sxsw interactive : survival tips for beginners by daily secret

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How to teach yourself to speak american and other survival secrets for SXSW you won’t find online.

NIKOS KAKAVOULIS CEO AND FOUNDER DAILY SECRET

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not everything is big in Texas

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prepare to get wetit rains opportunities

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teach yourself to swimCarefully select your targets, do your homework, reach out the them in advance

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let them run to royaltiesthink oppositely

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lose your focus#4

Don't let the old world keep!you from discovering the things you never knew existed.

Before you conquer you have to explore. Don't let the old world in your mind keep you from

discovering the new one out there.

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be the optimist#5

Talk american

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prepare for a catch #6

Opportunities show up when you least expect it. Keep your hooks sharp and you’ll be the first to recover. Remember that

if you haven’t baited the line, someone else will reel it in.

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drop something#7

you can’t go everywhere

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make noise#8

While everyone is cowering in the shadows, find a spotlight - and then step into it. You’ll be the only

one there and everyone will take notice.

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#9 don’t mention luck

Instead look within for the best advice; you are your best anchor.

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Hurry up#10

Enjoy this time. It will be over sooner that you realize.

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