What kept me thinking during this amazing week was a conversation I had with Francesco, an interesting guy who is looking for ideas for his college thesis. Talking with him has been an incredible opportunity to clarify the reasons that move me towards the constant development of the Ubuntulook blog and project in general.
You know, it is important to clarify the core values that move you towards your goals. And one of the most powerful and successful ways to obtain what you truly want in life in life is to build your own path towards the achievement of that result. Building your own path means being in control of your ideas and thoughts, in order to give your ideas a shape, to give your words a practical meaning. The point is, you could be doing whatever you want, from learning a new language, to creating a successful business plan from scratch, but you’ll always have to make sure you are in control of what you are building up, day by day. Dedication, passion, decisions taking. When it comes to creating, finding inspiration, building your future, designing your own life the way you want it (more on how to design the life of your dreams at a guest post I wrote for MillionClues.com), there is an endless list of factors and variables that come into play, forging your reality.
By talking with Francesco, I realized that the main reason I’m constantly developing the things I teach and talk about is the willingness to spread real and tangible inspiration for those who crave for true things, practical suggestions and ideas, real a simple stuff, appliable resources, not only abstract thinking. Digital citizens don’t need digital ideas. We need real and practical ideas, tips, suggestions. Not useless bits of information. This is pure creation of value. And the creation of value must be practical.
How do I create my material?
First, I read and discover interesting things, tips, general stuff I like; then I take a more difficult step, that is testing by experience the real applicability of the concepts I discovered. I personally test everything I tell, write and talk about here on Ubuntulook and in my productivity talks. I test every single program that catches my eye, I find out something more about what I want to tell to the people that will be listening to my talks, I put passion on what I do because I know that what I do is interesting to me.
Experience means I can create something new out of what is already here. So, after making experience, the next step is creating something valuable out of everything I know, in order to help others reaching their own goals.
If you have attended my last talk “La Tua Migliore Produttività” (you can find the recording at the Events page, here on Ubuntulook), you’ll certainly remember me talking about Smart Wallpapers. Well, I’ve been using, testing, verifying and personalizing smart wallpapers for something like 3 weeks before publicly express their importance and including them between the contents of my talks.
Being true and passioned about what you do is the key for success in what you do, at least for yourself. Just like Everett Bogue wrote and let understand on his “Minimalist Workday”, just stay true with what you do and what you say, be honest with yourself and with what you talk about when you’re teaching someone. Never, ever be false with yourself, always be true with what you do and, most of all, let the actions do the talk, leaving words outside of your life.
