“three things- autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward- are, most people agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying. It’s not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It’s whether our work fulfills us.”
Malcolm Gladwell in [...]
After years of being beaten down, I am now enlightened, and in turn can enlighten others.
Toilet [...]
I find that having a daily routine increases my productivity dramatically. I often wonder if success is possible without routine.
Recently I discovered a website that documents the routines of famous people. It is fascinating browsing.
I especially liked Benjamin [...]
I love magazine articles on great places to travel…it gets me dreaming! Here’s New York Time’s list of great places to visit in 2009. If I can get to a few of these over the course of the year it’ll make for a [...]
Intellectually, people are, fundamentally, herd animals. In other words, individuals often assume group wisdom rather assessing facts and reality themselves.
We all know that bicycle helmets are a good safety measure and that wearing seatbelts saves lives, because we just know it.
Perhaps as busy people we just ration our attention, and only take the time to [...]
Failure happens to us all; have the strength to walk as soon as you recognize that you are failing. Of course this is easy to say but hard to do. A nice post by Chartreuse makes the [...]
Blogging well, and regularly, is a big time commitment. So, I occassionally think about whether to blog and what to blog about. My current reasons for blogging are:
Building personal brand (letting those that are interested know how I think about things and what I think about)
Shine a light on topics that are particularly interesting [...]
As Rosie Dawn spread her five fingers over my beautiful Colorado sky this morning, I had the great pleasure of reading the muse Petter Jeffery’s tale of the great and unfolding legend of Red Mound:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120243357611452417.html?mod=hps_us_editors_picks
Greater battles for our souls careers desktops have ne’er [...]
After a month long hiatus / vacation, I’m back! I’ve got a lot of pent-up blogs just waiting to [...]