“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs
Always do great work. Whether you’re brushing your teeth, or making your child’s lunch, or driving to work, or… do great work.
Character is much easier kept than recovered. – Thomas Paine Just as it’s easier to keep an existing customer than to acquire a new one, character and trust is much, much, much harder to recover once it’s is lost than it is to maintain. Therefore, resolve to live in such a way: That you don’t…
It’s not where you start – it’s where you finish that counts. – Zig Ziglar And all you have to concern yourself with is where you are. It’s simple, all you need do is: 1) Be clear, as much as possible, where you are now – and be there. 2) Be clear about what you want…
Between a recent meeting I had with a wise and generous colleague and a Robin Sharma video I just re-watched, I was inspired to create a four-part list of key things we need to identify, understand and integrate into our lives. Please take some time to read, and think, about these four things as they…
It’s the people around us who shape us and our behavior. Ask the BIG question: “What do you want to achieve in life?” And then think, “Are the people I’m hanging around helping me achieve this?” – Craig Ballantyne This is one of the most difficult things to ask yourself. Humans are social creatures and…
Are you disaster-tolerant? (Do you have reserves?) This question is well-posed in Seth Godin’s blog post (here it is in its entirety): Not all disasters can be avoided. Not all disasters are fatal. If you accept these two truths, your approach to risk will change. If you build a disaster-tolerant nation or project or lifestyle,…
Been away, haven’t seen you a while, how ya been? Anyway, 70s soft-rock references aside, I want to write something down and publish it – in the hopes of copyrighting it. The term has to do with Artificial Intelligence (AI), and how important it is to be skeptical and careful when using AI (at least…