Throughout their apprenticeship experience, Praxis participants are always working on interesting projects, creating thought-provoking content, and gaining new skills and experiences. Each week I’ll be sharing updates on what they’re creating. Hannah discussed being an artist, skipping college and the doer’s mindset on Zak’s podcast… …and did some photo editing… …Aaron is helping his father transition…
Throughout their apprenticeship experience, Praxis participants are always working on interesting projects, creating thought-provoking content, and gaining new skills and experiences. Each week I’ll be sharing updates on what they’re creating. Justin is creating a series of introductory playlists for people new to classical music… …Olivia is creating an infographic a day for the next week…
Throughout their apprenticeship experience, Praxis participants are always working on interesting projects, creating thought-provoking content, and gaining new skills and experiences. Each week I’ll be sharing updates on what they’re creating. Jackson created the “I am Praxis” marketing video… …Abbey launched her promo trailer for the 2016 Baton Rogue Craft Show… …we had a great skills…
Throughout their apprenticeship experience, Praxis participants are always working on interesting projects, creating thought-provoking content, and gaining new skills and experiences. Each week I’ll be sharing updates on what they’re creating. Abbey started planning her 3rd annual craft show – and sold all of her vendor booths in one week (raising over $1k in the process). Diana completed…
At Praxis, we like to read. A lot. We asked our team to submit their top book recommendations – the most enriching, enjoyable, and hard-hitting books we’ve read. If you’re a budding entrepreneur (or Christmas shopping for one) we guarantee you’ll find a great recommendation here. The Act of Creation by Arthur Koestler “The Act of…
Throughout their apprenticeship experience, Praxis participants are always working on interesting projects, creating thought-provoking content, and gaining new skills and experiences. Each week I’ll be sharing updates on what they’re creating. Tyler has been working on his photography portfolio. “I did this one by spinning steel wool at night at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago! There…
Throughout their apprenticeship experience, Praxis participants are always working on interesting projects, creating thought-provoking content, and gaining new skills and experiences. Each week I’ll be sharing updates on what they’re creating. Kelly published the Praxis: The Origin Stories: a series showcasing how our participants became who they are today. Jake is collecting data on solar radiation…
Throughout their apprenticeship experience, Praxis participants are always working on interesting projects, creating thought-provoking content, and gaining new skills and experiences. Each week I’ll be sharing updates on what they’re creating. Simon launched Simon Thoughts, a 5-part weekly series where he answers deep, meaningful, controversial questions. Caitlyn gathered a large team of unschoolers/homeschoolers/self-schoolers to work on…
Throughout their apprenticeship experience, Praxis participants are always working on interesting projects, creating thought-provoking content, and gaining new skills and experiences. Each week I’ll be sharing updates on what they’re creating. Abbey keeps up her viral content streak with her second viral blog post! Derek just got interviewed for RadioSarajevo in Bosnia! Kelly published an ebook called Why You…
Throughout their apprenticeship experience, Praxis participants are always working on interesting projects, creating thought-provoking content, and gaining new skills and experiences. Each week I’ll be sharing updates on what they’re creating. Abbey Lovett wrote a viral blog post! She talks about her homeschooling experience, her life after homeschooling, and three questions anyone considering going to college should ask…
A few weeks ago, I was in a predicament. I had 500 emails I needed to send out as part of a mass email blast. I had to send them so they wouldn’t end up in spam (which happened when I used MailChimp/Mail Merge), but wouldn’t leave me with a labyrinth of replies on one massive email…
If you’re like anyone I know, you have something you want to do. You’ve been wanting it for a while, but you haven’t done it yet. Writing a book, starting an exercise routine, founding a business, making a difficult call. Whatever it is, it’s still waiting on the launchpad. There are a ton of legitimate…
Feedback is an almost universally praised tool for growth, yet it’s still incredibly hard to give and take. There’s a lot that goes in to making it easier, but that starts with developing the proper attitude towards feedback. When you understand what feedback is and exactly why it’s important, it becomes easier to give and take when…
Your reasons “why” will make or break you. They make the difference between jumping out of bed and dragging yourself out, between loving or hating 40 hours of your week, between being fulfilled when you die or full of fear when you die. They make the difference between achieving your dreams and killing them. If you’re like me,…
Is there a “right way” to create value? I used to get caught up with doing things the “right way”: the “right way” to write about a topic, the “right way” to talk to cute girls, the “right way” to go about building an organization. I had in my head the idea that there was…