I came across this text in Motivating Yourself – Heroes, Role Models & Rivals which links to the source at Embrace Constraints (37signals)
Let limitations guide you to creative solutions
There’s never enough to go around. Not enough time. Not enough money. Not enough people.
That’s a good thing.
Instead of freaking out about these constraints, embrace them. Let [...]
This is a classic story which unfortunately mentions time management. But time management is a misnomer since time can not be managed. We can only manage ourselves and our priorities.
One day, an old professor of the School of Public Management in France, was invited to lecture on the topic of “Efficient Time Management” in front [...]
The Starfish Story is spread over the internet, Google shows 225,000 hits for that search term. My source is The Starfish Story where it says the story is adapted from The Star Thrower by Loren Eiseley (1907 – 1977).
Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to [...]
This is yet another great TED Talk, Matthew Childs: Hang in there! 9 life lessons from rock climbing.
In this talk from TED University 2009, veteran rock climber Matthew Childs shares nine pointers for rock climbing. These handy tips bear on an effective life at sea level, too.
This talk is less than five minutes, the nine [...]
Worrying keeps the mind busy and zaps energy but it does not change anything.
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere. ~ Glenn Turner
Worrying in itself does not make the future better.
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. ~ [...]
This TED Talk has popped up several times lately but it was not until today that I took the time and watched John Wooden: Coaching for people, not points.
With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he [...]
Fortune has a very interesting article about What it takes to be great. The article is from October 30, 2006 but it popped up on Twitter today. The post title says “Secrets of greatness: Practice and hard work bring success” which sums it up nicely.
The good news is that your lack of a natural gift [...]
Lifehacker has a post about Top 10 Tools for a Free Online Education. One I find especially interesting is Academic Earth
Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world class education.
There is also YouTube EDU. At YouTube are more universities such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [...]
As I wrote in It is time for me to refocus I have sorted out the topics between my blogs, in part by creating a new one – Bengt’s Notes – for the sidetopics I had before.
I have created two new index pages here, using the AZIndex plugin. You now find an Index by Tag [...]
This is really worth listening to, what about being happy and grateful?
Everything is amazing, nobody is happy…
