Ask yourself; what picture does your mind create when you hear the word Hacking?
- Do you see a vision of someone from far away stealing passwords, accounts, …?
- Or do you view hacking as making things work better; seeking shortcuts that make things easier; shortcuts that make things better?
Most of us are blinded by the ‘Hacking is Bad’ vision and refuse to believe there is value in being HACKED! Unfortunately our short-sightedness goes well beyond computers. Too many of us live in a business or sports vacuum where we robotically perform the same way we did yesterday, but have no idea WHY! That is how we did it yesterday…It’s my-way or the highway…I am sure there are others, but the only explanation, as we are shrugging our shoulders, is Because.
- Because we are contented, but we really don’t know why
- Because we accept without truly understanding
- Because we are contented with mediocrity
No wonder so few of us are Stoked about anything. We need to change. We need to understand. We need to accept nothing but our best, then we will begin to see Hacking creates innovation. In sports and in business.
We can all learn from this 13 year, Logan LaPlanteu, who describes nurturing Creativity through Hackschooling! Certainly not the norm, but after you watch the video I am sure you will agree, Logan has a grasp of this world well beyond his years.
End result, he becomes truly stoked about something.
Until next Blog, lets challenges ourselves to understand, to be happy, to be healthy, and be stoked about something!
Al McCormick
