Everything great that has ever happened to me happened because I was willing to face a fear, and walk through that door. Shermain Melton and I used this as the topic of the most recent Accomplished Misfit gathering. There’s a distinction between talking about old, vanquished fears, and ones you are actively facing today, or in this very moment. We had a spirited call where everyone used...
I have a belief, informed from my first-hand experiences, that to know where we’re going we must first look at where we’ve been. For most of us, we skip the most interesting parts. What if becoming a student of your own self-mastery, studying the life you’ve already lived, was the piece you were missing from making your next chapter your greatest chapter? What if by being willing to share...
My friend, Shermain Melton, and I hosted the first meeting of Accomplished Misfits. Inspired by Shermain’s mission of solving loneliness, we came up with the idea of the particular kind of lonely that happens from succeeding in all the wrong ways. We had everyone share their answers to these four questions: What is your “weird”? What is your “accomplished”? What is...
The Island of Misfit Toys was part of the story of the 1960s perennial Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Christmas special. During his adventure, Rudolph is brought to this island, where unwanted toys are brought to be together. It’s a powerful metaphor about the community misfits can find with one another. I remember a good friend of mine using it to describe the community that formed around my...
Accomplished Misfits create industries, whole new categories, and their success may look inevitable in hindsight, but seemed impossible at the outset. Accomplished Misfits also feel lonely in their methods. My friend Shermain Melton and I are hosting a free Zoom on this topic as we continue to create our once-in-a-lifetime Toronto event: Weird, Successful, Lonely, with Unfinished Business. An...