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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekly Reading - October 15th, 2017
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye recently. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: Radical Candor Will Help Managers Balance Accountability and Empathy. (SmallBizTrends) Pretending to Be Batman Helps Kids Stay on Task. (Digest) The Secrets of Disneyland: a Company Vet Explains How the Magic Happens. (FastCompany) What Actually
Misheard Song Lyrics with Peter Kay
Years ago, when my kids were still children, Macy Gray came out with a song called "I Try." When I heard the kids singing, the chorus went: I try to say goodbye and I choke, I try to walk away and I stumble, though I try to hide it, it's clear, I wear goggles when
Defining A Meaningful Life - Howard Getson on The American Dreams Show
Recently, I was interviewed on The American Dreams Show. with Alan Olsen. Alan is a wealth manager to the ultra-wealthy. His American Dreams show is very popular in Silicon Valley. It's a show about finding your path in life, and making businesses thrive through adversity and challenging economic times. We talked about my career path and
Here Are Some Links For Your Weekly Reading - October 8th, 2017
Old people and their joints … it's becoming an issue. Here are some of the posts that caught my eye recently. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: Why Culture Doesn't Just Beat Strategy, It Must Be the Strategy. (Inc) Google Reveals the Top Things People Want to Find out How To' Do. (TechCrunch)
Gartner's 2017 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies Identifies Innovations Worth Monitoring
There's a lot of "hype" these days. Social media and tools like Kickstarter would have you believe that every new idea is the "next big new thing". In contrast, Gartner's Hype Cycle Report is a considered analysis of market excitement, maturity, and the benefit of various technologies. It aggregates data and distills more than 2,000 technologies
How Many People Lie To You On Social Media?
Social Media often becomes a "best-of" reel of our lives … carefully curated to show off our best selves. Imagine what that leads to for us and our children … ?? It is tough to live up to your social media standards (let alone to keep up with others'). This Instagram model (apparently, that's a thing now) with