Thursday, October 14, 2010
Monday, October 04, 2010
Sunday, October 03, 2010
The Lonely Polygamist
'A dysfunctional family is a family with more than one member in it.'
'the best literature does that..extreme comedy and extreme tragedy in the same place'
'not a book about polygamy but a book about family...polygamy is a kind of exaggeration of a regular family and its so exaggerated that it somehow more clearly shows us ourselves.'
'the best literature does that..extreme comedy and extreme tragedy in the same place'
'not a book about polygamy but a book about family...polygamy is a kind of exaggeration of a regular family and its so exaggerated that it somehow more clearly shows us ourselves.'
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Critical Thinking Time
Set aside time for deep thinking, about 4 sessions of 50 minutes per week.
Ask yourself 'What don't I see?' Keith Cunningham
If then strategies, strategic alliances.
London Underground Map
A design classic.
Connection is the Thing
1932-1933 Throw away scale, throw away geography, connection is the thing. Connect with the destination.Harry Beck's mantra as he designed the iconic London underground map . He was rejected many times until the authorities finally gave in and decided to run a limited print of 500 and proved to be an instant hit.What is it you need to throw away, and which connections should you be making?
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The Story of Orabrush
You Tube enables normal people to take an idea and put it in front of many people.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Living Upside Down
I like this concept of Paloma Faith's living upside down. Full lyrics below:
Angels watching over me with smiles upon their face
Coz I have made it through this far in an unforgiving place
It feels sometimes this is too steep for a girl like me to climb
But I must knock those guards right down I do it in my own time
I don't care (care care)
I'm half way there (nowhere)
On a road that leads me to straight to who knows where
I tell you what (I tell you what)
What I have found (What I have found)
That I'm no fool (That I'm no fool)
I'm just upside down (Just upside down)
Ain't got no pain (Ain't got no pain)
I aint got no rules (Aint got no rules)
I think I like (I think I like)
Living upside down (Living upside down)
Watchin people scurry by rushing to and fro
Oh this world is such a crazy place it's all about the go go go
Sometimes life can taste so sweet When you slow it down
You start to see the world a little differently When you turn it upside down
I don't care (care care)
I'm half way there (nowhere)
And I'm just soaking up the magic in the air
I tell you what (I tell you what)
What I have found (What I have found)
That I'm no fool (That I'm no fool)
I'm just upside down (Just upside down)
Ain't got no pain (Ain't got no pain)
I aint got no rules (Aint got no rules)
I think I like (I think I like)
Living upside down (Living upside down)
(Whoa Whoa Whoa)
You gotta slow it down
(Yeah Yeah Yeah)
But then you pick it up
(Whoa Yeah Whoa)
C'mon and try a little topsy-turvy back-to-front the right way round
Take it slow slow slow (You gotta pick it up)
Yeah Yeah Yeah (See you slow it down)
Yo Yo Yo (Tell me something something)
I tell you what (I tell you what)
What I have found (What I have found)
That I'm no fool (That I'm no fool)
I'm just upside down (Just upside down)
Ain't got no pain (Ain't got no pain)
I aint got no rules (Aint got no rules)
I think I like (I think I like)
Living upside down (Living upside down)
I tell you what (I tell you what)
What I have found (What I have found)
That I'm no fool (That I'm no fool)
I'm just upside down (Just upside down)
Ain't got no pain (Ain't got no pain)
I aint got no rules (Aint got no rules)
I think I like (I think I like)
Living upside down (Living upside down)
Reid Hoffman
'If you are not embarrassed with your first version, you've released too late." - Reid Hoffman, founder LinkedIn
The Power of Rituals
Success is having a vision. Success is caring about other people.Cool things you do that no one else does.
Give my all every time.
A ritual to get into peak state.
What sets you apart, Michael? - Tony Robbins
Its my standards, every day I demand more from myself than anybody else can humanly expect. - Michael Jordan
What is an area of your life you want to improve?
Write down what it looks like at the moment?
What are the rituals that put me there?
What do you want, what is your vision?
What are the rituals that will get you there? ( something you do at a specific time consistently)
Rain
The nature of the rain is the same , it grows thorns in the marshes and flowers in the garden. Arab proverb
Why You Need to Floss
The Brits analysing the data from a Finnish study.
Gingivitis increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes etc.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Find the Joy in Your Life
I was touched by the ending scene in The Bucket List where Morgan Freeman tells Jack Nicholson in a letter to find the jou in your life.Go towards the joy of your life. Don't waste another moment.
The Best Possibility
Set yourself up for your best possibility.
John Butcher, founder of Precious Moments (sold in Hallmark stores)shares his story about Lifebook.
John Butcher, founder of Precious Moments (sold in Hallmark stores)shares his story about Lifebook.
Blind Painter
Here’s an inspiring story by the Texas Country Reporter:
Call it crazy, call it courageous, call it a case of blind ambition. For john, it’s simple really: epilepsy took away his vision but it didn’t change the fact that this aspiring author has stories to tell. Sight or no sight some dreams die hard.
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Vision and Purpose
5 Questions:
1} Who am I? (Identity)
2} Where am I from? (Source)
3} Why are you here? (Purpose)
4} What can I do? (Potential)
5} Where am I going? (Destiny)
Monday, September 06, 2010
Call of the Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is the creative force in economics.He looks at a desert and wilderness and sees a garden.
They could lose it all and do it over and over again.
When your butt is in the corner you will be surprised at what you can achieve.
They could lose it all and do it over and over again.
When your butt is in the corner you will be surprised at what you can achieve.
Become Legendary
Look me in the eyes. It's okay if you're scared, So am I. But we're scared for different reasons. I'm scared of what I won't become, and you're scared of what I could become. Look at me. I won't let myself end where I started, I won't let myself finish where I began. I know what is within me, Even if you can't see it yet. Look me in the eyes. I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become, what I know I am.
Harley Davidson Story
Focus on Strenghts
Build Slowly
Sell to big customers
Leverage big brands- who you can partner up with who knows their brand. Harley Davidson partnered up with the Police Department and the Allies
Innovate
Build Slowly
Sell to big customers
Leverage big brands- who you can partner up with who knows their brand. Harley Davidson partnered up with the Police Department and the Allies
Innovate
Monday, December 14, 2009
What Dreams May Come
In the instant that you love someone
In the second that the hammer hits
Reality runs up your spine
And the pieces finally fit
And all I ever needed was the one
Like freedom fields where wild horses run
When stars collide like you and I
No shadows block the sun
You're all I've ever needed
Baby you're the one
Bird Songs
Here are presented the following bird songs (some names sound pretty weird to a German native speaker):
00:00 blackbird
00:30 blue titmouse
00:48 great titmouse
01:08 yellowhammer
01:37 hoopoe
01:48 skylark
02:11 nightingale
02:40 thrush nightingale
03:08 swift
03:23 chimney swallow
03:43 grey wagtail
04:03 chaffinch
04:18 sedge warbler
04:35 wren
Friday, December 11, 2009
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Saturday, September 05, 2009
The Picasso Principle
There’s a story (true or false, I don’t know) about the famous artist, Pablo Picasso.
It seems a woman came up to him and asked him to sketch something on a piece of paper.
He sketched it, and gave it back to her saying: “That will cost you $10,000″.
She was astounded. “You took just five minutes to do the sketch,” she said. Isn’t $10,000 a lot for five minutes work?
“The sketch may have taken me five minutes, but the learning took me 30 years,” Picasso retorted.
And of course, we’re all horrified when someone tells us it may take several months, even years to be successful in our business. We know better, but we still fall for the super-duper-trap of ‘learn how I made $4 million in 24 hours.” We still want to know the quick and easy way of doing things.
Next time someone gives you that crappy pitch of how one tweet made them $7000, or how they made $2 million, or how they have twenty thousand surfboards, remember the Picasso Principle. That they’re hiding the years of toil and slog. And that you will end up paying the $10,000— only to find out that hard work is indeed inevitable.
Psychotactics.com
It seems a woman came up to him and asked him to sketch something on a piece of paper.
He sketched it, and gave it back to her saying: “That will cost you $10,000″.
She was astounded. “You took just five minutes to do the sketch,” she said. Isn’t $10,000 a lot for five minutes work?
“The sketch may have taken me five minutes, but the learning took me 30 years,” Picasso retorted.
And of course, we’re all horrified when someone tells us it may take several months, even years to be successful in our business. We know better, but we still fall for the super-duper-trap of ‘learn how I made $4 million in 24 hours.” We still want to know the quick and easy way of doing things.
Next time someone gives you that crappy pitch of how one tweet made them $7000, or how they made $2 million, or how they have twenty thousand surfboards, remember the Picasso Principle. That they’re hiding the years of toil and slog. And that you will end up paying the $10,000— only to find out that hard work is indeed inevitable.
Psychotactics.com
Live the Problem
Be willing to make yourself uncomfortable. You have to hurt to grow, it’s been said, and in life just as in weightlifting and distance running, that certainly is what I’ve seen. The things that hurt most, help most. Trying to dodge problems only deepens them—and makes you feel worse for not having the courage to confront them.
I’ve read that the Greeks believed the greatest of all virtues was courage, because courage made all the others possible. That ancient wisdom has always felt right to me.
Harry Beckwith, author of You Inc
I’ve read that the Greeks believed the greatest of all virtues was courage, because courage made all the others possible. That ancient wisdom has always felt right to me.
Harry Beckwith, author of You Inc
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