Tag: innovation
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There Isn’t a Book for What You Want to Do
I think it’s one of my false fixed ideas – that there is a book out there for what it is that you want to do. When I first became a professor, I wanted to find a book to teach me how to do that. I bought a few books,…
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Digital Deaths of Celebrities
So for World AIDS Day – tons of celebrities are going dark or they’re going to be digitally dead. They’re trying to raise a million bucks for World AIDS Day. No matter how cool it is that they’re trying to raise money, the thing that people are talking about is…
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The Psychology of a Geek
Psychology; Noun 1 : the science of mind and behavior 2 a : the mental or behavioral characteristics of an individual or group b : the study of mind and behavior in relation to a particular field of knowledge or activity 3 : a theory or system of psychology <Freudian psychology> <the psychology…
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Limits of the Bus
I was listening to Mitch Joel’s Six Pixel’s of Separation podcast – where he interviews Nilofer Merchant and her new book, the New How. They talked about Jim Collin’s idea of the “getting the right people on the bus.” Nilofer talked about how people get on the bus, but then…
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Embrace Fear
That’s what Dean Potter said. He’s one of the best climbers in the world. He is also an incredible base jumper. He’s an amazing athlete. What he has done is he has taken his climbing to a whole new level – doing things that no one else is doing. He…