing with my long time friend about his first week at Pixar. We had started our first company together (pre-internet boom and before schools taught digital animation). We would stay up all night animating to the Mortal Kombat soundtrack.

We prided ourselves on hacking the status quo, setting impossible records, and making strange bets. The most coveted: how long you could work without going home to sleep (or take a shower). I still hold the record at 102 hours. [Read more…]

The Pixar Series: Getting Fired Is Tough

We all have perks. One of mine is that I get to hang out at Pixar.

Pixar isn’t a building. It’s a campus. If there was a dream collage, Pixar is it.

Their movies define wonder. After one afternoon walking the campus I became more inspired with what happens in the corridors then what shows up on the screen.

Getting a job at Pixar is really hard, but what is even more surprising — getting fired at Pixar is even tougher. [Read more…]

Economics & Time Travel

WARNING: Upon review this post is so nerdy and geeky you may just want to skip. It will though give you a brief insight into what haunts my brain.

I love economics because it involves equal parts philosophy and numbers. Economics is the connection of money. The first thing you need to know about economics is that you don’t spend money, you circulate money. When money leaves your account it doesn’t disappear, it just moves to a different place. To become wealthy you need that money to flow to you instead of away from you.This is why debt is so dangerous. Debt cuts off your circulation.

Time on the other hand is not circulated, it is spent. When you spend $20 that money changes hands and can be spent again, but when you spend 20 minutes that time can only be spent once. Time is much more powerful than money because your time is rare while your money is replenish-able.

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Ben Franklin on Blogging

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. ~Ben Franklin

Your blog should either be incredibly compelling or it should be about your compelling adventure. Don’t write about that you had pancakes for breakfast (unless of course, your writing from Mt. Everest).

~J-E

Garbage In, Garbage Out

Everyone wants to live an incredible story — the fulfillment of a great destiny. The problem is that we pursue destiny as if it was a late night infomercial. We want riches or the abs without the work or in this case, without working backwards from your destiny > to your character > to your habits > to your actions > to your words > all the way back to your thoughts.

To change (or fulfill) my destiny, I must first change the way I think about the world around me. Before your first memory, your brain started making connections and these hundreds of thousands of connections (interactions and experiences) have become your world-view (the way you think about the world works and how you relate to it). Your world-view is based upon a complex series of assumptions — some good and some very false. The core of all your insecurities are just bad assumptions. Your assumptions are what is holding you back. Impossible is really just a way of thinking.

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