business
The Economy that Never Dies
Hugh MacLeod [http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=028de8672d5f9a229f15e9edf&id=187680278e#awesomeshare] : > "Business Insider projected in 2015 that over the next twenty years, we’ll lose 47% of our jobs to robots. So what’s protecting the other 53%? > Creativity. The fundamentals of humanity. > We
Give It Away
Tim O'Reilly explains on when it makes sense to give your product away [https://signalvnoise.com/posts/306-sunspots-the-upstream-edition]. This is another reason to blog/tweet/instagram/share anywhere with regularity: > "The less people are aware of you, the better idea it is
Different
> "Different is better than better.” - Sally Hogshead, author of Fascinate [http://amzn.to/1WAehCG].
Honesty Is Your Competitive Advantage
This is the everyone-is-trying-to-teach-you-something era. The quickest way to make money from this era is to tell people what they want to hear. Package it in as many appealing formats as possible and “launch” it to the masses. Honesty is a much more long-
Its A Blizzard Out There Nobody Cares About Your
> “It’s a blizzard out there. Nobody cares about your hand crafted, artisanal snowflakes.” — Hugh MacLeod [https://twitter.com/hughcartoons/status/565535197710794752]
Meeting People Still Matters
“It was interesting...because I hadn't given much thought to how networking had impacted my life and success in business. But by the time I was finished writing, I realized that EVERY success I have ever had can be attributed to the people I have met.” – Nick Usborne
The Lure of Diminishing Returns
Keith Green [http://www.keithphotog.com/] points us to this New York Times article [http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/kwaku-alstons-rebirth-in-venice/?hp] on Kwaku Alston: > “‘I just got back to basics,’ said Mr. Alston, 40, who has divided his time between Venice and
Poke the Box by Seth Godin
When Seth Godin released Linchpin [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591843162/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=musicjournalist&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1591843162] , it was the culmination of his life’s work, effectively encapsulating all his previous books and
I Have Either To Learn Or Have Fun When Im
> “I have either to learn or have fun when I’m working. That’s my only guideline. If I’m not doing either, I just stop.” — Stephen Shore (via A Photo Editor [http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/07/05/thats-my-only-guideline/])