Category: Practice Abundance

This quote is similar to yesterday’s. Mostly, I believe, we should be conduits for the opportunities that come into our lives. We are meant to cultivate our gifts and then share them with the world, like those who have come before and are among us who are sharing their amazing gifts with us. Think of how different our lives would be without Henry Ford, or the Wright Brothers, or Bill Gates, or Steve Jobs, or Google, or a thousand other people who have contributed to the betterment of the rest of us.

Amanda Palmer is a singer/songwriter who started her career as a busker, or street performer in Boston, and travelled around the world busking. While busking, she developed her musical career as a partner in the band The Dresden Dolls. She was signed by a label, fought to get out from under their grasp before her second album release, and raised over $1 million dollars on kickstarter for an independent album. She faced a ton of critisism for raising that kind of money. I don’t follow her career, and don’t listen to most of her music, but I’ve always loved “Coin Operated Boy.” I came across her Ted Talk by chance and recognized her enough to dig a little deeper. Her book, The Art of Asking is a story of bravery.