Category Archives: Business
Solitude
“Solitude is not a private therapeutic place. Rather, it is the place of conversion, the placw here the old self dies and the new self is born, the place where the emergence of the new man and the new woman occurs.” – From The Way of the Heart by Henri J. M. Nouwen Two kids, [...]
Godin on Tribes We Lead
A little recap from Seth Godin’s talk on TED with some commentary built in…. Do we try to change everything? Godin suggests we do. We try to make huge changes. Per Godin, as humans we have gone through 2 models and are in a 3rd … Factory Idea – Think Henry Ford. Now we can [...]
#YearInReview Rituals and Foundations
Last week I wrote a blog post on my 2010 accomplishments in response to Seth Godin. Now I must write a post in response to my mom. After reading my post, she asked a good (and challenging question) — why is your church and prayer missing from the list? My response… Church and prayer are [...]
#YearInReview Things I Got Done in 2010
Updated 1/17/11 Per a blog post from Seth Godin I’m going to publish my accomplishments (things I got done) in 2010. I chose “got done” vs “accomplishment” because not all of these things are necessarily admirable per the definition of accomplishment. They are just things I “shipped”. It’s not being published to tout or gloat rather I’m [...]
Darn that Seth Godin — What did you ship in 2010?
Seth Godin has challenged me again … He listed out his projects that were shipped this year. It’s a pretty impressive list which includes: Launch Linchpin Book launch in New York, including triiibes dinner Worldwide blog tour, including book signing with Steven Pressfield Launch and run the Nano MBA program Launch Roadtrip—Boston, DC, Chicago, Atlanta, Minneapolis, [...]
Book Summary: How to Make a Switch
“For things to change, somebody somewhere has to start acting differently.” Per the Heath brothers (authors of Switch), every person has an emotional side (the elephant) and a rational side (the rider) and to effectively change you have to reach both. Not only that but you’ve got to clear the way (shape the path) for [...]
Really Google? A Gmail Notifier…No Thanks
Really Google? You want to alert us every time we get an email … are you trying to be Microsoft Outlook? I’m sure thousands of time management gurus would agree this is an awful idea. I pretty certain Randy Pausch as well as David Allen would frown upon this. Read your email during scheduled times. [...]
