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Great TEDx talk by Simon Sinek about why your values and your beliefs are more important than what you do.

Basically, tell people what you believe, and they'll follow you, buy your shit, or buy into y…

I just learned about a great book from 1976, which describes in depth how the body reveals things about your psychology, because the two are part of the same system. Its approach and thinking aligns p…

A great, entertaining and so funny-because-it's-true clip for your friday afternoon viewing pleasure:



It really is true, and it's worth remembering, that our expectations are raised so so fast. So if y…

Sunday night when we got home from a weekend on a farm, Caroline opened the kitchen drawer, and a moth flew out.

So I decided it was time to clean out that drawer, to make sure there weren't any moth n…

A little while ago I recorded this audio about building the business that only you can build. Something I care deeply about.

It's about 50 minutes worth of audio, perfect for a ride out of town for the…

Saw this quote today on Seth's blog:

"You teach kids how to succeed when they successfully foil the educational system."

Reminds me of my stance on exams.

When I was in college, I took a side course in e…

Megan Morris at IdeaSchema.org:

This infoproduct — the word that makes me barf, so I say “learning kit” instead — was the crux of that realization for me. And then I set about figuring out how I could …

The quote is from WALL-E, which I saw recently (thanks to @erskingardner).

And it's so central to every little decision we make every moment of every day. Literally.

Because your lizard brain is constan…

Great dual interview with Kevin Kelly and Steven Johnson on Where Ideas Come From in Wired:

[...] the great inventions are usually those that take the smallest possible step to unleash the most change…

I love talking with cabbies when I get to a new city. I love finding out how the system works and comparing the structures between different cities. They tend to be pretty revealing.

Martin, my cabbie …