Category: inspirational

Chasing Tommy Ton

 

I recently came across this video of street style photographer Tommy Ton. The way that he expressed his passion for photography was inspiring. Because of how he went from getting turned down to be invited to many fashion events. Then how he was taking photos on the street for fashion and how its flooded now.

But anyhow I’ll keep it short and let you enjoy the video.

You gotta find what you love

 

This may be a little intense for some people. But you really have to find what you love and let it consume you. Because when you do this your life will be better. By better I mean it will be more enjoyable and you will enjoy getting out of bed everyday.

We all have experienced the feeling of waking up and saying well here goes another day of going to a Job that is life sucking. Well there’s no reason why you should just settle for that. The real reason that you settle for that is because you are comfortable or you may just lack motivation in wanting a better life.

When you are doing a thing and you feel very happy and emotionally attached to it live in the moment. Cherish those moments and then realize and understand the reason why you are so happy. Whether or not you believe it there is a reason you enjoy doing it so much.

This can be the same thing for someone who is a stock broker or even a real estate investor. They love either the money, the game or seeing something come from nothing. Clearly you know there’s more to it than just those couple things.

Tips on finding what you love

  1. How do you feel while doing it
  2. Does it speak to you?
  3. While doing it do you lose track of time?
  4. What do you want to do with it?
  5. Why did you choose it?

So with what it is that you currently are doing and you are enjoying let it consume you. Make sure its not something that will harm you or anyone else.

you are not your likes

In the time of social media sites we tend to value likes more than they actually are worth. Remember to put out work that you like and care less about the likes. If someone likes your work then good and if they don’t oh well. Just do not let it discourage you.

Focus on creating your own visual style

 

When you stop focusing on copying a style you seen from someone you will develop your own. Also when you develop your own people will be able to say oh I know that is from so and so. There are other people whom you will not know because they hid it so well. So being versatile is pretty good. Because if you designed everything that looked the same then your work would be just filled with the same thing just different colors and fonts.

Just think for a second of two people who have a piece of sheet of plywood. One will walk on it and the other may prop it up against someone and walk up it or cut it in half and make it as a ramp. The point I am trying to get across is that you have the same tools as anyone else. The real thing is what you do with them.

It is a very rare thing that we come up with the same style. Even though a lot of things are just remixes. Do not let that discourage you at all. Keep moving forward and developing your visual style. Change your setting and approach to see what could happen differently than before.

 

Have a great weekend everyone

If you chose not to decide

 

Remember this and keep it in your thoughts. Do your best to not be afraid of making a choice. Because its so easy to fall into the habit of hoping for a better day and etc. More so hoping for your problems to go away. Which we both know that is not going to happen. Face your problems or whatever your going through head on and you’ll be glad you did in the end.

Why you’ll never hit the Jackpot

 

This quote is one I heard recently from Toben Wigwe. The quote immediately hit me right in the heart. Because I was just thinking to myself how very honest this is. Many of us try to get somewhere with wanting to invest in learning, hustling, grinding to get there.

Because you will not get anything without working for it. Well if you do get it without working for it sooner or later it will go away. The reason is because you have not developed the skills to maintain that which you have. A great example is the whole stipulation of redistributing wealth.

Redistributing wealth will not work and that is because a vast amount of people lack the financial knowledge to maintain that certain kind of wealth. I’m more so reflecting upon the whole process of learning about more than just the surface. Don’t think automatically you’ll be one of the best or it will happen over night. Because when it does happen people will think it was an overnight success when you and me both know we have been working day after day to get where we are.

Kid Gives Inspiring Speech To All Children Learning To Ride A Bike

 

This kids enthusiasm is great for those of us who are in the creative and many other industries. Because like he said “Everybody I know you can believe in yourself. If you believe in yourself you will know how to ride a bike and if you don’t just keep practicing”.

Just a little motivation to end the week. Now go and spend time somewhere else instead of sitting behind a computer screen.