October 3, 2007 – 7:04 am
Phil Rosenzweig’s The Halo Effect suggests that much reporting and analysis and expounding on what businesses are doing right or wrong is subject to the halo effect: when a company’s doing well, everything they do looks smart and visionary. When they’re not doing well, they look awkward, uncertain, and fumbling.
You might say, “that’s because good […]
September 16, 2007 – 4:48 pm
Perhaps the most important tool you have for keeping your relationships in good shape is positive flooding. You need to keep the bulk of interactions with those you care about positive; in fact, you probably need far more positive interactions than you think. There’s even research showing what ratio of positive to negative interactions you […]
September 10, 2007 – 4:56 pm
Richard Ogle’s Smart World proposes that the world of ideas thinks for itself. Its not lone geniuses out there coming up with breakthrough innovation but rather networks of people and ideas.
“Networks of people and ideas”: sounds like the web, doesn’t it? Especially in blogging, you feel the truth of what Ogle says, that ideas and […]
Don’t be surprised that some multimillionaires in Silicon Valley don’t feel rich. That’s exactly what a bunch of psychological and behavioral economics research predicts. We care more about relative wealth than absolute.
The research says this: while absolute income matters, relative income matters more, once you’ve reached a certain standard of living. That’s because human beings […]
What is mindfulness? Living in the present moment, keeping an open awareness, and maintaining a nonjudging stance. The more mindful you are, the less reactive and stressed you will be. The more mindful you are, the more you can experience the little and big joys your everyday life offers you.
David Allen’s GTD seeks mind like […]
Are we overloaded and overconnected, checking email like rats pushing a cocaine lever, too distracted and unfocused to get anything done? Maybe. Or maybe there’s a way to be productive other than single-tasking and firewalled attention: connected mode productivity.
In connected mode, you stay in near-constant touch with colleagues and maintain a broad awareness of what’s […]
Are you confident? If you’re like me, you’re confident about some tasks and goals, and not so confident about others. I’m a confident blogger but a not-so-confident book author. I’m a confident hiker, but I didn’t feel so confident last week on vacation in Rocky Mountain National Park when we confronted some really slippery and […]
January 8, 2007 – 3:32 pm
There are two kinds of geeks in the world: hippies and nerds. The hippie geek feels most comfortable starting from the big picture, from the broadest stance possible, generating truth from first principles and overarching frameworks. Hippie geeks like big design questions and can get bored with details. The nerd geek, on the other hand, […]
