Making Matters, pep talk for HACKDWN v1, Ohio State

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H A C K D W N P E P T L K D A N R O C K W E L L , B I G K I T T Y L A B S

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I S T H E R E A S E AT F O R Y O U AT T H E TA B L E ?

• asking the question implies no

• the mission is to manifest that seat

• the “making” makes you the reason why everyone else is there

E V E RY D AY Y O U M U S T F I G H T F O R T R A C T I O N

• conversations

• code

• code and conversations exposed to discomfort

• audacity that your worth it

B E WA R E Y O U R D E L U S I O N

• its the source of your power

• its what wakes you up in the morning, and keeps you coding till 4AM

• its also highly comfortable, safe, fiction, limitless

• harness it but keep it exposed to the light of reality

C L O S E T H E G A P

• the heart of hustle is looking legit and then closing the gap on the possibility you’re not

H O L D E A C H O T H E R A C C O U N TA B L E

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H A C K D W N P E P T L K D A N R O C K W E L L , B I G K I T T Y L A B S

A P R I L 3 R D , 2 0 1 5 - O H I O S TA T E U N I V E R S I T Y