How can i be more awesome

It will take you from identifying a big, daring, audacious goal, to taking that first awesome step to make it happen. People with mojo strut their stuff, take healthy risks, and put themselves out there.

They feel lucky, which makes them more aware of opportunities and of the good that surrounds them. Mojo will give you the boldness and confidence you need to be awesome. Gumption is a close friend of mojo. Awesome people have gumption in spades. And if they feel their gumption being depleted, they look for ways to refuel it. This includes doing things like the following:.

Everyone has self-doubts. Well, he has. In fact, odds are high that he feels some self-doubt on a regular basis. Awesome people can do stuff.

They can create landing pages for their awesome digital products, cook a gourmet meal from scratch, organize a closet as well as Martha Stewart, and take great photographs. Well, maybe not those skills specifically, but you get the idea. Awesome people are really good at what they do, whatever that may be. Instead, they practice continous improvement. As I said above, awesome people have an area of an expertise that they hone in on and become great in.

They also have general knowledge about a lot of other things. A group of people—including me—were gathered around the TV watching the match. He explained to me that Croatia was part of the former Yugoslavia.

Then he spoke a little about Tito—the Communist leader who was the Marshal of Yugoslavia from until his death in —, and of his relationship with the USSR. Stalin tried to assassinate Tito several times and failed.

He stopped when Tito sent him a note saying the following:. Stop sending people to kill me. The gentleman added that the six other present day countries which once comprised Yugoslavia are Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, and Montenegro.

I thought it was awesome that he knew all that. And now, because I was curious and I asked—I know too. And because you read this blog, so do you! Be more awesome by learning new things. I recommend the following ratio. To be awesome, get up off the couch and shake your booty. Or at least walk around the block a few times. And do it with attitude. Passion is awesome. One way to bring more passion into your life is with a passion project.

A passion project is something you work on—usually outside of your chosen career path—which makes you happy and puts you in the state of flow.

Here are some ideas:. On the other hand, the other day I witnessed a young man go out of his way to patiently help an elderly gentleman climb up the staircase of an elevated pedestrian bridge, walk across the bridge, and then go back down on the other side. Playful people are fun. They enjoy themselves, and they share that joy with others.

Being this way creates good vibes all around. One example Riggle gives in his book is from a Celtics baskeball game. One person stood up and started enacting the role of Bon Jovi in a music video. He roamed around the audience inviting others to join him in the pretense, and many did. Most of the stadium was cheering and clapping. It was awesome. Instead, do the following: stop and think of what your life would be like if you were humming on all cylinders.

Then, identify a group of people who are already doing those things and join them. But be cool about it. Other kids—and even adults—are drawn to him like moths to a flame. Some people are born under an awesomeness star. The high five is such a fixture of our culture now that it boggles the mind to learn that it was invented in Credit is widely given to the early exemplar of awesome Glenn Burke, the man Major League Baseball recognizes as the first openly gay major league baseball player.

Dusty Baker had just hit his 30th home run of the season, and Burke was up to bat next. When Baker approached home plate, Burke was there with his hand up in the air.

Baker could tell Burke wanted him to slap his hand, so he reached up and slapped it. Burke was up to bat next, and he proceeded to hit his first major league home run. When he came around third, Baker was waiting at home with his hand up high. And the high five was born. Another example I love is from a Celtics basketball game.

But one audience member jumped out of his seat and started enacting the role of Bon Jovi in a music video. He roamed among the crowd, inviting them to join in on the pretense—and so many people were game. They encouraged him, cheered him on. Clearly awesome. There are so many other examples. From swings installed at bus stops, to street art and municipal governance. One of the points I emphasize in the book is that there are opportunities to be awesome and not suck every day, in some of the simplest interactions like ordering a coffee.

Well consider what we normally do when we order coffee. But when we do this we act more or less like anyone else enacting that role. One way to create awesomeness is to break out of the role and express yourself to them in a way that gives them an opportunity to express themselves. Crack a joke, compliment them or the drink they made, ask a kind question, or simply sincerely thank them.

Of course, there are many ways we can fail at this! But when was the last time you gave someone a gift just because, had a nice chat with a stranger, or went out of your way to cook a special meal? We are awesome when we break out of our norms and routines to create these opportunities for shared expression and appreciation.

I think you need to explain how a high school dropout ended up with a Ph. I dropped out of high school to be a professional in-line skater.

I was completely in love with street and park skating from roughly age 12 to But something unexpected happened once I was skating full time. I found that I had a lot of intellectual curiosity and energy. I wrote a bit for the skate magazines but I also started reading a lot during all of the down time I had when I was traveling.

In my late teens I was doing a lot of soul searching. My parents had divorced and I was having to take a hard look at my future. I was reading Plato and Descartes. I was also studying music composition on my own and playing a lot of guitar.

Anyway, dropping out of high school showed me that I was a passionate autodidact. It was the thing I loved to read and think about the most.