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Life+Inspiration

What Lies Within Us

September 1, 2010

I saw the quote above today. It’s from Ralph Waldo Emerson. It’s been a busy summer. Lots of challenge, lots of opportunity, lots of (I think) growth. But what I’ve loved is the relatively small number of people I’ve come to know much better. For these people, the quote above holds very true.
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Email Introductions

August 19, 2010

I’ve had a lot of experience facilitating, providing and taking email intros recently. Here are some thoughts on how to do it well.
Before providing an email intro (especially with ultra busy people), consider asking permission of both sides. That removes the social obligation of the parties to follow up because of your relationship. If both [...]

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Being Shocked by Undeniable Talent

August 3, 2010

This is undercover Karaoke from FunnyorDie, starring Jewel.

Undercover Karaoke with Jewel from Jewel
Now I’ve watched this about 10 times. I showed it to Grace, who watched it a few times, and spent the rest of the night singing. But it wasn’t until today that I understood why it’s such a compelling clip: it’s because the [...]

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Something about drive and calmness

June 6, 2010

…today makes these links feel appropriate. It’s a near-lazy day in Oxford, hinting at mugginess. I’m calm and partially refreshed after a couple days away. It’s a day for exploration and productivity, but mostly for those intriguing spaces between the two. Here are some of today’s better links.
Pictory’s Profile of NYC. Pictory takes the weekly “sites I [...]

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15 Hip Hop Tracks for Tackling the World (1/3)

May 31, 2010

Music is fuel. I rely on hip hop a lot. It helps me recover, pump myself up, find drive and find meaning. Here’s 5 tracks that do that for me. 5 more tomorrow, and the final five the day after. Today? Context.
A Tribe Called Quest - Stressed Out (ft. Faith Evans)
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Less Talk More Make

May 25, 2010

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Videos Wanted on Inspiration, Storytelling, Power and Networks!

May 21, 2010

Hi folks,
In pulling together content for Intrapreneurship Week here at SBS, I’m after compelling and concise videos/talks that speak to any of the areas below:
- Understanding our personal motivations, passions and inspirations
- Communicating this through vision, storytelling and other mechanisms
- Understanding power, and applying it through hard and soft means
- Creating networks and building coalitions
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Saturday Projects

May 8, 2010

In my continuing effort to do no work on Saturdays (and due to the fact that my bike was broken), I decided to spend the day sourcing and building a new rear wheel.
I first began building my own bike wheels around 15 or 16, when biking was basically a religion to us. I don’t [...]

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30: A Birthday Rant

May 2, 2010

(Some profanity below.)
I think everyone has an optimal age. In North America, that age is often between 20 and 24. You don’t want to be older and you don’t want to be younger. It’s the age where you don’t think about your age. For me that was 23. Today I’m 30.
30 seems to be a [...]

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