The title of this post is the closing line from one of Seth Godin's blog posts this week, Even if it’s not graduation week for you… In the post, Seth encourages his readers to write, to simply write. Even in an age where audiobooks outsell print, AI can turn text into speech, and people scan, … Continue reading Writing Is a Symptom of Thinking
Steven Rogelberg is an expert on something that takes place 55 million times per day - meetings. Rogelberg is a professor of Organizational Science at the University of North Carolina- Charlotte, and his latest book is The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance. Rogelberg is featured In the … Continue reading How To Make Meetings More Effective: Separation, Standing, Shrink.
When I first started writing Music Mondays several months ago the original intent was to feature a new artist each week (well, at least new to me). The hope was that doing so would allow me to break out of my fixation on music from the 70s and discover some new artists I would enjoy … Continue reading Music Monday: Scottish Artist Lewis Capaldi
Art Carey, a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, shared some words of advice he received from Jack Bogle a few years ago. Carey asked Bogle the following question: "Pretend I am your son. What advice would you give me about how to live a long, happy, honorable life?" Here's a summary of what Bogle had … Continue reading Some Fatherly Words of Wisdom from Jack Bogle, Founder of Vanguard Investments, to My Sons
There was an interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal about jealousy. The main point of the story was that other people’s plans for the future irritate us much more than experiences they’ve had in the past. At first, this idea might seem strange. Don’t we feel envy for people’s accomplishments and possessions, such as … Continue reading I Must Not Have Been Part of This Research Study
I came across a fellow blogger who writes the occasional six-word story, here is her latest: She shivered in fear… and excitement. Reading her other six-word stories rekindled my interest in the genre, so I thought I'd give it a try again. It's been over a year since I wrote a short-word story (I needed … Continue reading More Six-Word Stories
I was randomly paging through Seth Godin's 17-pound book, "What Does It Sound Like When You Change Your Mind?", when I came across one of his posts titled "Hobson’s choice, Occam’s razor, Wheeler’s which and the way we decide". I was familiar with Hobson's Choice and Occam's Razor, but I had never heard of Wheeler's … Continue reading What in the World Is Wheeler’s Which
"Is marketing the art of tricking people into buying stuff they don’t need? Or is it about spreading ideas that people fall in love with?"- Seth Godin The above is a question Seth posed way back in 2005. It seems as if Kraft is in the camp that believes marketing is about tricking people. Kraft … Continue reading I Don’t Think Seth Godin Would Approve
I know, it's not necessarily the most uplifting of topics to write about, but it's amazing what ideas pop into your head when you've got a deadline. I recently wrote about the best songs to accompany graduation, and so I started thinking about other major life events where music can play a key role. My … Continue reading Music Monday: Best Songs for a Funeral
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - I. Don't. Get. Art. I've written about my childhood and adult experiences with art, none of them good. I've also written about how Morley Safer also claims that he "didn't get art." So imagine my surprise when I came across this YouTube video that explained … Continue reading If Only All Works of Art Could Be Explained Like This
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