Here’s to 2013
As I do my own critical thinking about 2013, the last post for 2012 is an excerpt from Brad Feld’s “Hope is Critical to a Strategy.“
‘I feel a band of love and dreams.’
The before-and-after difference in Henry’s mental awareness when listening to music from his past is phenomenal.
‘Be distinct and credible. People will come.’
David Brooks has a great New York Times op-ed on “The Power of the Particular.”
Principles for the open world
This Don Tapscott TED Talk does a great job explaining the general concept of open and its impact on our society.
‘I’m a long term kind of person.’
Fast Company has a great audio excerpt from a Steve Jobs interview where he discusses Pixar and running a business like a marathon.
The difference between writing and speaking
I’m more a writer than a speaker, and I’ve always admired great writers more than great speakers, because writers are able to deliver both tone and content much clearer and with more depth. As a reader, as opposed to an audience member watching someone speak, I retain more more of the message.
‘Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you’
This 100 seconds of Steve Jobs dispensing his thoughts on life is probably something we should all listen to every morning.
What I learned from Steve Jobs’ sister
Since I first read Mona Simpson’s eulogy of her brother, Steve Jobs, I randomly keep coming back to one part that sticks out even more so than his famous last words.
‘God is just what happens when humanity is connected’
Had dinner with some friends tonight, including Jim Gilliam. When I got home, I re-watched his PdF 2011 “The Internet is My Religion” talk. You should, too.
