September 2008
12 posts
“One reason it can seem so hard to see how philosophy relates to life is that we...”
– Kelly Jolley - The College Issue - The Thinker - NYTimes.com
“Success is the power with which to acquire whatever one demands of life without...”
– Andrew Carnegie - Excerpt: Today Matters by John C. Maxwell
“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads,...”
– Ayn Rand
“The technology and software business seems to obsess with what is in flux and...”
– Jason Fried - Things We’ve Learned at 37Signals | Kris Jordan
I really want to do a start up after college, and 37 signals is my hero/role model.
I just finished a post about Philosophy and _The_Art_of_Learning_ (Great Book!) at Success-Driven Philosophy
http://tinyurl.com/6nrj7f
“On nine out of the eleven traits the applicants were being judged on, the...”
– gladwell dot com - the new-boy network
Hiring is such a difficult thing - Gladwell tells us how structured interviewing can help with the biases -J
The Associated Press: Obama's stump speech plays... →
Stump speeches are hard things to do well, consistently. But Obama has it down pat. -J
Learning about Passion and Persistance from a Boy...
We often hear talk about how critical passion is to choosing a career, or building a new business or pursuing a big endeavor. Why?
Because being passionate means you really caring about what you are doing, you enjoy the process and you are willing to work and persist until you suceed.
New Kids on the Block, widely known as the “original boy band” was passionate about their work and...
“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.”
– Ferdinand Foch (via onherway) 