March 2009
25 posts
“The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is...”
– Harry Emerson Fosdick (via fuckfailgoawesome) (via hiten)
I’m enjoying getting stuff done to this song...
“When the work you’re doing becomes boring, take note. Figure out what...”
“If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it...”
– Bruce Lee
“If you want to do good work, what you need is a great curiosity about a...”
– Paul Graham, What You’ll Wish You’d Known
“The way to get a big idea to appear in your head is not to hunt for big ideas,...”
– What You’ll Wish You’d Known
rahmin:
I Wanted To Change The World By Unknown Monk, 1100 A.D.
When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.
I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I...
“Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it,...”
– William Feather (via mimilachula) (via wendyness) (via hiten)
Companies Exist to Develop Talent →
The opportunity for professional development consistently outranks money in surveys of employee satisfaction. Only by helping employees build their skills and capabilities can companies hope to attract and retain them. Talented workers join companies and stay there because they believe they’ll learn faster and better than they would at other employers.
But how, exactly, does talent get...
“On some level, success is irrelevant, because the process is inherently...”
– Coding Horror: Overnight Success: It Takes Years
“Your attitude and intention can turn a mediocre job into work that fulfills you...”
– DailyOM - Being Happy with Your Job
“If life is about experimenting, experiencing, and learning, then to be imperfect...”
– DailyOM - Letting Go of Perfection
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started”
– Mark Twain (via mikehudack) (via gregnews)
“Life is short. And uncertain. It is like a drop of water skittering around on a...”
– Columbia Prof Srikumar Rao, in his cheesily-named but brilliant book
“There are cases where I’d tell my son to be like someone else. If he wanted to...”
– Paul Graham, on when to be independent and when to mimic
“Entrepreneurs don’t worry about the resources they lack, but about the...”
– Great Entrepreneurs’ Secret: Smarts, Guts, and Luck - Anthony Tjan - HarvardBusiness.org (via hiten)
Entrepreneurs, make time to watch this
It’s about why redesigning how your company is organized and figuring out what you stand for will help your business succeed when conventional strategy is proving to be increasingly ineffective.
A choice quote from this talk on constructive capitalism: Companies that are governed by ideals, not strategies, are 21st century companies. Companies that put these new ideals at the heart of what...
“The reason why I think risk tolerance is important is because people delude...”
– Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn
“There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence - and...”
– James Dyson, inventor of the Dyson vacuum cleaner
What are you good at? →
Domain knowledge is important, but it’s (often) easily learnable.
Process, on the other hand, refers to the emotional intelligence skills you have about managing projects, visualizing success, persuading other people of your point of view, dealing with multiple priorities, etc. This stuff is insanely valuable and hard to learn.
As the world changes ever faster, as industries shrink and...
“Hackers are much more constrained by gentlemen’s agreements than...”
– Can You Buy a Silicon Valley? Maybe.
The first 6 steps to homegrowing basic startup... →