Tag Archives: focus
“The new always carries with it the sense of violation…” (Great Work quote)
Photo from Creative Commons, Flickr The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive. ~ Henry Miller New means broken. (What … Continue reading
How to focus on what matters: a date to consider
Today’s the anniversary of my death. 2043′s the year, and seeing this pop up every day on September 15 concentrates my mind wonderfully on what I’m working on and how I’m spending my time. With my latest Great Work Project, … Continue reading
3 things learned from my website make-over
The new website is up at last. Sleek, beautiful and focused. No longer do we have 12 disconnected and disparate websites. No longer – I hope – do people ask, “but really, what do you do?” (Chris Brogan is asking … Continue reading
Steve Shapiro, Goal Free Living
Einstein said, “If I had an hour to work out a problem, I would spend 59 minutes trying to figure out what was the actual problem and then one minute on the solution.” Steve Shapiro has applied this idea to … Continue reading
Peter Fritz, 3M Management
Where are the bottlenecks that slow down your projects? Today I’m speaking with a manufacturing manager at one of the most efficient, innovative, collaborative companies around. Peter Fritz works at 3M, which produces everything from Post-its to Scotch tape and … Continue reading
