Carlos Miceli - untemplater.com
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Attention YGGer’s, we have brought you Carlos Miceli, the Director of Content for Untemplater and one of the founding members.  Don’t know about Untemplater?  You need to. Following a similar philosophy and objective as the YGG blog, Untemplater focuses on the new generation of entrepreneurs and sharing their stories & journeys to inspire, motivate, and inform young entrepreneurs.  Check it out.
We know you’re a “Young Go Getterâ€, but so our readers know, how old are you?
I’m 23 years old, and let me just thank you for having me here.
Can you tell us the quick history about yourself, and what drives you to succeed?
Sure thing. I was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where I still live. Average primary school and high-school, with a pretty unusual family situation, I started questioning life since very young. This struggle with conventional success became very clear to me when I reached college, where I realized how broken the educational system is in Argentina (and everywhere else) and decided that I didn’t want to spend my time and money at institutions that weren’t worth it. At the same time, I was the youngest employee at the highest profile sector of the number one company in Argentina. It was the ambitious kid’s typical high-paying dream job. You can see why I realized one doesn’t really “need†a degree, since I was already working at the job that my degree was supposed to take me to. Heck, you don’t really need anything. It’s all about capacity, effort, and luck.
After questioning the education and realizing that the typical 9-to-5 job wasn’t my thing (at least not so early in life), I decided to move to Perth, Australia to give education in a first world country a chance, where I’ll learn much more than just classroom stuff, it’s a whole life experience. I should be getting there in June, if everything goes well.
To answer your second question, the one thing that I care about is regrets. Or should I say, the lack of them. I just focus on doing things that I feel compelled to so I don’t regret not having done them later in life. For me it’s all about integrity and wisdom accumulation.
We know you are a younggogetter, but I am sure there is more to you than that. What are some other things you have done prior to you current job or things you are currently working on?
I’m at a weird point in my life. For once, I’m trying to work as little as possible. This is not because of laziness, lack of motivation or ambition. It’s because, when you are about to leave your whole life to move to a new continent for at least 3 years, you realize that there are priorities. Family, friends and memories, those things are more important right now than making some extra cash or starting a new project.
But yes, besides being the Content Director of Untemplater, I’m also doing some non-profit social media work, which I’ve found out to be very fun, some marketing work for other people and even co-writing a book with a family member. Also, online networking with people from Perth and Buenos Aires has been a huge focus in the last few months.
Oh, and blogging! I never stop writing for OwlSparks.
Adversely, what has been your biggest vice?
I’m never pleased. I know this can be considered an advantage for some people, but there’s also some wisdom in learning to settle.
What can we expect next from the talented Carlos Miceli in the near future?
A less public and more focused Carlos. I’ll have to worry about my new life in a new country, and I’m going to spend most of my time in building connections and foundations there. One of my main goals will be to be the social media go-to-guy in Perth. I already know how to do it and have the perfect coach to guide me through it, I just have to get there and start doing the work!
Everyone starts to feel burn out on a project every now and then. What do you do to keep yourself motivated and focused?
Honestly? I rally. When I feel discouraged or tired, I stop listening to myself, or at least I try. Our minds are our worst enemies sometimes and learning to shut them off is very valuable. Isolation also works very well for me when I need to get back to a highly productive mentality.
Can you give us three tools that you use every single day to make your life as a younggogetter more efficient, productive, or fun?
I love My Ta-Da Lists, it keeps me in check.
My iPod, I don’t remember the last walk or treadmill run where I didn’t learn something thanks to it.
And my hat, life is more fun with it.
What is your favourite quote?
“You can’t connect the dots looking backwards. You can only connect them looking forwardâ€, by Steve Jobs. It represents the importance of accepting the randomness that rules our lives, and how you just have to do whatever you believe in. The dots will make sense later.
And last but not least, if you could give one piece of advice to fellow Young Go Getters, what would it be?
Take all the time you need to define success. I would dare to say that 99% of people are going after someone else’s definition of success, and that’s a recipe for either misery or dissatisfaction. I can’t stress enough the importance of having a personalized direction of life.
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