“Most geniuses—especially those who lead others—prosper not by deconstructing intricate complexities but by exploiting unrecognized simplicities.”
(Touchdown 2006, Ballantine)
| #Simplexity #Simplicity #Systems #Leadership
Category: People
A growth mindset reframes failure…
"When you work toward your goal, you're taking steps to success." pic.twitter.com/S6LFQoHw5y
— Brian Solis (@briansolis) April 28, 2023
“When you work toward your goal, you’re taking steps to success.”
— Giannis Antetokounmpo
“Dinners are for Old Friends,
but Lunches are for New Ones.”
“…I actually tend to avoid old friends at lunch,
Since it’s so easy to get into multi-hour conversations…”
| #Lunch #Dinner #Friends
“I used to have to sit down at my computer with intent.
I was taking time to go do something online.
And it felt more like hunting or exploring.
Nowadays it’s much more often a passive experience of consumption.
Scrolling on my phone hoping something interesting will come to me via one of the few sites I regularly visit.
I could still go hunting for the niche stuff,
but it’s just so easy to scroll a little bit more.”
“Picking the people and how they work
is the design of design.”
| #Design #Kubrick #People
Meet “Al Gore”: Toronto Mayoral Candidate 2014
Each New Year’s Day Afternoon, The City of Toronto hosts it’s annual Levee, where members of the general public line up to get a turn at meeting and being greeted by the Mayor and members of City Council.
On a day when nearly everything else in the city is closed due to New Year’s, this was the only game in town. The only other game of note being the NHL Winter Classic down the road in Detroit, which everyone seemed to be following on their BlackBerries and other handhelds.
This being a Municipal Election year in Toronto, and the day before nominations officially open, I found numerous potential Mayoral and Council Candidates doing the rounds inside the Rotunda of Toronto City Hall.
Among City Council Wannabes wandering the Rotunda was one Al Gore, declared Mayoral Candidate. Oh really? “Al Gore”?
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Mohsina Khatoon…
My Grandmother passed away this morning at 4:55 a.m.
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InshAllah, God-Alone Willing, I will update this blog post with more about my Grandmother’s life in a few days.
On this sunny cloudless morning in Milpitas, California, I choose not to remember her as she lay in her hospital bed in San José, for almost the past month.
For the moment, I choose to remember my Grandmother as she was in this simple video of everyday life recorded September 24 2004 in Fremont.
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My Grandmother was 89
Marc The Litter Guy
This is Marc.
Marc The Litter Guy.
We’re neighbours. Have been for years now.
He lives a block north of Bloor Street. I live a block south.
We’ve only ever had, at most, half a dozen conversations.
Yet Marc has had an impact on me much more than he may ever imagine.