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Blake Mycoskie from Tom's Shoes
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Aug 30, 2010
Stumbled on this interview with Blake Mycoskie of Tom's Shoes in Inc. Magazine last night. Some fascinating bits from it.
First, the stats: He's 33, lives on a boat outside of Marine del Ray, and has a…
First, the stats: He's 33, lives on a boat outside of Marine del Ray, and has a…
Steve Jobs: Marketing is about values
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Aug 30, 2010
This video with Steve Jobs shortly after Apple bought NeXT and brought him back in charge, is absolutely stellar.
I think his insight about what marketing is all about is spot-on. Marketing is about wh…
I think his insight about what marketing is all about is spot-on. Marketing is about wh…
Maybe you just need to own how great you are
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Aug 30, 2010
I came across this sentence in a book I'm currently reading, and it struck a chord with me.
When I look back at my life, I see a string of events where I've finally owned that was pretty good at someth…
When I look back at my life, I see a string of events where I've finally owned that was pretty good at someth…
Art and fear
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Aug 26, 2010
Just rediscovered Seth Godin's free e-book "What matters now" from December of last year (that's 2009).
From Seth's opening essay:
From Seth's opening essay:
It turns out that the connected economy doesn’t respect this natural in…
Enterprises are made up of people, too
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Aug 26, 2010
Gigaom on the way Apple targets enterprises (or doesn't target them):
It targets people. It focuses on users. And Apple lets them decide how and where they’ll use its products.
This sounds simple, but i…
All struggle is a struggle to accept ourselves
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Aug 26, 2010
All struggle is a struggle to accept ourselves. Our lack of acceptance appears to be about other people, places, and things, but it is not.
Resistance to accepting the most intellectual, commonplace, e…
More wood behind fewer arrows
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Aug 25, 2010
Andrew Orlowski over on The Register.
...throwing out lots of mediocre products isn't the passport to success. [...] it pays to put more of your wood behind one arrow, or just a few arrows; the more yo…
We suffer trying to avoid a feeling
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Aug 23, 2010
We were conditioned to avoid a feeling we had as a child, and now as adults we're still avoiding that feeling, which we have never stopped to examine.
We suffer trying to avoid a feeling that is only a…
The life of a non-stick skillet
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Aug 23, 2010
According to Cook's Illustrated, Sep/Oct issue 2010:
In the test kitchen, these pans barely last six months. And even if you use your nonstick pan only a couple of times a week, the Cookware Manufactur…
Stop reading business books
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Aug 22, 2010
Another thought-provoking blog post by Rob Wailing.
There’s a slight chance it will. But probably not. There are actually two problems with this line of thinking:
- The amount of actual information garner…
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