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Archive for February, 2007

Wouldn’t it be great…

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

I came across this video of Steve Jobs yesterday, its a sort of tribute to his most used phrases in his keynotes. What I found most fascinating was the second to last one, “Wouldn’t it be great…” Apple has embraced this to great success. How can your business make people’s “wouldn’t it be great if…” […]

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Startups and “The Curse of Knowledge”

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

I read Made to Stick last week, an excellent new book by Chip and Dan Heath about why some ideas stick and others do not. There were a lot of great takeaways on a practical level of how to make ideas stickier but one larger concept really stuck out. It is a recurring theme they […]

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Passion

Monday, February 5th, 2007

“Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion” ~Hegel
Go after what you want with everything you have and you will be more likely to achieve it. Don’t be ashamed about wanting to be the best. This is not the same as being arrogant. Arrogant people think they are the best but don’t put […]

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