January 2011
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2011 Starts Here
To help start you off on your first day of the year, here’s a post from Seth Godin on the first rule of doing work that matters.
“Art is hard. Selling is hard. Writing is hard. Making a difference is hard.
When you’re doing hard work, getting rejected, failing, working it out—this is a dumb time to make a situational decision about whether it’s time for a nap or a...
December 2010
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And Now, A Holiday Message From Me
Though my greetings be a day or two late,It won’t stop my want to go and celebrate,And share in the joy and love of the season,Of which is Christmas’ true heartfelt reason. (And if my poor rhyming has dampened your mood,Then let me just sit down and shut up—let’s just feast on the food!) Happy holidays, everyone!
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A Holiday Message from Ricky Gervais →
Ricky Gervais wrote a holiday piece for the Wall Street Journal, and while I don’t particularly share his atheist views, they nevertheless are thought-provoking, and well-reasoned (and quite hilarious). I especially like his closing arguments:
“Do unto others…” is a good rule of thumb. I live by that. Forgiveness is probably the greatest virtue there is. But that’s exactly what it is -‐ a...