Passion creates perseverance. Being a good talent scout creates the great team you need. This clip comes from an interview with Steve Jobs (along with Bill Gates) - worth a minute and a half…
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Why Scientists Are Lousy Communicators
It’s amazing sometimes how certain things come together, but I didn’t realize that I’d run across an article that was so true in so many ways. In this week’s edition, Newsweek‘s science editor Sharon Begley describes why scientists are their own worst enemies when it comes to communicating their ideas. And, in my mind, the world is
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Your Teeny-Tiny Body Clock
Ever wonder what controls your body clock? Well, according to scientists, it’s a grain-of-rice sized clump of neurons in the brain. Here’s the Forbes article that tell us more…
Apocryphal Anecdote on Persistence
I’ve been reading a book by a well-known and successful consultant Alan Weiss (author of Million Dollar Consulting and about 30 other books), and he had an interesting anecdote regarding persistence (most likely of dubious authenticity). As I paraprhase how Alan tells it, an organization had a sales team with one individual who, by most
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The Other Half of Your Brain
I’m huge on doing better with our math and science education. But Alan Brinkley talks about not leaving the humanities behind as we do it (probably a good thing…) His article is titled Half A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste…
The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good
Voltaire in his Dictionnaire Philosophique (1764) said, “Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien“, literally translated as “The best is the enemy of good.” (bet you didn’t think I knew French, huh?…) It has been modified over the years to refer to “the perfect”, but it long ago captured a consistent logical reality that challenges us all,
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Being Lucky
Here was an interesting post that I saw from a blog (that actually found me!…) from Andy Swan It resonated with me because I’m actually really lucky at finding parking spaces lately. Ask Stephanie and Monroe – they’ll tell you… Or at least tell you how much I tell them that I’m lucky at finding
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(Re)Focusing on What Matters…
Being Recognized Means Benefiting Others First
Recently, at my company, we’ve started the process of going through a transition. Our company has been around for over 30 years, pushing the bounds of technology and providing critical solutions to national security. However, as the transition takes place, there will be a number of people on our staff who will feel overwhelmed, partly
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Persistence That Lit the World
You’d probably never think that we’d actively toss Thomas Edison aside, but over the past few years, the world has been taking steps that make it seem like we’re doing just that. In March of this year, the European Commission voted to effectively phase out the incandescent light bulb by 2012. This follows steps taken
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