Posts Tagged ‘ success ’

I don’t agree with every single nuance in this great talk by Srikumar Rao, but there is definitely gold to be mined here: (Especially the Coach John Wooden quote!)
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I’ve just started following Chris Guillebeau’s Art of Noncomfority blog, about his non-traditional work/jobs/career, and his travel around the world. One thing that stuck out for me in today’s post is this quote on The Heart of the Matter: The way you stand out in a non-profit organization isn’t that different from what you...
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I am so not a Harry Potter fan, but you have to love this quote from the once almost-homeless woman who wrote the books: It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all–in which case, you fail by default....
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Yesterday I was courted by a member of the cult of done. I’m still deciding whether or not to join. I hear it’s a good community but the health bennies suck. Here’s their manifesto. If it looks a little incomplete, that’s because they only spent 20 minutes on it: There are three states of...
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There’s been a very interesting little “discussion” going around what we used to call the blogosphere. TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington spent the previous week at LeWeb, in Paris, where in response to some questions, he said that Europeans love life too much to generate the biggest technology success stories. They have too many 2-hour lunches...
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Just saw this great quote at Bob Sutton’s blog: Learn how to fight as if you are right and listen as if you are wrong: It helps you develop strong opinions that are weakly held. That is a great, great strategy. I also like another quote of his: Indifference is as important as passion....
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Tina at ThinkSimpleNow posted recently on 7 spiritual laws of success. I responded, and as I sometimes do, am cross-posting my response here … Nice post. A couple of thoughts that struck me as I saw a few things: “Success is the ability to fulfill your desires with effortless ease.“ - Deepak Chopra This...
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Pickthebrain has a post on selling yourself. I can personally attest that, after getting the qualifications and knowledge you need to succeed in your chosen field, being able to “sell yourself” is the most critical part of professional success. The highlights: Be Sold on Yourself Have a Saleable Package Be Positive and Enthusiastic Be...
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There’s an interesting conversation happening right now about the equity or insularity of the blogosphere. (Nick Carr, Kent Newsome, Labnotes, and Chip’s Quips are covering it as well. And now, Shel Israel.) Partly, it’s the perrennial A-lister bitch-session: why am I not in the Technorati Top 100? Partly, it’s the angst of someone who...
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