“Do or do not. There is no try.” -Yoda
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Creativity // Seeds of Success
Creativity is where curiosity and passion collide.
Creativity is not a skill, it’s a state of mind… the unconscious collaboration of eyes, ears, mind and hands, working together to better understand the surrounding world through a cycle of empathy, questioning, thinking for yourself and making new.
Creativity is a glorified word for play, it’s the same at 50 as it is at 5. The problem for many is that we stop questioning and start “learning”. We stop thinking and start “memorizing”. We stop making and start “consuming”.
Your brain is just like every muscle in your body, you have to work it every day to grow. Creativity is like cross-fit for your brain.
Most importantly, creativity is a big part of your path to finding passion and purpose. Do what you love and love why you do.
-Dad
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Think // Seeds of Success
Love working together with others to create and build great things, but think for yourself.
Respect first and have empathy for others. These qualities are important in understanding the world around you and feed your curious nature to see and solve problems, but think for yourself.
Consume information from all directions to be aware of the world, but think for yourself.
The ability to think for yourself, and more importantly not let others define your world and abilities, is a win-win. In the best of times, you’ll have the tools to prosper. In the worst of times, you’ll have the tools to survive.
-Dad
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Respect // Seeds of Success
Respect first. Then question.
Respect and empathy go hand in hand. In order to understand you need to try putting yourself in other situations. Even if (and usually, especially if) your initial reaction is to reject someone’s choice, words or point of view, its best try to find some commonalities in order to relate on some level. Maybe you both have kids, maybe you come from similar backgrounds or maybe the fact that you’re exact opposites is the only thing you have in common.
Respect is listening and attempting to understand. Then question why, who, what, how. You have just armed yourself to truly think for yourself. Sometimes you’ll be swayed, other times you’ll be validated. The best part is you have better informed yourself of the real world around you. You’ve made appropriate adjustments. You now have a more complete data-set for decision-making, problem-identification and solution-finding.
Respect first to grow.
-Dad
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Atlas Shrugged Project
A 9 Year Old’s POV
A collection of chapter summaries with illustrations. Read, written and illustrated by Jaxson Oakley.
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First Arduino // Maxsim Diesel
Circuit Training Time
Maxsim Diesel’s first Arduino… wish I had one when I was 5.
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Make Wall Art // Batman
Batman + Pallets
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Make Sushi
Last Summer Supper
Me: What do you guys want for your last dinner before school starts back? Jaxson: You have the stuff to make sushi?
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Hello Roxi June
A New Chapter
