Career Advice from Randy Komisar

Posted in: Life, Work- Jan 08, 2010 3 Comments

Randy Komisar is a good guy. He’s a Sil­i­con Val­ley CEO. Lis­ten­ing to him speak is like being sat down by your down-to-earth uncle, who wants to give you career advice. Komisar is good at giv­ing inter­est­ing advice about ‘fol­low­ing your pas­sion’ with­out sound­ing trite or overly moti­va­tional.  A lot of us get stuck on […]

Caring Advice from Old People

Posted in: Life- Dec 18, 2009 No Comments

Seth Men­achem is an LA direc­tor who, in his spare time, asks elderly strangers for advice. I grew up far away from my grand­par­ents and I’ve lived over­seas, away from my own par­ents, for a long time. Maybe this is why I love these clips from Life Advice from Old peo­ple. These are two of my […]

Nain’s Advice

Posted in: Life- Jun 06, 2009 3 Comments

Nain is the Welsh word for grand­mother. My nain Gwenda Thain was born on this day in 1922. In hon­our of her birth­day, I’d like to share some of her advice about life: