September 2008
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Move over info - let's think big picture
Over the past few weeks, LateralAction.com has been releasing teaser flash video’s of Lou, Jack and Marla. Well now we have text.
I’m interested to see where the blog goes, but so far, it looks very promising for any renaissance soul.
Co-founder Mark McGuinness, also of wishfulthinking.co.uk, takes a hard stance on the necessity for creatives and conceptual thinkers.
creativity...
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Getting Things Done
I’ve been feeling that with me learning to be more diverse in the way I look at things, and think about things. And the more I let myself out of the box, the more I have moments that I have so many things racing, that I just stop everything. So, over the past week I’ve been devouring “Getting Things Done”.
It’s been on my list for several years, and it’s...
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Pizza Pie vs. Spaghetti Noodles
Here is a debate to consider. You have several different skills, all of which you are passionate about. You don’t want to focus on just one - hence a Renaissance Soul.
View A - If you look hard enough, you can find an underlying calling, a genius that surrounds all of these things.
View B - They are distinct and separate. Don’t bother putting a pretty bow on them, you...
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People in Action: Merlin Mann
I doubt, by any means that Merlin Mann would label himself. But if you want to see a Renaissance Soul in action:
43 Folders
You Look Nice Today
Kung Fu Grippe
5ives
30 Second with Phone Guy
The Merlin Show
And these are just what he’s got online. Imagine what he’s doing offline?
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You don't know what you don't know
One of the biggest steps I ever made in my life was admitting “I don’t know what I don’t know”.
I needed help.
Fortunately for me, I found my coach - Dari. (I’ll be talking about her more as we go along )
I’ve been reading Brian Greene’s, “The fabric of the cosmos”. And there is an interesting principle that we are all immersed in a...