December 2009
13 posts
Vision
From What Matters Now:
Vision is the lifeblood of any organization. It is what keeps it moving forward. It provides meaning to the day-to-day challenges and setbacks that make up the rumble and tumble of real life.
In a down economy—particularly one that has taken most of us by surprise—things get very tactical. We are just trying to survive. What worked yesterday does not necessarily work...
View from 20,000 Feet; My Rules on Work and Cat... →
My fav line of the post:
The difference between a junior engineer and a senior is that a senior will ask questions whereas a junior is afraid to.
That’s something I agreed with wholeheartedly. If you find yourself at a place that doesn’t encourage using the What’s, Why’s, How’s, and When’s, then it might not be the best environment to be in. Because I...
“Character of a person is based on follow through with his or her words.”
– A Moism
Big Action
Upon receiving the Save the Date for my wedding, a good friend of mine (whom I will refer to as R) promptly responded by saying:
This is big action, finding the “right person” is such fantastic thing and it changes everything, how we look at the world, it gives us purpose and meaning….
Well said my friend, well said.
Thinking Humanly
The response of James May on the new requirement that US Airlines must let passengers off planes stuck on airport tarmacs after three hours was:
The rule “will lead to unintended consequences — more canceled flights and greater passenger inconvenience,” James May, president of the Washington-based Air Transport Association, an airline trade group, said in a statement. The standard “is...
Enrichment
From Seth Godin’s What Matters Now, I really liked the page by Rajesh Setty which suggests the following 5 steps to help enrich other people’s lives:
Commit - Commit to lifetime-relatinoships that span events, companies, causes, and geographic boundaries.
Care - Care for the concerns of others as if they are your own.
Connect - Aim to connect those who will benefit and enrich each...
WatchAwesome part of the video:
…fifteen years ago, Aaron Feuerstein, who was the head of Malden Mills in Massachusetts — they made Polartec — The factory burned down. 3,000 employees. He kept every one of them on the payroll. Why? Because it would have been a disaster for them and for the community if he had let them go. “Maybe on paper our company is worth less to Wall...
“One of the unfortunate side effects of all the publicity and hype surrounding...”
– Eric Reis on GigaOM (gigaom.com)
“A friend of mine once said that Christians are like manure: spread them out and...”
– Crazy Love by Francis Chan
