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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Twitter Digest
- How to Get Your Messages Retweeted bit.ly/uFoW29
- How to Price US Citizenship - Bloomberg bloom.bg/skHv4y
- To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are ~ Muhammad Ali
- Top 10 business books of 2011 - The Globe and Mail bit.ly/rMoAVV
- It’s good to do uncomfortable things. It’s weight training for life. ~ Anne Lamott
- BBC News - Google search home page revamp promotes other services bbc.in/vv49yo
- They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries. -James Allen
- Economics for Humans - HBR IdeaCast - Harvard Business Review http://bit.ly/xH9Fkw
- Business Jargon Is Not a "Value-Add" - HBR IdeaCast - Harvard Business Review http://bit.ly/x95VIu
Five Resolutions for Aspiring Leaders
- Find a trustworthy mentor
- Form a leadership development group
- Volunteer in a civic or service organization
- Work in or travel to one new country
- Finally, ask more questions than you answer
via: HBR
Twitter Digest
- How to Price US Citizenship - Bloomberg bloom.bg/skHv4y
- How to Get Your Messages Retweeted bit.ly/uFoW29
- Why economists got married | A personal anectode | bit.ly/vbmqwM
- The Real Cost Of New Years eve | read.bi/rDxhZn
- TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND: 14 Ways To Make Better Decisions And Strengthen Your Willpowerread.bi/vFTasE
- A Birth Certificate, Strep, and Three People Who Made My Holidays - Forbes onforb.es/ui43VJ
- Why A 'Win-Win' Approach Won't Get You A Higher Salary read.bi/vapV19
- The 25 Highest-Paid CEOs In New York read.bi/v7YJsF
- Are Sexist People Happier? read.bi/v05Mtz
- Tech Company Resolutions read.bi/s6wk5t
Monday, January 2, 2012
Think inside the box?
One of the most common fallacies is the 'think outside the box' school of thought. Well guess what, outside the box teaches you how to think but without constraints.
But unlike a dream world, we all have constraints.
But unlike a dream world, we all have constraints.
- Why don't you sell more and make more money at the same time?
- Let's capture all the market share
- lets defeat our competitors
- Here's a solution that will definitely work, but it will need x Mln $'s that we don't really have
Sometime thinking inside the box can be good. Letting ideas ferment within the box is important. And when that moment comes, when that special external shock kicks in and you jump naked out of the tub saying "Eureka" (like Archimedes did), you'll truly value and thank the box for being there.
Graph: Tim Hortons vs. Starbucks
Tim Horton's in Blue and Starbucks in Red ( Canada). Canadians clearly love their Timmies.
Here's a Global Trend:
Here's a Global Trend:
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Twitter Digest
- Seth's Blog: "It's always been this way" bit.ly/uUQH3E
- BIKINIS, PIERCINGS AND VIDEO GAMES: The Year In World Records read.bi/tUYZyZ
- The Top 10 Business Stories Of 2011 That Made No One Else's Top 10 List read.bi/uZAFnQ
- CHART OF THE DAY: Here's How Every Asset Class Performed In 2011 read.bi/umcQuL
- Fab.com Office Tour read.bi/uo5u9v
- 3 Career Resolutions To Skip In 2012 - Forbes onforb.es/uMbBa2
- 9 financial bloopers this year | read.bi/sTqn1v
- Rent vs. Buy | Why homeowners lose | read.bi/uIz8Al
- PHOTOS: The Year In Sports read.bi/uTCDuX
- The 10 Most Offensive Ads Of 2011 read.bi/tjeUYj
- A tale of two retailers | How Sears is the anti-apple| Felix Salmon reut.rs/rP6N2n
- Achieving Success in 2012 by Way of This Year's Regrets (and I have had a few!) - Forbes onforb.es/vdWGJE
Diagram: How corporate executives are running the US economy
Beautiful Venn diagram explains how corporate executives are ruining running the US economy:
via: lewrockwell
via: lewrockwell
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