In three words I can sum up everything that I learned about life, "It goes on." Life, what a wonderful thing! Copyright © 1999 Rachel Stephens
Advice On Life
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Bridging Generational Gaps with Social Technology
CMMA E-Visions Newsletter | Summer 2012 Building connections across Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Gen X, and Millennials Our Social Platform Initiative At work, we are building out an internal social application that combines some of the best features of Quora/Stack Overflow/Yahoo Answers (Q&A), Twitter/Facebook (Microblogging), and Bit.ly (link analytics). The thought process behind building the platform is to provide an online community for employees to connect, learn, and grow. The Push vs. Pull Communication Challenge The...
When Feedback Creates Competition
The Legendary Meeting Between Ferruccio Lamborghini and Enzo Ferrari Ferruccio Lamborghini, founder of the iconic luxury sports car brand I love my lunchtime chats with coworkers, and I know they are anything but typical. We get into some interesting subjects, and I always seem to take away at least one thing every lunch hour. Somehow the topic of Ferrari's came up a few months ago and after doing some fact checking I found what they...
Yosemite
I went to Yosemite yesterday with Christina and her family, or maybe they went with me? Any how, we all went to Yosemite yesterday and the weather was beautiful. I've been fighting a cold I got from Tyler but got through the day pretty well despite a nagging cough and fire hydrant nose. On the shuttle ride back from Yosemite Falls everyone on the bus saw a black beer but for some reason I couldn't...
Dallas Cowboys Stadium Tour
This morning we had our CMMA Board Meeting which was the work part, but the fun part was taking a private tour of the Dallas Cowboys stadium this afternoon! The stadium is amazing, and the stadium screen is even more amazing. I certainly didn't expect to get to do this on the tour, but we pretty much got to see every part of the stadium including the locker room and even go on the field...
Tim Ferriss: Stoicism as a Productivity System
Why defining your fears might be more important than defining your goals—a Stoic approach to overcoming paralysis and taking action Fear-setting helps us confront and overcome the psychological barriers that prevent meaningful action In his thought-provoking TED Talk, Tim Ferriss asks a question that challenges conventional wisdom about success and achievement: Could defining your fears be more important than defining your goals? As someone who's recently begun reading his book The 4-Hour Workweek, I find...