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If you look after them
They say the secret to being successful is to (A) have a great product and (B) love your customer. Simple enough… But you can make it …
Albert Einstein’s Theory of Happiness
From NPR- October, 2017: Somebody did buy happiness. Albert Einstein’s theory of happiness sold at auction. Someone paid $1.3 million for a piece of paper. …
Imagination Is Life
Between the death of Isaac Newton and the birth of Albert Einstein, the most important physicist was the Scot, James Clerk Maxwell. Maxwell’s Equations are …
Set yourself free
I always like to think we have two selves… The first is our potential self. That’s the person we would be if we would …
Make the old the “new and improved”
We all have heard THAT definition of insanity a hundred times. The problem is that many people just wish they lived in an alternate reality. Do …
People are organic
For well over a decade, Gapingvoid friend Jon Husband has been preaching the idea of “Wirearchy”… i.e. in the future, companies will start organizing themselves around centralized …
No Negotiation, No Discount
Somewhere along the line Elon Musk decided he didn’t want to spend his time haggling over price. Sure, there are people out there who live …
Our infinite need to be meaningful
I was having a conversation the other day with an old friend about “stuff”. We both talked about how, if we never had to buy anything …
Invest in simple gestures
You want to attract the best talent? Create the best environment. The work that keeps companies going day in and day out is done by …
Simple Formula: Happiness = Success
There’s an idea that only victory can bring happiness. The Olympic athlete thinks that as soon as he wins Gold, that after all those years and …
The redemptive power of persistence
There are two kinds of “Whatever it takes” behavior. The first is the obsessive, fanatical kind. The guy who will fix bayonets and charge across …
Exclusivity or inclusivity
While reading a university website the other day, I came across a section which highlighted how much it likes “diversity and inclusivity”. First off, you’re proud of your very …
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