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📺 William Ury: The walk from “no” to “yes”

William Ury: The walk from “no” to “yes” | Video on TED.com The secret to peace is the “3rd side” and the “3rd side” is us! “Go to the balcony” to gain perspective… a walk also helps!

📺 Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action | Video on TED.com Well, as a result, the way we think, the way we act, the way we communicate is from the outside in. It’s obvious. We go from the clearest thing to the fuzziest thing. But the inspired leaders and the inspired organizations — regardless of their size, regardless of their industry — all think, act and communicate from the inside out. ...

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taoofmac: An amazing infographic that covers most of the factors involved in mobile app development (although I take issue with some numbers, the overall result is very, very good).

📺 Tim Ferriss: Smash fear, learn anything

Tim Ferriss: Smash fear, learn anything | Video on TED.com Main takes from it, emphasis mine… And proceeded to look at — I wanted to set competition so I’d have a deadline — Parkinson’s Law, the perceived complexity of a task will expand to fill the time you allot it. So I had a very short deadline for a competition! This brings us to the point, which is, it’s oftentimes what you do, not how you do it, that is the determining factor. This is the difference between being effective — doing the right things — and being efficient — doing things well whether or not they’re important. ...

📜 Informáticos, médicos e padres: onde vão ouvem sempre “olhe lá, já

Informáticos, médicos e padres: onde vão ouvem sempre “olhe lá, já agora…” Hugo Ferreira (in Facebook )

📜 If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the

If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold. Andrew Lewis in User-driven discontent | MetaFilter (blue_beetle)

🔗 Momentum Breakers vs Momentum Makers

📺 Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do

Tony Robbins asks why we do what we do (at TED.com ) (funny improv interaction with Al Gore starting at 5:15) Bottom line: What are you going to focus on? Right now, you have to decide what you’re going to focus on. In this second, consciously or unconsciously. The minute you decide to focus on something you’ve got to give it a meaning, and whatever that meaning is produces emotion. Is this the end or the beginning? Is God punishing me or rewarding me, or is this the roll of the dice? An emotion, then, creates what we’re going to do or the action. ...

📺 History Repeating – Propellerheads & Shirley Bassey

The best soundtrack for this is definitely History Repeating – Propellerheads & Shirley Bassey (1997) tumblrone: ‘Bout that BP leakage thingy… Brace yourself for one hell of a déjà-vu-moment Rachel Maddow. Work. Well. Done. That last bit… *clap*clap*clap*clap*clap*

📺 Clay Shirky on Cognitive Surplus

[2008] Web 2.0 EXPO Clay Shirky - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz1HZkaFz1w Clay Shirky talks about “Cognitive Surplus” at the Web 2.0 conference, April 23, 2008. 2000 Wikipedia projects a year, spent watching television (in the US alone) “We’re looking for the mouse”

📜 If you have the money and you’re looking for what’ll stick, you’re a

If you have the money and you’re looking for what’ll stick, you’re a small business owner. You’re an entrepreneur if you believe something is going to stick and you need the money (and other resources). Having an idea and no resources, it is the act of gathering those resources that is the act of entrepreneurship itself. Mario Valente on small business owners vs entrepreneurs / entrepreneurship

📺 Dan Pink — Drive

Dan Pink — Drive (animated by theRSAorg ) 3 factors lead to better performance & personal satisfaction… Autonomy Mastery Purpose ( Source: https://www.youtube.com/ )

📺 Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy Leadership is over-glorified. by Derek Sivers ( Source: https://www.youtube.com/ )

📺 How to ask a favor? Part 1

“Compassion, I’m blind!” vs. “Today is a beautiful day, and I cannot see it…” Share your point of view, your life, your passion, your handicaps… only by sharing can you get feedback from the people that identify with you . (and only from those, as the others were unreachable anyway). (Source: https://www.youtube.com/ )

📺 How to ask a favor? Part 2

When you’re asking for someone to spend time with you, you gotta think really hard about why they ought to do it, that has nothing to do with you. — Seth Godin Still boggles my mind to see requests for participation online that state that “we need your opinion because it’s important for us” … the “offline” business has learned that lesson ages ago ! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/ )

🏞 Infographic about Infographics

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📜 Shut up and ship!

Shut up and ship! Jeremy Zawodny in Shut Up and Ship!

📜 Forty-five years goes by pretty fast

Forty-five years goes by pretty fast. Morgan Freeman in the The Bucket List (2007) (with Jack Nicholson )

📜 Ninguém é perfeito

Ninguém é perfeito, mas podemos escolher os defeitos com os quais queremos viver. Susana

🏞 Circle of security

Parent attending to the child’s needs (Circle of Security) Always: be Bigger, Stronger, Wiser, Kind Whenever possible: Follow your child’s need. Whenever necessary: Take charge.