Enlightened Self-Interest

29
May
2008

Amazing Sea Slugs

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23
May
2008

Enlightened

At the very moment that humans discovered the scale of the universe and found that their most unconstrained fancies were in fact dwarfed by the true dimensions of even the Milky Way Galaxy, they took steps that ensured that their descendants would be unable to see the stars at all. For a million years humans had grown up with a personal daily knowledge of the vault of heaven. In the last few thousand years they began building and emigrating to the cities. In the last few decades, a major fraction of the human population had abandoned a rustic way of life. As technology developed and the cities were polluted, the nights became starless. New generations grew to maturity wholly ignorant of the sky that had transfixed their ancestors and had stimulated the modern age of science and technology. Without even noticing, just as astronomy entered a golden age most people cut themselves off from the sky, a cosmic isolationism that only ended with the dawn of space exploration.

That’s Carl Sagan in Contact from 1985. The effects of light pollution were documented in the New Yorker last August.

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8
May
2008

PickyDomains

When I was in High School, my friends wanted to be doctors and lawyers. I wanted to be a headhunter.

It was then that I bought the domain name, jobplacement.com. Since then I’ve sold it for enough to travel Europe for a month.

I just stumbled on a service called PickyDomains. They have an interesting pitch:

“Looking for a cool domain name, but can’t think of one yourself? Think all the good domains are already taken? You’ll love PickyDomains.Com

Here is how it works. You deposit $50 and give us your specifications. Our contributors start submitting their domain name suggestions. When you see that perfect domain, you just register it. If none of our suggestions worked for you – you just get your money back.”

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27
April
2008

A Stroke of Wisdom

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

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20
April
2008

David Leaver

This past week, I sat down with my friend David Leaver, founder of Opus Partners, a consulting firm that work with clients to strengthen their sales, HR on-boarding and business strategy.

I learn a great deal from him every time we meet. Ever the coach, David is the type of person who has so much passion and enthusiasm for what he does that his enthusiasm is contagious.

There are hundreds of motivational sales coaches and speakers out there, but David Leaver takes the next step and helps companies create a detailed and actionable sales process to follow up on leads and grow your business.

Back when I ran the Bank of America Youth Entrepreneur Program, David volunteered his time to share his experience with the thousands of young people attending its annual expo.

If your sales team needs a Red Bull– give David Leaver a call.

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14
April
2008

Success and Happiness

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” - Dale Carnegie

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7
April
2008

Joseph Campbell Quote

“We have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time have gone before us - the labyrinth is thoroughly known. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence. And where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.” Joseph Campbell

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4
April
2008