February 2009
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“If you do things right, no one will be sure you’ve done anything at all”
– God to Bender, in Futurama (via Dan Benjamin, Hivelogic @ Acts as Conference 2009)
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The 8 survey steps of Smart Reading
Take 10 minutes to:
Read title, subtitle and jacket summary.
Identify author or source, and date of publication or copyright.
Skim the Table of Contents.
Examine Index for relevant references.
Read the Preface, Forward, Introduction and Conclusions.
Review pictures, captions, charts, maps, graphics, bold headings, summaries, sidebars, exercises and study questions.
Read a paragraph to judge...
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PREP: Point, Reason, Example, Point
Formula to help structure your arguments and thoughts… example:
Point - I love running. Reason - Because when I run, I have energy all day. Example - I’m able to be powerfully in action, producing important results, from morning to night. Point - This is just one of the reasons I love being a runner!
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“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena”
– The Man in the Arena, speech by Theodore Roosevelt in April 23, 1910
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“Ask yourself: who am I being, that my children’s eyes are not shinning?”
– Benjamin Zander on music and passion | Video on TED.com (~18:24)
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Happy 123456789* day!
A cool geek moment, by pdvel:
* Number of seconds since epoch (1970-01-01 00:00:00) in Unix time; 2009-02-13 at 23:31:30 UTC for “civilians”.
Update: The fireworks! Snapshot of the above script in action:
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“Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.”
– Zig Ziglar (American Author), via Seth Godin
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“Infinite patience yields immediate results…”
– Ancient proverb