Category: inspiration
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I Believe in Consistency And Persistence « Tony | This I Believe
I submitted this to This I Believe website 10 months ago, and I received an email from them that it is finally posted. Here it is: I Believe in Consistency And Persistence « Tony | This I Believe. Many aspects of my life are based on 2 simple concepts: consistency and persistence.
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Thankful For Good Health
I’m thankful for having good health. I’m thankful for having enough time left on this earth to still dedicate my life to things that are meaningful.
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Link: NYTimes: How I Became a Teacher
From The New York Times: SCHOOLBOOK: How I Became a Teacher A first-year teacher writes: “As a high school student, I never once considered the training my teachers had received or what their personal teaching philosophies may have been. I did not know what a lesson plan was.” Now she knows. http://nyti.ms/w4rH4A Sent from my…
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Stupid App Idea: Goal With A Friend
I was trying to convince C. to work on this App with me, she didn’t really like the idea and thought it can be done with pen and paper instead. App: Goal With A Friend You: Set a goal Pick a charity, schedule a payment Invite a friend to help How much is it worth? Pay…
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Your Immediate Team Members Are What Matters
I love working for my manager, Cecilia. She is caring, funny, a good listener and a good person. I love working for my manager’s manager, my VP. He is strong, careful, a good listener and thoughtful. I love my co-workers, they are good, smart, passionate and caring. This is what makes me love my company,…
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Podcast: Living Without Work: The Long-Term Unemployed | KQED Public Media for Northern CA
Living Without Work: The Long-Term Unemployed | KQED Public Media for Northern CA. Treat people looking for work with basic acknowledgement of receiving their resume, follow up quickly after the interview.
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How I’m Learning To Getting Things Done Using Evernote and Remember The Milk
There are many articles and personal experiences of how people are using the GTD method to get things done stress free. I think the human bring is not built to not remember things and when you should do them. Hence the use of tools, paper to capture information is helpful. Here is what works for…
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How Do You Manage Your Incoming Queue To Get Things Done?
Hallway conversation with 2 co-workers today went like this. Tony: “Hey L., how come you were able to get your ticket resolved?” L: “Oh I commute with G. and he did it for me” G: “Happened to walk by, yeah, it was easy” Tony: “But if someone else asked you G., what would happen?” G:…
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Why I’m re-energized to work at Yahoo! after Livestand iPad app launched
The Livestand from Yahoo! iPad app launched on Nov 2nd and became the #1 News iPad app and #2 overall app on the iTunes AppStore in 1 day. Today on Friday Nov 4th, it became the #1 app in 3 days on iTunes. You should try it yourself and compare it with Flipboard and Zite…
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Reading List Recommendation From A Transformed Co-Worker
1. Getting more : I finished reading, applied it. Should circle back again 2. Lean startup : he gave me a copy this week, will read 3. 4 steps to the epiphany 4. The checklist manifesto 5. Leadership and self deception 6. Jack welch: straight from the gut 7. Jack welch: winning