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Matthew Encina
Matthew Encina

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5 days ago

Becoming Exceptional is Simple.

Learn the fundamentals. Practice. Become good at your craft. Develop your lens on the world. Share the oblique angles. Create something memorable. Do it for a long time. Focus on continual improvement. Become exceptional. The formula is simple. Holding yourself accountable is the challenge.

Creativity

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Becoming Exceptional is Simple.
Becoming Exceptional is Simple.
Creativity

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Feb 22, 2022

How to Make Better Decisions

Your ability to make a choice is the most powerful tool you possess. You can choose to change at any given moment– your situation, your relationships, your perspective, your life. Our options may ebb and flow as we move through life, but we always have the power of choice. It’s…

Personal Development

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How to Make Better Decisions
How to Make Better Decisions
Personal Development

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Feb 13, 2022

Potential to be Realized

There exists, countless brilliant ideas, waiting to be brought into reality. It just needs the curious creative to plant the rods for lightning to strike. But more likely than lightning, is a thoughtful idea to emerge out of a deep exploration into a problem. A question. A challenge to look…

Creativity

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Potential to be Realized
Potential to be Realized
Creativity

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Dec 31, 2021

An Unexpected Turn

If you don’t like where you’re headed, change direction. You have that choice right now. Yet, most of the time, we don’t exercise that power. We’re afraid of how change will disrupt our life. Every action has a consequence. So what’s the consequence of keep things exactly the same?

Change

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An Unexpected Turn
An Unexpected Turn
Change

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Feb 6, 2021

I Just Quit the Best job I ever had.

This is a bitter-sweet moment in my life. As of February 16, 2021, I will be stepping down as the Chief Content Officer at The Futur. This is not a decision I arrived at easily, but after much reflection, I think now is the right time for me to explore…

Career Change

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I Just Quit the Best job I ever had.
I Just Quit the Best job I ever had.
Career Change

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Oct 25, 2020

The limitations of labels

What do you call yourself? What label do you identify with? Artist, author, athlete? Having a title or label is helpful for us to be identified and qualified. This is especially important in our professions, cause we want to be known for our expertise. “John is really good with numbers…

Personal Development

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The limitations of labels
The limitations of labels
Personal Development

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Oct 1, 2020

Decision Fatigue is Eating up Your Time

How many decisions do you have to make before you get to your important work? Where will I work? What tools should I use? What music should I listen to? What format should this take? How long should I spend on this? How should I organize it? By the time…

Productivity

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Decision Fatigue is Eating up Your Time
Decision Fatigue is Eating up Your Time
Productivity

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Sep 23, 2020

A Place We Call Home

Home is more important now than ever. We spend all of our time here. So it’s important that it’s comfortable to live in, reflects our voice, and meets our needs. We grow up here. We build here. We make memories here. Having a home requires responsibility on our part to…

Vote

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A Place we Call Home
A Place we Call Home
Vote

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Aug 28, 2020

In Between is Uncomfortable.

Between a question and an answer. Between indecision and a choice. Between action and hopeful outcome. In between is the long, treacherous road you must take when you pursue something of value. When you’re building a novel idea. When you’re searching for a way to express a deep emotion. When…

Creativity

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In Between is Uncomfortable.
In Between is Uncomfortable.
Creativity

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Aug 18, 2020

Playing it Safe

There are many ways we play it safe in our lives. Our jobs. Our relationships. Our ideas. Safe is taking a job where difficult decisions are made for you. Safe is being in a relationship that doesn’t challenge you. Safe is feeding the narrative you already believe, and never giving an opposing…

Change

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Playing it Safe
Playing it Safe
Change

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Matthew Encina

Matthew Encina

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Creative Director at Blind. Educator at The Futur. International Speaker. matthewencina.com

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