A week before Christmas I shared some of my thoughts on my bloggers journey and the lessons I’ve learned. I thought I’d follow that up with a long drawn out look back at some life lessons, posts I’ve written, and more. I hope you enjoy it.
Early 2009:
I returned from Brazil in January of 2009 and had the delightful experience of my first wave. I had no idea how much that moment would change my life in the months to follow. I was in the process of finishing an MBA and absolutely terrified at the prospect of graduation and the job market.
- April 11 2009: Turned 31
- April 18, 2009: Graduated from Pepperdine with my MBA
- April 28th, 2009- Launched The Skool of Life
As the summer approached and my money ran out, I seemed to grow more and more drawn to my main source of inspiration, happiness, and mental clarity: I started my life long journey as a surfer.
What Surfing taught me in 2009:
- Why Surfing makes the world a better place
- 7 Life Lessons from the Skool of Surf
- Riding the Waves of Recession to enlightenment
- Ride the wave in the direction it’s taking you
- Wave selection, choices, and the ride to success
- Surfing, Zen, and Your inner child
- 7 qualities of water you should emulate in your personal life
- Embrace the Winds of Change
- Shake the wipeouts, learn from them, and move on
At this point it’s not something I do, it’s a part of who I am.
The Skool of Life on Tour in 2009(guest posts from around the web) :
- The Most important relationship you’ll ever have
- 10 Signs that the Matrix has You
- 10 Tips for Navigating the Waters of Life
- How to manage your ego in order to reach your full potential
- Focus on what you can control, let go of what you don’t.
- The importance of Authenticity@World’s Strongest Librarian
- 6 Tips for Efficient Blogging@Nathan Hangen
- 3 Keys to accomplishing anything@Nathan Hangen
- Tijuana Strippers, High Speed Carchases and my Escape from Gunpoint
- How be a prolific blogger@HowtoMakeMyblog
- How to put your blog on autopilot and spend your time at the beach@LifestyleDesign4U
- Blogging is a team sport@ericasays
- The Tripod of Balance: Health, Wealth, and Relationships@Quest for Balance
- Persistence Pays Off@RobsWebTips
- Don’t force your inner blogger@UnreadyandWilling
- Why you need to develop a healthy unemployment Routine@Personal Branding Blog
- Goals, Autosuggestion, Commitment and Consistency@LifestyleDesgin4U
- Finding your voice as a blogger@WritetoDone
- How to gain the experience of a senior executive without being one@Under30CEO
Stay tuned for Part II of this post.
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Hey Sri,
I haven’t gone through all of those posts but I’m loving your titles and there’s a lot a I can learn from just those!
I hope you have a prosperous new year!
Amit Sodha – The Power Of Choice´s last blog ..For 2010 – 10 Unusual Places To Get Inspired For The New Year
Hey Srini.
This is a good deal. Surfing to you is the thing I was talking about in my post about not stopping what you enjoy to save time. Surfing is one of your things, just like a couple of my things are basketball/running and rapping.
Solid set of guest posts there. Good call on the insta-launch of TSOL in April after the other events. Your persistence is well-noticed.
By the way you misspelled “school” in the site name. Are you trying to teach us to make typos? I am kidding around.
As we head to 2010~
Armen Shirvanian´s last blog ..Timeless Information 2009 Review
@Amit: Thanks for stopping by
. I hope you’ll check out some of the other articles. A prosperous New Year to you as well.
@Armen: Surfing has definitely been huge for me. All of my ideas have come from time in the water. Ironically I do my best thinking when I’m not thinking about anything as a strange as that sounds
Srinivas Rao´s last blog ..A long drawn out look back at 2009: Part I
Hi Srinivas. That is cool that you found what you loved to do. It’s also pretty cool that you got your masters at Pepperdine. Thanks for sharing your passion of surfing here in this blog and I’ll be looking forward to more of your posts at The Skool of Life in 2010.
@Hulbert: Thanks. It’s been a really interesting ride so far and I’m looking forward to seeing the progress of everybody in 2010.
Srinivas Rao´s last blog ..A Long Drawn Out Look Back at 2009: Part II
Wow Srinivas,
I knew I had seen you guess posting around, but didn’t realize just how much. Good work:)
I’ve been reading some some of your posts, and find them very motivating. I love this kind of stuff.
Cheers!
@Debbie: I’m glad to hear you’re finding my articles useful. Happy New Year and I hope to provide even more value to you in 2010.