Mind Petals NYC Chapter #3
Last week Tuesday on September 25, 2007 we had our third Mind Petals NYC Chapter gathering in the Lower East Side section of Manhattan.
As usual, there was a myriad of innovative, insightful, and creative people who really made for an interesting and fun night of networking, brainstorming, and outright having a blast.
New York City is really growing with all sorts of thinkers and I’m just so proud and fortunate to be able to create an environment such as Mind Petals were such people can come and openly share ideas, discuss all sorts of topics, and get the support they need to push forward with an idea — no matter how “crazy” or “absurd” it may appear to be.
One particular conversation I had with a Mind Petals member that night really stuck with me. The conversation revolved around whether or not she should keep on motivating a particular person who she sees a lot of potential in, even though he can’t see his own potential.
My advice was to never stop trying to coax people into realizing their full potential — their limitless potential. We all have so much potential and no matter how old the cliché of “you can do anything” becomes, it’ll never be outdated in my mind.
If you see that sparkle in someone’s eye, even if they, themselves, can’t see it … do everything in your power to help steer them towards the light — the realization of what they can do if they believed in themselves.
Because 50 years later when they have done such big things, they’ll sit down in a chair one day an say “wow… imagine if Dave never helped me see my potential many years ago?”
These are the sort of discussions that occur during our gatherings and the sheer synergy and blending of our different minds, perspectives, and experiences simply cannot be described with words — words wouldn’t describe what takes place any justice.
Mind Petals NYC is going strong and I invite any Mindpetaler reading this to reach out to us the next time you’re in NYC — we’d love to have you a part of our gatherings (visit Mindpetals.org) Let us know and we’ll add you to our guest list. The more minds, the better! The more beautiful the painting we can create.
Thank you so much, Access Granted, for sponsoring the event. We appreciate your contributions 
4 Comments
chris.pund
October 1st, 2007 at 8:36 am
Looks like another great event David!
Dari
October 1st, 2007 at 9:16 am
Damn I was sweating like a beast…hahahah Good meetup though!!! I’m ready for the next one!
David Askaripour
October 1st, 2007 at 9:50 am
Indeed, awesome gathering of awesome people! Thanks Chris and Dari!!
[ ha, it's all that meat!!, dari -- LOL ]
Monday’s Linkage at LoHo10002
October 1st, 2007 at 12:08 pm
[...] Did you get Mind Petalled? The Lower east Side’s Mind Petals say they’re “an entrepreneurial-focused community” that’s more about ideas than the entrepreneurial thing. The 10 Petals of Success could go a long way to improve anyone’s life: 1. Take risks; 2. Start today, not tomorrow; 3. Listen to yourself first; 4. Never give up…try and try again; 5. Use failure as fuel; 6. Never stop thinking; 7. Create something; 8. Help others succeed; 9. Solve problems; 10. Change the world! Last week’s third Mind Petals NYC Chapter’s meeting gathered a myriad innovative, insightful, and creative people who really made for an interesting and fun night of networking, brainstorming, and outright having a blast. We think “a myriad” is probably a bit high for what looks from the photos online as, like, under a dozen. Also, they didn’t really record any of the fabulous, totally new ideas they were throwing around, so we’re still curious. [...]
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