Category Archives: News and Noteworthy

In Case You Missed It

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They say that the most creative people also have the most diverse books in their personal library.
I won’t go as far as to say I’m creative, but I will say I have an eclectic taste, both in books and in my RSS subscriptions. I have a total of 108 feeds (!) and […]

A Lesson on Swimming with the Sharks

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Following current news can help give valuable life lessons. Have you wondered how Exxon recently broke the record for highest US profits in history, yet the rest of America is worried about recession and unemployment?
What recently happened in Hollywood could help explain it. Hollywood may seem like a different world, but the […]

Business Advice from a Billionaire

Wise Bread has an article on C. D. Spangler, the Harvard Business School alum and billionaire who was interviewed as part of HBS’s series on entrepeneurs. It’s a very good article that summarizes some of the advice that Spangler gave in his interview.
The article was particularly interesting because the author, Julie Rains, actually had […]

GTD for the Rest of Us

Earlier I predicted that someone will create an alternative to the Getting Things Done system for the right-brain people and the creator will become a regularly recurring guest at Oprah. It looks like at some level, this prediction has come true.
In the latest issue of Oprah’s periodical called O Magazine, there is an article […]

Life Advice from Steve Jobs

This YouTube video is the 2005 Stanford graduation commencement speech given by Steve Jobs.
It was a great speech, with the theme being that every end is the start of a new beginning. Also as expected, he also had the theme about being passionate about what you do.

Update: A link to the text […]