February 2012
“Why? How? What? This little idea explains why some organizations and some leaders are able to inspire where others aren’t. Let me define the terms really quickly. Every single person, every single organization on the planet knows what they do, 100 percent. Some know how they do it, whether you call it your differentiated value proposition or your proprietary process or your USP. But very,...
January 2012
“There are some parts of the world that, once visited, get into your heart and won’t go. For me, India is such a place. When I first visited, I was stunned by the richness of the land, by its lush beauty and exotic architecture, by its ability to overload the senses with the pure, concentrated intensity of its colors, smells, tastes, and sounds… I had been seeing the world in...
A short video I made for Edelman Shanghai’s annual dinner. The theme was Shanghai Tang. Happy Chinese New Year 恭喜发财, friends!
Going on this tour on my first trip to Delhi this Saturday http://vimeo.com/32213816. Looks incredible and from a great organization! Any other Delhi recommendations?
It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire...
– Steve Jobs (via shaneguiter)
Nowadays, I don’t have a plan, an exit strategy, or a career arc in mind. So...
– I needed this at the moment.
Craig Finn Talks New Solo Album, New Hold Steady Material | News | Pitchfork
That pretty much exactly describes my life, to a t, right there.
(via rickwebb)
You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren’t. You take the action, and...
– Anne Lamott (via paulisakson)
You can try to escape the story of your life, but you can’t. It...
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Laura Dern in Enlightened. Brilliant series.
This constant fear: is it insanity or just ambition?
– @alaindebotton
“Everything you have in life can be taken from you except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. This is what determines the quality of the life we’ve lived — not whether we’ve been rich or poor, famous or unknown, healthy or suffering. What determines our quality of life is how we relate to these realities, what kind of meaning we assign...