Why I Hate School But Love Education
Suli Breaks UOSB from London’s Wood Green delivers a powerful spoken word message about the pitfalls of today’s school systems. Unfortunately, there is a major difference between education and school. Just because you’re in school doesn’t mean you’re getting an education or learning anything. #MavenUP
11 Ways to be Unremarkably Average
- Chris Guillebeau, author of the blog The Art of Non-Conformity At some point in our life, we’ve all been that orange-haired guy, whether it’s right now or sometime in the past. But, your past doesn’t have to determine your future, if you make the decision to change. It will not happen overnight, remember there’s [...]
Indiegogo
There comes a time when the excitement and passion for a project can no longer be contained. It’s in that moment that you realize that this idea that you have needs to first become a reality but then, it must be shared with the world because that’s who it’s for. We’ve reached this point with [...]
Ex-Google Executive’s New Venture Helps Students Avoid Corporate Life
Alexei Oreskovic of Reuters.com wrote an excellent piece on Upstart, the new crowdfunding social network founded by ex-Google executive Dave Girouard. Read the full article below, it’s definitely in line with Plan “B” Sucks. (Reuters) – Four months after leaving Google Inc, the former head of its enterprise business has a new mission – helping [...]
Stop Settling
If I could summarize Nelson Mandela’s eloquent and inspiring words into a short phase it would have to be…Plan “b” Sucks!
Filmmaker, Will Packer, Speaks on Following Your Dreams
From humble beginnings at FAMU, to numerous #1 Hollywood box-office hits, Will Packer, co-founder of Rainforest Films, knows all about following your dreams. Most recently Will transformed the NY Times best selling book, Think Like A Man into a hilarious comedic success. Will talks about his story on what it took to get his dreams [...]
The American Coma
We were all moved after reading Latavia Taylor’s AP English Essay. Not because the content of the essay was sad or gloomy. Quite the contrary, we just deeply appreciate seeing the next generation thinking about how to stick to their “Plan A.” Check out the essay below: Common App: Option B by: Latavia Taylor [...]
Occupy All Dreams!
Plan “B” Sucks says “Occupy All Dreams!” This new t-shirt is for all the dreamchasers out there going after their dreams! Click here to purchase.
the reason why you haven’t asked them out on a date yet
“It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don’t. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as it goes on forever.” -Philip Adams In our experience, the bigger problem is not that people [...]
Will Smith, Akon, and more say Plan B Sucks!
Settling is not an option, therefore “Plan B” is NOT an option. Anyone who has ever achieve a high level of success knows that simply having a “Plan B” sets you up for failure. This video contains a montage of notable people from various backgrounds saying the same message…”Plan B Sucks!”