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Monthly Archives: September 2011

“There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days, and…” (Great Work quote)

There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days, and as an opal changes its colors and its fire to match the nature of a day, so do I.” ~ John Steinbeck There are different types of days. … Continue reading

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Dan Coyle The Talent Code

One of the best books I’ve read in the last year is Dan Coyle’s, The Talent Code:Greatness Isn’t Born, It’s Grown Here’s How. It dances on the same space as Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, in that it really looks deeply at … Continue reading

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How Uncertainty fuels success

I’m a lover of paradoxes. Some of the ones that seem to be waving and laughing at me right now are I’m more connected and more lonely than ever How do I slow down so I can speed up I … Continue reading

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I dare you to be creative

Gone on. Click on this. And try and resist. http://www.drawastickman.com/ (I found it via @Brainpicker, whose newsletter is one of the very best. It’s a cornucopia of goodness.)

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Keeping score (what really matters)

This is a guest post from Josh Linkner. He’s the author of a terrific book on creativity, Disciplined Dreaming, and was one of the awesomely good contributors to the End Malaria project. This post (which is a respost from his … Continue reading

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