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Review: What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
Tagged Under : book, entrepreneur, Innovation, review, Stanford University, Tina Seelig
Yeah, that’s me at age 20 or 21 living the rock and roll lifestyle. I’m not sure if anybody actually attended that show.
In my previous post I mentioned a book I’ve been reading by Tina Seelig called “What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20.” Tina, who has a Ph. D. in neuroscience, is the executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. She teaches courses on entrepreneurship and innovation.
Today I want to give you a little more info on that book since I really enjoyed it and took a lot of good knowledge from it. I think a lot of the topics it covers are incredibly relevant to us who are running our own freelance businesses.
The underlying theme I took from this book was the idea of challenging assumptions. Why do we do the things we do? Why not try something outside of the box? If you pay attention to successful entrepreneurs, you’ll notice a tendency to look at things from different angles and often trying different approaches to various problems. Throughout the book she gives some really creative examples of this type of approach in action.
Other notable themes: Failure is okay. Be fabulous. Be thankful. And more…I don’t want to give away the whole book because it’s definitely worth your time to read it. It’s a quick read and Tina did a great job conveying innovative ways to approach both your life and career.
As an additional teaser, here is an excellent video of Tina talking about some of the central ideas in her book:
More book reviews coming in the near future. I’ve been reading some good stuff lately!
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I'm pretty sure I was at that when that photo was taken! I'm even a member at the BFJ facebook fan page! During the summer I still listen to the first cd when mowing the lawn.
Ha! That's awesome! Is it just me, or are there certain albums that hit the spot when mowing the lawn? I think back to the summer of 1994, listening to Joe Satriani's “The Extremist” for an entire summer spent mowing lawns. I never cared for the album much unless the roar of the Ariens was to be heard through the muffle of my headphones. The past few summers The Black Crowes' “By Your Side” has been my album of choice. We should start a blog that reviews lawn-mowing music, Jeremy.
The other album I listen to while mowing is The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan. There is most certainly lawn-mowing albums.