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Getting better
“You are the same person today as you’ll be in five years except for two things, the people you meet and the books you read.” — Charles ‘Tremendous’ Jones I’ve seen the above quote used on many personal development sites, … Continue reading
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Going to the Opera in Prague
A and I were recently in Prague and while we were there we decided to break up our beer drinking with a cultural trip to see the Prague State Opera perform Puccini’s Turandot. So how did we arrange a visit to what … Continue reading
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if its better to be happy than rich
If its better to be happy than rich why do we spend more time doing things to get richer and less time doing things that make us happier ? Recently, I was following a discussion on twitter between Nic, Adam … Continue reading
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Musker and the social contract
Last night I attended the leaving drinks for Craig Musker, one of the best managers Ive ever had the pleasure to work for. He instinctively understood the value of a social contract. Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational; The Hidden Forces … Continue reading
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Goggle box
David MaCandless of Information is beautiful decided to visualise the time spent tv viewing v writing Wikipedia stat from the Clay Shirky talk below, How do you spend your cognitive surplus ?
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Enjoy what you do ?
I am currently nearly done reading ‘Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience’ by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly, and I may blog about that after I’m done, but there was a paragraph I read today that bought a few things to mind. It … Continue reading
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Back from holiday
Just back from three weeks in Argentina and Brazil, and back to work tommorrow. Preparing all the usual back to work stuff, I was reminded of this fabulous piece from the financial times by John Lancaster titled “Can money set … Continue reading
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Meetings are toxic
I have been reading Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson which is a fast and inspiring read that I can heartily recommend. One chapter that struck a chord with me was entitled “Meetings are Toxic”. Meetings are described … Continue reading
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