Success is Overrated
by Jake Hollingsworth // Seoul, South Korea // www.JakeHollingsworth.net Success is overrated. There, I said it. And what’s more, this isn’t a silly, freshman attempt at shock-value. I really mean it. Well, success isn’t exactly overrated, but…well… hmmm… OK, lest I become known as the village idiot of the blogosphere, allow me to explain myself.…
Build. Build. Build. (again)
by Jake Hollingsworth // Seoul, South Korea // www.JakeHollingsworth.net As I have mentioned before, learning a language can be awkward, uncomfortable, and unnatural. Teaching and acquiring a new means of communication is not a one-size-fits-all affair. Languages are funny that way. They’re squirrely. They don’t sit still (like my little Korean students). They fluctuate in…
Lessons From A Few Years Spent in The World (5 of 5)
by Jake Hollingsworth // Seoul, South Korea // www.JakeHollingsworth.net Ask any of the great leaders of history, and they will quickly tell you the key ingredient to a successful company, movement, or organization. Starbucks is not successful because of their profit margins (well, yes they are, but that’s not my point). Martin Luther King, Jr.…