Vattenfall has been awarded the Climate Greenwash Awards 2009, probably not an award they desired.
Swedish energy company Vattenfall is a master of spin when it comes to climate change, portraying itself as a climate champion while lobbying to continue business as usual, using coal, nuclear power, and pseudo-solutions such as agrofuels and carbon capture and [...]
Alex Fayle has a really interesting post today, Taming the Voices in the Personality Zoo. It describes a fun and really useful way to sort out what stops us from achieving what we want.
By assigning each piece of resistance a personality, I can diffuse the internal argument by recognizing the emotion attached to the thought [...]
I got a link in my Twitter stream pointing to The TED presentation commandments which is a great list of ten commandments in order to make a great presentation.
The TED Commandments
Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick.
Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
One of my favourite TED Talks is Benjamin Zander: Classical music with shining eyes. Do not let the title fool you, the talk is about music and passion but also brings up leadership.
Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it — and by extension, our [...]
At TED Talks there is a terrific talk by Elizabeth Gilbert: A different way to think about creative genius.
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s a funny, [...]
I came across this quote which has a message worth considering:
When you’re lying on your death bed, you won’t wish you spent more hours in the office.Robin Sharma
