July 2011
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Jul 29th
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Jul 28th
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Technology Is The New Smoking →
We’ve all been there; You’re at an outing or a dinner table with friends but itching to check your email or Facebook or Twitter or Instagram or Google+ or Yammer or what ever digital hit of serotonin you prefer. Have you ever “gone to the bathroom” in order to check email or come up with a socially appropriate excuse to pull out your smartphone just so you can check your @ replies on Twitter? ...
Jul 28th
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“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime...”
– Warren Buffett You can always simplify problems by introducing incentives to offset risk.
Jul 27th
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WatchWatch
Outliers, Vol. I: Iceland Two of my personal favorite photographers, Tim Navis and Kim Høltermand, behind Desert City, are teaming up with film collective Scenic, composer Deru and other musicians and filmmakers to capture the remote reaches of Iceland.  Now they only need a handful of people to help fund the project on Kickstarter.  They have my pledge!
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 26th
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“The goal is not to fix your weaknesses. The goal is to amplify your strengths...”
– Simon Sinek If you Don’t Understand People You Don’t Understand Business Sinek argues that as individuals and companies, everything that we say and do is a symbol of who we are. And it is only when we communicate our beliefs authentically that we can attract others to our cause, and...
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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“We’re not meant to operate like computers. Human beings are designed to...”
– Tony Schwartz After a great vacation I’m fully refreshed and now ready to charge at full speed.  Don’t neglect the renewing energy phase.  As difficult as it is, the best thing you can do for your productivity, drive and creativity it to completely unplug. The quote from Tony Schwartz...
Jul 20th
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Apple Store in Kunming, China →
mrgan: This is among the harder-to-believe things I’ve seen on the Internet lately. It belongs in Terry Gilliam’s universe, not our own. Amazing. A near perfect, counterfeit Apple Store in Kunming, China full of employees that all believe they’re working for Apple.
Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 5th
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