braindump

Marshall Goldsmith taught me that "Behavioural change is simple. But simple is far from easy" Day 011

The last few days of not being mindful of my surroundings have taught me that it is so easy to fall off the “good habits” train. —Day 010

Today David Allen taught me that “To get more done, you need space and not more time. Mental space to think creatively and clearly.” Day 009

Today Prof. Csikszentmihalyi taught me “The best moments occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile … in the long run optimal experiences add up to a sense of mastery—or perhaps better, a sense of participation in determining the content of life—that comes as close to what is usually meant by happiness as anything else we can conceivably imagine.” https://blog.rescuetime.com/finding-flow-at-work Day 008

Today @robinsloan taught me on the @embeddedfm podcast that “There is a real power in starting a project - no matter how small, finishing it and announcing that it is done.” Day 007

Tim O'Reilly taught me today that "When a single player attempts to corner all value in an economy, they, in most cases end up crashing it or making it irrelevant - look at IBM with mainframes, Microsoft with PCs" Day 006

Today my son taught me "It is easy to talk about being brave. It is difficult to be brave. " Day 005

The assistance I have received from colleagues has taught me that "It is important to build your bridges in advance so that you may cross them when the river is raging" Day 004

Today not helping somebody with something really small taught me that "The nagging feeling you are left with, when you know you can help somebody, but chose not to do so, is not very pleasant" Day 003

Today a craft project taught me "Haste in sticking the tabs leads to a wobbly end product" Day 002

Today my son taught me - "When you are really committed to achieving something, you have the strength to achieve it" Day 001