December 2009
27 posts
“Old age is like climbing a mountain. The higher you get, the more tired and...”
– Ingmar Bergman (via oats)
managers of one - 37 signals repost
When you’re hiring, seek out people who are managers of one.
What’s that mean? A manager of one is someone who comes up with their own goals and executes them. They don’t need heavy direction. They don’t need daily check-ins. They do what a manager would do — set the tone, assign items, determine what needs to get done, etc. — but they do it by themselves and for themselves.
These people free...
“The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we...”
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me...
Sigur Ròs : Heima →
superamit:
This trailer (720 or 1080p) is gorgeous.
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
– Nelson Mandela
“Greatness is not a function of circumstances.Greatness is largely a matter of...”
– Jim Collins
Jim Collins on New Year's resolutions
Each time the New Year rolls around and I sit down to do my annual resolutions, I reflect back to a lesson taught me by a remarkable teacher. In my mid-20s, I took a course on creativity and innovation from Rochelle Myers and Michael Ray at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and I kept in touch with them after I graduated.
One day, Rochelle pointed to my ferocious work pace and said,...
frog programmer joke
A programmer was walking down the street one day when up hops a frog and says to him.
‘Hey there, I’m not really a frog I’m actually a beautiful princess, and if you kiss me I will turn back into a princess and my father the king will be so happy he will shower you with gifts!’
The programmer grunts, smiles and stuffs the frog in his pocket and carrys on off down the...
Wow! →
Not sure if i want to laugh or cry … totally superficial way to die !
“We are all magnificent and we all have all of the power within us to create our...”