January 2011
15 posts
I have moved
This blog has moved to http://blog.digitalfoc.us as I begin to write my own content.
Are You a Rebel or a Leader? →
Everyone was being so agreeable. The CEO nodded, the VPs agreed, the Directors were polished in their reviews. All the content was “good,” the timelines “reasonable,” the budgets “sufficient.” We…
The Spiral of Successful Habits →
Post written by Leo Babauta.
Many people have so many things they want to change about their lives they don’t know where to start.
It’s overwhelming: you might smoke and eat junk food and need…
Stop Saying ‘Let me know when works for you’ →
As a current or aspiring entrepreneur, you should be meeting with a ton of people (potential customers, investors, biz dev partners, employees, journalists).
You will often get introduced…
IKEAs Are Designed Like Pac-Man Mazes To Trick You... →
If you’ve ever found yourself hopelessly lost in an Ikea store, you were probably not alone.
The
home furnishing chain’s mazy layouts are a psychological weapon to part
shoppers from their cash,…
Report: First two years of college show small... →
Nearly half of the nation’s undergraduates show almost no gains in learning in their first two years of college, in large part because colleges don’t make academics a…
Just Enough: Why Some of Us Are Satisfied With... →
photo: giumaiolini
Dining out with me is an experience. Because when I go to a restaurant, I go with a game plan: to enjoy the most delicious meal it offers, hopefully at the lowest…
A Thought on Communication →
A Thought on Communication
A thought; a bit of mushy futurism: that the next generation of connected humans, the progeny of digital natives, will probably not communicate with remote others in…
6 Ways to Give People a Front Row Seat to Their... →
Most people don’t realize how brilliant they are. This stems from: A lack of self-belief. A lack of external affirmation. A lack of human mirrors in their life. Or, maybe they’re just too…
Use the One-A-Month Technique to Adopt Habits that... →
We’re not even a week into the New Year and you’re probably already feeling the pressure of your resolutions. Get out your list and get ready to overhaul it with the One-A-Month technique for…
If You Don’t Get Published, Is Writing a Waste of... →
Like many photos on this site, this is with huge thanks to London lifestyle photographer Antonina Mamzenko.
If you’ve been reading Aliventures for … ooh, a couple of weeks … you’ll know…
What It Takes to Form a Good Habit [Mind Hacks] →
It’s that time of year when we all start to make “New Year’s resolutions”, which is a fancy way of saying we’ll try forming better habits. Here are a few tips to make sure they stay habits…
When Smart People are Bad Employees →
And I always find, yeah, I always find somethin’ wrong
You been puttin’ up with my sh#t just way too long
I’m so gifted at findin’ what I don’t like the most
So I think it’s time for us to have…
Confidence →
Shared by Akhil
With some extrapolation, it can be applied to what we say - Hu brahm chhu, hu Akshar chhu…
Confidence is a good thing, right? Everyone wants confidence. It makes you more…
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December 2010
31 posts
Caring for Your Introvert →
Do you know someone who needs hours alone every day? Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, but seems awkward in groups and…
Did I send you a brief email message?
I value the finite time and attention that we all have available to us. I also find conversations to be rich and meaningful.
That said, I have a lot of email running through my Inbox. Maybe you do, too.
I’ve taught many people how to effectively deal with Inbox overload, and one of the key tenets is to keep messages concise and timely. For the majority of email conversations, a timely,...
What Smart Brands Know About Capturing Heartshare →
First, you wanted to grow marketshare. Then, you wanted to expand mindshare. Now, you need to capture something bigger. After all, humans are emotional creatures. Not integers. Not…
5 Sure-Fire Ways To Enjoy Every Day Of Your Life →
There was a time in my life where I wasn’t enjoying it very much. I was so stressed in the pursuit of success that I had in fact lost the joy of living. I spent so much time on the road…
Powerful Ideas →
Ideas are a lot like viruses. Neither a virus nor an idea is alive, technically, but both reproduce though contact with other people. And both are hard to eradicate. For example, 20% of the American…
How Teen Experiences Affect Your Brain for Life →
The Kids Can’t Help It What new research reveals about the adolescent brain—from why kids bully to how the teen years shape the rest of your life. (Page 1 of 3)
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Browse for a good cause →
Whether it’s bug fixes to the Chromium open source project, dazzling apps and extensions arriving daily in our Web Store, or boundary-pushing Chrome experiments — the Chrome community never fails…
Nigel Marsh on Work-Life Balance →
“If you don’t design your life, someone else will design it for you and you just might not like their idea of balance.” – Nigel Marsh
Work-life balance continues to be an ongoing…
It’s a Matter of Choice →
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Tim Brownson.
No matter the circumstances, you are the only one that has the power to determine your mood. And no matter how bad the mood is…
Sweden →
Here’s a list of three things that you are unlikely to do, at least in this order: 1. Watch a Swedish movie called The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2. Read about the Swedish sex charges against…
Who Tweets? →
When asked specifically if they are on Twitter, rather than a generic status-updating site, 8% of online adults say they use the popular social media tool. Tweeting is especially popular among young…
Radical Management: Mastering the Art of... →
“Radical management focuses the entire organization on the goal of constantly increasing the value of what the organization offers to its clients. Once a firm commits to this goal, traditional…
Principles Under Pressure: Working in Adversarial... →
“This manifesto is about how to work with such an adversarial character, whether they are your boss, peer or team member. It is about how to use the specific behavior you need to use to help you…
Scott Adams does it again: Sweden →
Absolutely hilarious …the man is well-spoken.
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Guide to Going Where There... →
I know who you are. You’ve chosen to follow an uncommon road. You’ve elected to pursue a perilous and uncertain course. You’ve decided to go where there is no path and leave a trail. Let me…
Tied Up in Knots? The Minimalist’s Guide to Inner... →
‘Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.’ ~Victor Frankl
Editor’s note: This is a…
You are a conformist (that is, you are human) →
You are a conformist (that is, you are human) By Noam Shpancer, Ph.D.
Created Dec 5 2010 - 7:49pm
Hannah Arendt
The philosopher Hannah Arendt famously argued that the…
The Value of Ritual in Your Workday →
I recently saw the movie The Last Samurai for the second time. Set in Japan in the 1870s, it tells the story of an American civil war veteran who was captured by samurai fighters and, over time,…
The Illusion of Truth →
Repetition is used everywhere—advertising, politics and the media—but does it really persuade us? Psychology studies reveal all…
We see ads for the same products over and over again….
What Makes A Strong Leader? Part 4 →
I am honored and humbled to serve on the Board of Trustees at Morehouse College. If you are not familiar with this amazing Atlanta institution, I encourage you to do a little research and learn…
6 Practical Tips To Make Your Habits Stick →
Are you trying to cultivate a new habit? Are you having trouble being consistent with this habit? Our habits determine our quality of life. This month I’m doing group coaching with my readers,…
How to Use Your Brain in a Crisis →
THE GIST Thinking about crises, especially violent ones, helps the brain respond more efficiently during an emergency. Self-esteem boosts performance under pressure, and practice under…
Are you improving every day? Or are you a sheep? →
Most people are complacent. Sheep, even.
If you are not consciously examining your skills and deliberately improving on them regularly, you are a sheep, whether you know it or not.
For example,…
Focus and Discipline vs. Caring →
After yesterday’s post on Life Purpose and Values, I saw some questions about why I dropped values like focus and self-discipline from my list. Are these values no longer important? Or do I feel…
How to Attract The Most Awesome People Into Your... →
Editor’s Note:This is a guest post by Vlad Dolezal from Fun Life Development.
Let me tell you the story of a rabbit called Rabbit.
It was a sunny spring day, and Rabbit was…
Is College Bad for Your Brain →
We go to college to learn, to soak up a dazzling array of information intended to prepare us for adult life. But college is not simply a data dump; it is also the end of parental supervision….
Notes to Self: Coveting possessions is unhealthy. →
Coveting possessions is unhealthy. Here’s how I look at it: All of the computers on Ebay are mine. In fact, everything on Ebay is already mine. All of those things are just in long term storage…
Guide to Motivating Lazy People →
Your employees are lazy. Your coworkers are stuck. Your children are lethargic. Your members are stagnant. Your customers are sluggish. I blame it all on Chris Farley. His Saturday Night…
Don't Let the Package Distract You from the... →
My wife Eleanor and I came home from dinner the other night, and found our babysitter, Leslie*, in tears. “Is everything OK with the kids?” I asked. “Yes. They’ve been sleeping the whole time….
Inspiring Acts in 2010 →
Changing the world starts with one simple act.
In difficult times, stories of heroic endeavor always hearten us. But sometimes what motivates us are the everyday acts, things so simple that we…
Positive Attitude →
Why It's Better to Be Smart and Wrong than... →
I’m always amazed when I hear about smart, talented people going to their supervisors to ask for guidance using phrases like, “What do you think I should do?” Or, “How should I…?” Let’s assume…
November 2010
13 posts
Persuasion: The Sleeper Effect →
How to change attitudes months after a persuasive message is delivered.
In the 1940s during WWII, the US Department of War wanted to know if their propaganda films were really working….
Everybody has a business Idea →
The Men Who Stole the World →
A decade ago, four young men changed the way the world works. They did this not with laws or guns or money but with software: they had radical, disruptive ideas, which they turned into code, which…
