What does it take to be a great boss? We’ve talked to a new generation of CEOs who are tossing out the old rules in favor of a more modern set of values.
Creativity is valued
Learning is non-linear
Gifted children have a place to excel
Many learning styles are celebrated
Children are not medicated for ADHD and the like
Children have a right to fresh, whole food
Place is valued and cherished
Regions become self-sufficien
What do we do with that free time? Mostly we panic and we spend it watching TV.
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- Clay Shirky Web 2.0 Expo on the Participatory Web Absolutely my favourite presentation about web and collaboration. This thought reminded me about famous “Stop watching fucking Lost!” from Gary’s Vaynerchuk speech Do what you love (no excuses!).
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Seth Godin: Quieting the Lizard Brain
“What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do is ship,” says bestselling author Seth Godin, arguing that we must quiet our fearful “lizard brains” to avoid sabotaging projects just before we finally finish them.
There are so many things we want to do with Harmony. We really feel like what we have accomplished thus far is just the tip of the iceberg. I know that sounds cliche, but it is true. If you are passionate about something, your head will always swim with ideas and this swimming tends to lead to feeling overwhelmed.
When this happens, make a list. Honestly, you do not even have to keep the list, you can just throw it away. For some reason, unbeknownst to me, lists help calm the brain. I think it is that keeping ideas in your head feels like herding cats. Putting them down on paper (yes, real paper) helps structure things and seeing everything structured helps you realize it is not so bad.
Rule No. 1: Never Lose Money. Rule No. 2: Never Forget Rule No. 1.
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Some people running businesses or working - in particular working on behalf of someone are prone to such behavior: ‘Oh my God I have so much work, I’m such a workaholic. ” Running circles in diapers - everything they do is the most IMPORTANT thing. And then after a year, it turns out that this really “hard” work resulted in losses for the company and none potential profits or gains. Stop pretending you’re important, start working, make profits. rules-that-warren-buffett-lives-by: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance (via barticz) |
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When you have a 9-to-5 mentality, you’ll spread your work out until 5pm, every time. Work expands to fit the time you have to do it. If you tell yourself you only have until noon to do the few hours of real work in your day, you’ll probably be able to make it happen. As a corollary to this, don’t think of your pay in terms of hours. Instead, think in terms of days. If you do a day’s work before noon, pay yourself for a day’s work. It’s only fair!
I don’t think of my life as a career. I do stuff. I respond to stuff. That’s not a career — it’s a life!
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