Try Something New!

I recently read Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull.  I had intended to read the book with my School Goggles on--trying to think about how the culture of Pixar could be a model for culture in schools.  In the first two-thirds of the book, I felt a bit discouraged.  However, as I continued to read, determined to glean some nuggets of wisdom, I found more and more of the information on the day-to-day operations--and the merger with Disney--in the last third of the book to be most helpful.  Catmull even closes the book with a list of handy bullet points (nuggets of wisdom) that are meant to be a guide and review of the most important tenets of life at Pixar. 

While I have much to reflect on from those (and will--in a later post), right now I want to focus on Catmull's point about failure:





Inspired by this quote, I got to thinking about the last time I tried something new...I'm a pretty picky eater, and I don't try a lot of new foods.  That idea spiraled into the video below--created on an app I hadn't used much before (Clips for iPad).

Try Something New

I'd love to hear about what you've tried new lately!