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The Five Levels of Communication in a Connected World
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Knowing what to say and when to say it is not enough. In the modern day, we must decide HOW to communicate.
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99 Excuses For NOT Making Ideas Happen
We collect a shortlist of the most common excuses for not making ideas happen, and respond with tips for rallying yourself into action.
Are You Ambitious Enough?
You don’t have to become a backstabbing monster to achieve success,
but you do need to admit your ambition – if only to yourself.
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Frans Johansson: The Secret Truth About Executing Great Ideas
Actions DO speak louder than words (or tactics, or strategic planning). Frans Johansson illustrates why groundbreaking innovators generate and execute far more ideas than their counterparts.
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The Art of Momentum: Why Your Ideas Need Speed
When we lose momentum, we become vulnerable to distraction, self-doubt, and apathy. A look at how constant motion is crucial to idea execution.
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Job Interview Arsenal: 20 Questions to Ask (Or Be Ready to Answer!)
"Time spent on hiring is time well spent," as they say. We round up 20 great questions for gaining insight into even the most wily interviewee.
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Insightful articles and links from around the web.
9/9/2010
Yesterday Influences Your Performance Today in Surprising Ways
The exception vs. the rule - to boost performance (and confidence), recall GROUPS of successes, not just one example.
Is Apple Making Us Japanese?
The cult of Apple encourages people to have relationships with machines.
Why Do You Work?
Contribute to GOOD Magazine's Work Issue by answering this question in 140 characters.
9/8/2010
Check-in, Chicken
Good practice - each morning, answer to team, what are you up to, and what are you afraid of?
The link between personal responsibility and an uncluttered life
Yes, it's your fault. Owning up to your clutter is the first step to changing it.
Readitfor.me Trailer: Making Ideas Happen
"Making Ideas Happen" summed up by one inspired reader via an animated YouTube clip with a banjo.
9/7/2010
The Anatomy of Determination
How do you predict success in a start-up? Not by intelligence, but determination.
7 Customs Stifling Marketing Creativity
Seven "sacred cows of marketing" challenged, starting with "all ideas are good ideas."
9/3/2010
Coworking Spaces
Guide to NYC co-working spaces (and thoughts on them) from Fred Wilson.
Working for a Living
GOOD Mag infographic on how Americans work and live, and if we are keeping our lives in balance.
Watching the Corners: On Future-Proofing Your Passion
"I wish I’d learned to embrace the non-douchier aspects of building awesome human relationships."
9/2/2010
Responsibility and authority
It turns out you can get a lot done if you focus on responsibility rather than authority.
Negative Emotions Diminished by Difficult Mental Challenges
Can thinking about being happy make you less happy?
Wave Goodbye
Tech autopsy of Google Wave: did Google forget to answer the essential question "what's it for?"
9/1/2010
ColorBlendy: See how two colors blend easily
A handy design tool to test how colors blend while overlaid or multiplied.
Ten Things Your Employees Wish You Knew About Them
"If you think it's tough being a manager these days, try being an employee."
What Ernest Hemingway, Toni Morrison, and R. Crumb Have in Common
How those great Paris Review interviews happen. Behind-the-scenes process look.
Tweetin' Grannies and Gramps Outpace Social Whippersnappers
Survey says the fastest growing demographic in Social Media is the over 50 set.
8/31/2010
12 Natural Laws of Business
Great business advice from Zingerman.
Internet may phase out printed Oxford Dictionary
The 130 pound O.E.D. may soon slim down to almost nothing with a move to digital.
Why FAILFaire?
Interesting concept: The FAILFaire, a place where it’s ok to talk about what didn’t work.
What Should I Do to My Work Laptop Before I Leave My Job?
How to leave your work computer sparkling clean to preserve privacy.
8/30/2010
Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime
We fill subway rides and gym visits with mobile devices when our brains should be processing experiences and knowledge.
Ghostly Discovery
Tailor electronic music to your mood with Ghostly International.
Westerners vs. the World: We are the WEIRD ones
"If you're a Westerner, your intuitions about human psychology are probably wrong."
8/27/2010
Jennifer Egan: Gallery of a Writer’s Impulses
Jennifer Egan's unique, memory-spattered website.
The Acceleration of Addictiveness
We'll increasingly be defined by what we say no to.
Tall Tales, Truth and My Twitter Diet
On community, accountability: How the New York Times' TV writer used Twitter to lose weight.
8/26/2010
You snooze, you lose
Can you be successful and barely sleep? Judah Friedlander, Martha Stewart, and more get 4 or less hours a night.
How to apologize
The components of a "scientifically perfect" apology (via The Morning News).
The importance of enjoying the habit
What's the one thing that makes habit forming successful? Not discipline or willpower, but enjoying the habit.
8/25/2010
Sleep Secrets Revealed in Human Hair
Turns out, your sleep cycle is all in the "gene clock" of your hair.
