You tell me you want to be an athlete. I say, “Awesome! What sport?” You tell me you don’t know yet. I say, “That’s cool. I get it. A lot of athletes play multiple sports, experiment, switch sports, and settle where the returns to their skill are highest. College football stars have ended up playing […]
Most of us don’t actually fear failure. Millions of people play the lottery, knowing they’ll almost surely fail. People play sports, where one team is guaranteed to lose. I’ve even happily joined teams I knew were bad, and likely to fail almost every week. Young people wander through college for years and tens of thousands, […]
I’m not big on goals and goal-setting. I’ve done it at various points, and it’s had a few positive effects and can be somewhat fun, or at least useful in challenging me to think bigger. Still, I find that I’m more of an opportunist than a planner. I prefer to keep building things – myself, […]
Meet our new CTO, Chuck Grimmett! Chuck has been advising Praxis participants and helping the team with tech problems for a few years now, and taking our curriculum and tech to the next level meant we had to get him on the team full time. Chuck is a polymath, and among his many talents are […]
Depends what you want to do with art. Praxis will help you build a personal brand, professional hard and soft skills, and a body of work through the bootcamp and curriculum. We will help you push yourself to break through obstacles that inhibit your growth through coaching. You’ll build a powerful set of mindsets and […]
College debt regret You hear a lot of complaints about student debt, and how maddening it is to be $40,000 in the hole at age 23 and still not have a job that requires a degree. The case for the unfairness of student loan debt is that these kids didn’t know better. It’s kind of a […]
Probably the number one question we get at Praxis is, “Is this real? It seems too good to be true. What’s the catch?” Yes it’s real. No, it’s not too good to be true because it is true. No, there’s no catch, except that you have to want it and be committed to accelerating your […]
A college degree is a signal. It’s a signal to the world of your value in the market. It conveys information about your ability, skill, and intelligence. There is a lot of noise in the world of work, and it’s hard to figure out who’s worth working with. A degree cuts through some of that […]
Doing something is more valuable than thinking about doing the perfect thing. At Praxis, we work with participants to place them in an excellent apprenticeship with one of our business partners. Our number one goal is to ensure an experience that challenges participants, helps them grow, and lets them move closer to discovering and doing […]
I’m going to describe three types of people. I call them average, elite, and ascendant. One of the differences between the three is how they approach learning. Pain, Prestige, or Purpose? Average people learn what they need to avoid pain. Elite people learn what they need to get the grade, ace the test, win the award, […]