Engineered Eloquence

by Jay Ray

The Habits of Higly Boring People

I would definitely suggest watching the video since it constitutes less than 15 minutes of your time and is rather inspiring, but I have listed some of the information from it below if you are a reader more than a watcher. Either way, kudos to Chris on a great explanation of how “being boring” can be turned into “being revolutionary” just in a shift in state of mind.

NOTE: The “Jay Notes” are my reinterpretations of his explanation. Otherwise, the rest of the information is quoted from the video.

The Habits of Highly Boring People: Chris Sauve at TEDxCarletonU (by TEDxTalks)

Posted: May 6, 2013

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