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There is no excuse for addressing me as, "Hi {$firstname}"
Hi {$firstName}, It was a pleasure connecting with you at [event] in San Francisco. We appreciated the chance to talk with you about your IT environment and our services for IT professionals. Fortunately, this was not an e-mail service provider (ESP). That would have been really embarrassing. Pretty sure
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How I use Path
TL;DR - At a minimum, we have slept under the same roof. If you are not familiar with the YASN acronym, it stands for "Yet Another Social Network". Yes, there are actually social networks for people who like to take pictures of their food. And social networks for
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Planting seeds for the next 30 years in #VegasTech
Fred Wilson compares NYC to the Bay area in a recent post describing the darwinian evolution of startup hubs. He points out that it takes a lot of time to build a healthy/vibrant startup hub, requiring multiple generations of successful companies to develop the required talent pool, experiences and
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Good core values create a side-effect of easier decisions
I have spent entire weeks of my life in meetings choosing sides of a discussion, arguing semantics, listing out pros and cons, and defending positions. I imagine you have a similar experience. One of the most interesting and valuable side-effects of clear core-values is their impact on decision
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Manufacturing Happiness
Kimberly shared this video with me today. This guy is really funny, but also makes a great point about creating more happiness through doing the following things (even briefly) every day: 1. Writing down 3 gratitudes 2. Journaling (and reviewing) 3. Exercise 4. Meditation 5. Random Acts of Kindness
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Peak Experience
I just came down from the mountain. An 82 hour life-changing gathering of an amazing community of entrepreneurs, storytellers, and world changers called Summit Series. A number of friends have been asking about it. I am happy to have that conversation, but it should be in person and over
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forgiveness
Community is not possible without the willingness to forgive one another. Which might also mean, if there is no need for any forgiveness between people in your crowd, you do not truly have community.
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Consumers
My biggest concern about our obsession with consumption, is that we are even beginning to treat people like things to be consumed.
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waiting for gmail
I am trying to cleanup an number of my gmail filters and labels this morning. (Let me know if I should dive into the details of my system in the comments, I'll skip them for now.) And, I am spending way too much time waiting for the '
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Leave it Where You Want to Begin
One of my practices right now is to begin my day on a blank page. Or, more specifically, a blank screen. I finally realized that beginning my day in the urgent mode of triaging my many inboxes destroys my chances of getting into the important mode of setting goals for
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The Lost Art of Practice
Do you even remember what it felt like to practice something, and then experience that aha moment when everything clicked? Other than video games and yoga, what happened to practicing things? I want drills, and exercises, and dedicated practice times that far outnumber the games or performances. I want to