if you're not owning your life, someone else is
https://youtu.be/ha7f-tiEvVE A PechaKucha style presentation format that I presented in front of a live audience at a bookstore in Johannesburg, South Africa. I discuss the beauty of defeat, and why moments that appear to deflate us should be embraced, rather than blocked out.
Sometimes when things seem like they're falling apart, they're actually falling into place. Perspective is most easily lost when we find ourselves lamenting what is slipping away while losing sight of what is heading our way instead. There is no shortage of sentiment or rhetoric regarding the opportunities that dark clouds herald or the silver [...]