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But it's better than TV
Seths Blog 24 hours agoAt the local health food store lunch buffet, they offer stir fried tempeh. I never get it. Not because I don’t like it, but because there are always so many other things on the buffet that I prefer.
Books you don't need in a place you can't find
Seths Blog less than a day agoDavid points us to the Montague Bookmill. This is the bookstore of the future, because it's not a business trying to maximize growth and ROI.
We can do it
Seths Blog 3 days agoToo often, it seems, this attitude is missing from teams, organizations or the community. It's missing because people are quick to opt out of the 'we' part.
Naming tool of the week
Seths Blog 3 days agoOleg points us to http://wordoid.com/ It's a conjugator, brainstorming and domain finder, all in one.
Wondering around
Seths Blog 4 days agoI stumbled on a great typo last night. "Staff in the lobby were wondering around..." Wandering around is an aimless waste of time.
Helping spread the word
Seths Blog 5 days agoSince Linchpin was published six weeks ago, I've gotten some terrific email. Most of it is about individuals who used the ideas in the book to instigate a process of self-reinvention or validation.
Creating the list
Seths Blog 5 days ago...is not the same as obeying the list. Do you make the list you check off, follow and work on every day? When does it get made? Who approves it? Do you identify tasks or perform them? If you had.
The Wordperfect Axiom
Seths Blog 6 days agoWhen the platform changes, the leaders change. Wordperfect had a virtual monopoly on word processing in big firms that used DOS.
The factory in the center
Seths Blog Mar 09 10Old time factories had a linear layout, because there was just one steam engine driving one drive shaft.
You rock
Seths Blog Mar 08 10This is deceptive. You don't rock all the time. No one does. No one is a rock star, superstar, world-changing artist all the time.
Losing Andrew Carnegie
Seths Blog Mar 07 10Carnegie apparently said, "Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors.
Spring reading list--big ideas for idea people
Seths Blog Mar 06 10Readers have told me that they enjoy my off-the-wall book lists. Here's another. Science fiction, Tom Peters, Krista Tippett and even a book for touring musicians.
Pulitzer Prizefighting
Seths Blog Mar 06 10People are drawn to existing competitions like moths to a flame. It's precisely the wrong way to succeed.
On self determination
Seths Blog Mar 05 10I posted this eight years ago (!) but a reader asked for an encore. ...are we stuck in High School? I had two brushes with higher education this week.
Open buying and open selling
Seths Blog Mar 04 10If I can sell you something without a sales call or expensive ad campaign, I can sell it cheaper. If you want to buy a business development relationship but you're not willing to negotiate, do contracts and invest a lot.
Try different
Seths Blog Mar 03 10The usual mantra is to 'try harder'. Trying harder is impossible when you're already trying as hard as you can.
"Be what losers call a loser."
Seths Blog Mar 02 10Think about that for a minute or two... Sort of turns the whole idea of 'cool' upside down. From an interview with David Horvath.
Sprezzatura
Seths Blog Mar 02 10This is an Italian word for being able to do your craft without a lot of visible effort. It's a combination of elan and grace and class, sort of the opposite of loud grunts while you play tennis or a.
I don't feel like it
Seths Blog Mar 01 10What's it? Why do you need to feel like something in order to do the work? They call it work because it's difficult, not because it's something you need to feel like.
Everyone's model of work is a job
Seths Blog Feb 28 10That's is the conclusion of a very long essay on startups by Paul Graham, and it's an insightful quote.
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