Some people approach things from an entirely different angle than the status quo. A great many of our breakthroughs, whether in technology, medicine, education or manufacturing come from the fringes – people who just find some kind of crazy courage to face ridicule and still push on. Even comedians:
Category: Completely Different?
Streets Of Philadelphia
The movie, Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks, and featuring a song by Bruce Springsteen, won many awards, and was a ground-breaking, big budget Hollywood movie about Aids.
And of course all the Rocky movies with Sylvester Stallone, as Rocky Balboa – they were set on the streets on Philadelphia.
Spent the past two days there and never left the Hilton Hotel.
No streets of Philadelphia, no Rocky moments, no sight-seeing. Just work.
Are you thankful for the heavy load you are carrying?
How Much Do You Love?
How much do your parents love you?
How much do you love your parents?
Our parent’s love for us is immeasurable, even if it doesn’t seem so. Maybe they just aren’t great at expressing it.
Anyone who has ever been a caregiver to a child should understand this amazing bond.
13 Months
It’s been 13 months. Writing five separate blogs. Daily? Yep, daily.
Daily, as in every single day.
(only guy on the Internet doing it)
If you notice on the right column under Archives, April 2009 has 18 posts, not 30.
Here’s why. I used to blog for my company, before we had an official social media policy, which came out last August.
Twelve blog posts were removed because of their reference to my real job with a Fortune 100 company for the past 27 years. My boss said I’m free to write whatever I want to personally, but not as a spokesperson for our company.
I’m good with that.
And because of my gift for focus and discipline, there is no one better at social media policy commitment and compliance than, well, guess.
How An Idea Virus Works
Someone says or writes something that others find more than just interesting, they find it important, and then feel compelled to share it with others, because they know their friends and associates will find it important too.
This is a New York Times article about Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger.