My advice to the youth

About five or six years ago, I came up with a business idea... this is how it happened..

I had worn one of my favorite button up shirts and at the end of the day when I took it off the collar was dirty. I washed the shirt several times but there was still a slight stain on the collar. This caused unease in me and I started to think about how I could have prevented this...

Then I got the idea of a collar protector. I thought about it briefly and its execution but for some reason I never followed through (just like I haven't followed through yet on any of my business ideas).

But anyways...
A few months ago, I was looking through a website and found a collar protector. I also found out that it was patented about 3 years ago... I could not believe that I had this idea and someone actually pursued it independantly. Which brings me to this post!

this post is about creativity. It has been said that human beings get less creative the older they get...
it is possibly true. i remember being extremely creative when i was younger. it is a shame that i did not pursue all the things i set out to do [or maybe not! hmmm] but I am learning to take every opportunity and run with it. I am also learning to try to keep building my creativity muscle! i will not let it get weaker as I grow older!!

This leads to my advice to the YOUTH!
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My advice is that journalling/note taking/idea writing is extremely important. The mind is a wonderful and beautiful thing but our ability to forget things is alarming. If I had not written down that business idea i might not have being able to convince myself that I had the idea too. I try to journal when I can, sometimes once a week, sometimes once a month. I want to get to a place where i journal e.v.e.r.y d.a.y

so basically this post is primarily dedicated to people starting their lives and people full of ideas (secondarily to anyone interested, old or older etc). I hope this is insight and I hope you take the step to start journaling more often.

the failures of my life

i have failed alot in my life. I have done alot of things which i regret. there are alot of things I am embarassed about. things i do not want anybody to ever know about. in learning to grow, I am deciding to let go of these things... meaning: get to the point where i can post all these things online and not be afraid... or embarassed... anymore..

watch out.... it is coming soon...

How do you compete with cheaters?

I was taking a test in a french history class... (this is Paris) I look around and basically everybody is cheating. With notes hidden in pencil cases, iphones on laps, notes on laps, collaboration and other sorts of cheating. Of course the teacher was there but under the pretexte of being stupid, he did not notice it, most probably by choice, which I cannot say I understand.

I finished my test and I had an essay that was a 2 pages long. I turned it in and saw other people turned in 4, 5, 6 pages. I was thinking, of course you can write all that information if you have wikipedia as your assistant or google. I was really pissed and felt like sending an email to the professor after class telling him that he should not give me a grade based on the grades he gives others BECAUSE I CANNOT COMPETE WITH CHEATERS.

How can I compete.... with cheaters?
I refuse to cheat! I accept full responsibility for my grades whether it is a 70% of a 98%. But this situation poses an issue for me because obviously my grade depends on the work of others.

Well I started thinking about it and I realized that obviously I can still compete with cheaters... it would require much more work but yes, I can compete!! What is the gain?? I am not sure...

I spend 5 more hours studying for a test, still receive a lower grade but I have my pride, my character, my integrity... so really I am only working hard for my pride, character, integrity... not for my grades...

hmmmmm

I also started thinking again... maybe I am a cheater as well..? maybe we are all cheaters...?? think about it... what makes someone a cheater?

I know I have lied at least once or twice during interviews... what does that make me? a cheater? a liar?

what is the difference?
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a vous d'en decider!