Archive for June, 2010

Practice

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Practice makes permanent.

Patterns

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

We go based on the patterns that have worked before to get us where we’ve got, as if where we are is exactly where we want to be.

– T Harv Eker

Alarm clock

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

Alarm clock serves as a medium for humans to synchronize.

Joy

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Joy is a clue from the heart.

– T Harv Eker

Bars in your prison

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

My contention is that every single one of the things that you’re doing based in fear and obligation is simply another bar in your prison — the prison that you’re holding yourself in.

– T Harv Eker

Scarcity + Shipping

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Scarcity creates value. People pay extra for things that are hard to get, while things that have a surplus go cheap. That’s basic economics.

So, what’s scarce? The ability to ship.

– Seth Godin

The Pie Fallacy

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

A surprising number of people retain from childhood the idea that there is a fixed amount of wealth in the world. [...] What leads people astray here is the abstraction of money. Money is not wealth. It’s just something we use to move wealth around.

– Paul Graham on How to Make Wealth

Deadlines

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Handing in work just a little bit early is a sure-fire way to tell a positive story and get the attention you seek.

– Seth Godin about Deadlines

Out Of The Box

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

I think our nature is to be active and engaged. I’ve never seen a 2-year-old or a 4-year-old who’s not active and engaged. That’s how we are out of the box.

Daniel Pink

What To Do with Your Millions

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Many people with jobs have a fantasy about all the amazing things they would do if they didn’t need to work. In reality, if they had the drive and commitment to do actually do those things, they wouldn’t let a job get in the way.

The point is that actually doing stuff is about a million times harder than just dreaming about it, which is why 99% of people wouldn’t actually do it even if money weren’t an issue.

Paul Buchheit