077: You're IMPOSSIBLY RARE. So DO SOMETHING! (Alex Hofeldt Part 2)

Alex Hofeldt is a high school science teacher from Illinois and
is the creator and host of Beautiful Dust Specks, a podcast
designed to show the world the wonder and motivation in
Science.

Listen
to Part 1 here!

-How spending money on the podcast helped to motivate him to
keep doing it.

-The value that can come from scaring yourself a little bit
every day.

-How like a cell, you adapt to the situation you find yourself
in, and how the people around you can oftentimes bring you
down.

-How creative people can resonate with each other because they
realize how we need to help lift each other up.

-The importance of holding onto the people that do
resonate with what you are attempting to do, and ignoring the
haters.

-How 28/30 students can be completely enthralled with what he is
teaching, but he will only be paying attention to the one or two
that aren't paying attention.

-How his most "astounding fact" is how the deeper and deeper you
go into science, the more you see how EVERYTHING is connected.

"There's no greater time to be creative.  Period."

"For me the fear of not doing it outweighed the fear of doing
it."

"I think regrets have some power that you can muster and you can
wield it for good if you don't let it bog you down."

"Just do it wholeheartedly. Whatever it is you're going to do in
life, just dive into it."

"Scare yourself.  Try to do something every day that's just
a little freaky."

"If you move inch by inch, increment by increment, moment for
moment towards a goal, you are moving.  You are dynamic."

"You have infinite possibilities, no matter what anyone tells
you.  These cells that make up me, Michael Jordan, Neil
deGrasse Tyson, are all the same cells, just put in different
environments.  So go find your environment.  Seek it
out.  Search for it vehemently.  Aggressively go after
the things that make you smile."

Hubble Ultra Deep Field Image

Are You a Miracle?  On the Probability of Your
Being Born (Huffington Post)

The Varieties
of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
by Carl Sagan

The Rise of
Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance by
Steven Kotler

We Are Here: The Pale Blue Dot (YouTube)

The Most Astounding Fact - Neil deGrasse Tyson
(YouTube)

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