Motivation

Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Hard-ass quote for the day: Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.– Lou Holtz Read more..

How do you recession-proof your career?

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Ask The Readers: How Do You Recession-Proof Your Career? — some ideas from others. In my first real job, a wise mentor who had lived through recessions and layoffs gave me ... Read more..

Pithy lessons from football

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Buckeye Legends | Game of My Life - Michigan (Part 2): That football’s about getting back up after you’ve been tackled. That it’s not about success or failure, but both ... Read more..

pmarca on aging and effectiveness

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

It is nice to think that there is some field out there in which I can still be productive… blog.pmarca.com: Age and the entrepreneur, part 1: Some data # This peak in ... Read more..

Andy Sack thinking out loud

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

A Sack of Seattle: The meeting that led to Judy’s Book insights — Andy is doing a great job of thinking out loud about his business. this is just ... Read more..

Bob Frankston on the Internet as a Design Principle

Sunday, October 8th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Bob is a smart guy — “People tend to think of the Internet in terms of the Web but the real importance is in the basic End-to-End philosophy. You build ... Read more..

Just what is so freaking secret?

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I’ve been thinking about HP’s actions — A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way: "Pretexting" — and I’ve been wondering — just what is the board of a public company ... Read more..

“Pretexting”

Thursday, September 7th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Wired News: HP Dragnet Grabbed 9 Reporters — isn’t this just lying? Fraud? Tactics equivalent to social engineering used by identity thieves? Why does the press keep ... Read more..

Strong Opinions, Weakly Held

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Brilliant articulation of how to think about the future — A couple years ago, I was talking the Institute’s Bob Johansen about wisdom, and he explained that - to deal ... Read more..

Jonathan Schwartz’ Blog

Sunday, May 21st, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Pretty inspirational guy — Survival of the Most Adaptable, and also his post on first meeting scott. Certainly would make me feel that there was a great leader at the ... Read more..

How to Interview

Sunday, May 21st, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

A great book reco from rich — the perfect prep book. Critical advice on preparing for an interview. Excerpting rich: Before the interview, read the website. Know the three reasons why you ... Read more..

Career counsel

Sunday, February 19th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Reading Jason’s post on 8 things to craft your career and john’s on “can you tell me what your job is in 3 seconds” caused me to reflect back on ... Read more..

Ideas v Opinions

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Great table on brand autopsy on ideas versus opinions. I aspire to always present ideas and positive thoughts in meetings, and keep my snarky unhelpful opinions to myself. ... Read more..

Unitus microfinance

Thursday, July 28th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Latest newsletter from Unitus — a charity that we support — seems like a highly leveraged way to help. Read more..

Thinking Differently

Thursday, May 26th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

From JK On The Run, hints on how to think differently. I like “Learning Something Outside Your Comfort Zone: If you’re an artist, learn about String Theory. If you’re ... Read more..

Cendant — the most evil company?

Saturday, February 26th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Man these guys at Cendant are abusive. Not for the first time, I got a $10 “check” in the mail apparently from Budget Rent A Car. In the fine print ... Read more..

Sage advice for the day

Monday, January 24th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Via Scott Loftesness, William Safire’s advice on his ending his NYTimes columns — “When you’re through changing, you’re through.” And John Zagula had a great meeting last week with Sidney Rittenberg ... Read more..

Sri Lanka Relief

Saturday, January 1st, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Hey Phil passed this on — an agency doing great work on the ground in sri lanka — if you need more ideas on how to help. Read more..

This Weekend’s Wisdom

Sunday, October 17th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Via Winds of Change, The Lessons of Noah’s Ark. And from my Dad: There are only two essential tools you must have in your toolbox — wd40, and duct tape. If ... Read more..

Joe Kraus on Persistence

Thursday, September 23rd, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

What a great story about the early days of Excite — Bnoopy: Persistence Pays, Part 2 — never say die. Joe’s blog is generally a great read so far. Read more..

Unitus — Microfinance

Monday, May 24th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Unitus: Global Microfinance Accelerator — one of Mike Murray’s post-Microsoft efforts — a worthy cause. Read more..

Goal people vs River people

Tuesday, January 6th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Occupational Adventure (sm) Blog: Goal people and river people — good article. I think I am mostly a river person but with occasional bouts of goalishness. Found ... Read more..

Luxury Watches

Tuesday, January 6th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

It’s Comeback Time for Luxury Watches — I fell in love with Audemars Piguet pieces thru an advertisement and sent away for their catalog. Now that’s a luxury watch ... Read more..

Listening

Wednesday, December 17th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Rebecca’s Blog — great tips on how to really listen, and a great set of links. One of my business partners, Jon Roberts, is a great listener — he ... Read more..

The Power Lunch — how soon people forget

Wednesday, December 10th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Powering Up of the Power Lunch — here we are, still indicting and prosecuting executives who have abused privilege during the last go-go surge of capitalism, and yet some ... Read more..