"Everyone has a plan – until they get punched in the face." — Mike Tyson 2014 in Review Mike Tyson once said, "everyone has a plan — until they get punched in the face." I spent a considerable amount of time in 2014 dusting myself off from the barrage of punches life threw at me in 2013. What I learned in 2014 is a big reason I haven't been able to accomplish a majority of...
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Ray Bradbury on Work and Creativity
Illustration of Ray Bradbury By Liftarn (Traced from Image: Ray Douglas Bradbury.jpg) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons " "Why is it that in a society with a Puritan heritage, we have such completely ambivalent feelings about Work? We feel guilty, do we not, if not busy? But we feel somewhat soiled, on the other hand, if we sweat overmuch? I can only suggest that we often indulge in made work, in false business, to keep...
Joseph Heller’s Profound Wisdom: The Meaning of “Enough”
A timeless lesson on success, wealth, and contentment Heller's masterpiece, first published in 1961 Joseph Heller wrote the massive bestseller, Catch-22 about World War II. I recommend anyone read the book, but that's not what this story is about. Later in his life, Heller went to a party in the Hamptons. The gathering was filled mostly with young hedge fund managers and Wall Street professionals. While he was at the party, someone came up to...
2014 Resolutions
"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times." — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist Looking Back, Moving Forward My 2013 Year in Review & 2014 Resolutions Something I haven't done in past resolutions is reflect on the past year. 2013 was one of my more difficult years, I have to admit. I even checked with Christina tonight to verify I wasn't missing anything. In 2014, I'm ready to...
9 Principles of Innovation at Google by Gopi Kallayil, Google’s Social Chief Evangelist
The 9 Principles of Innovation at Google Notes from Gopi Kallayil's Dreamforce presentation Gopi Kallayil sharing Google's innovation philosophy at Dreamforce I recently attended a Dreamforce session titled "The 9 Principles of Innovation at Google" and wanted to share my notes. 1 Innovation comes from everywhere There is no innovation department at Google. Kallayil shared an example where their algorithm was working with unintended consequences in that searches for "best ways to commit suicide" did...
Donny Deutsch: Often Wrong, Never in Doubt
Often Wrong, Never in Doubt Unleash the Business Rebel Within by Donny Deutsch Source: Amazon.com I'm trying to burn through my stack of library books and wanted to recommend one of my latest reads called Often Wrong, Never in Doubt: Unleash the Business Rebel Within by Donny Deutsch. Every time I go to the library I always bee-line to the Computer Science section first, quickly followed by Business (just like my pursuit of education, both...