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to create is to wake up
J.S. Bach has a very famous piece “Cantata #140, “Sleepers Awake”. I’m sure you’ve heard it before, especially the more well-known parts. “Waking Up” is a …
why do you want to change the world?
Are you doing something because you love it, or because it looks good on paper? Are you doing something because it sounds good, or …
happiness is a choice
Buddha once said that “Life is suffering”. He didn’t say that most of our suffering is self-inflicted. Or if he did, that part was …
i only live when my work does
This is not an ad for workaholism. This is an ad for the idea that maybe, just maybe, work is a central pillar of our …
keep it simple
The temptation is always to make things more complicated than they need to be. Maybe instead, you just need to start. Good luck.
What are the tools you have to lead?
This sweet image was the product of a conversation on a recent flight to Miami. I had the privilege of chatting with Carey Newman, Director of Baylor University …
success simplified
Advice to young people, just leaving college? 1. Work hard. 2. Be kind. 3. Learn to write properly. The first two are pretty obvious …
never take your talent for granted
It was quite fashionable there for a while, to think that instead of hiring all these high-dollar, top tier marketing people, you could just …
environment affects outcome
This Fast Company article about the things Facebook, IDEO and Virgin America have in common actually reveals some of the secret code of the most successful organizations. …
how to create a better workplace
Sreedhari Desai has published some really compelling work on how certain messages and objects at work influence behavior, including such issues as morality. Sreedhari’s work has been …
knowing what to do
The bad new is, yes, this is all there is. The good news is, yes, this is all there is. But that’s OK. Life is …
here to being anew
If you live long enough, you see a lot of things around you getting old, including yourself. Well, there’s nothing you can do about …
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