From “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” by Steven Johnson A metropolis shares one key characteristic with the Web: both environments are dense, liquid networks where information easily flows along multiple unpredictable paths. Those interconnections nurture great ideas, because most great ideas come into the world half-baked, more hunch than revelation. […]
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Your Anti-To-Do List has the set of daily actions, behaviors, and habits to avoid; the things that will hold you back or lead you into trouble. Read the free article here
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From “Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner” by Frederick Buechner WHEN YOU REMEMBER me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind
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From “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success” by Adam Grant For centuries, we have recognized the importance of networking. According to Brian Uzzi, a management professor at Northwestern University, networks come with three major advantages: private information, diverse skills, and power. By developing a strong network, people can gain invaluable access to
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From “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker J. Palmer We arrive in this world with birthright gifts – then we spend the first half of our lives abandoning them or letting others disabuse us of them. As young people, we are surrounded by expectations that may have little to
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Note from Brian: As I’ve said many times, building awareness on social media has become increasingly very difficult… Read the free article here
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From “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol S. Dweck, PhD We have lots of sayings that stress the importance of risk and the power of persistence, such as “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” and “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” or “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”) By the way, I
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