» 24 February 2012, baked by Ben Ward @ The Pastry Box Project Quote: "We must recover our sanity where 100 million users does not represent the goal criteria of every new service. We must recover the mindset where a service used by 10,000 users, or 1,000 users, or 100 users is *admired, respected, and praised* for its actual success. All of those could be sustainable, profitable ventures. If TechCrunch doesn’t care to write about you, all the better." (categories: businessstartupsvalue )
You Can’t Motivate People Quote: "The great entrepreneurs I know work incredibly hard at creating environments that are motivating. They don’t pound away at the specific task of “motivating people”, rather they pay attention to creating context, removing barriers, being supportive, putting the right people in the room, and leading by doing. All of these things create a context in which people are motivated." (categories: motivationpeoplemanagement )
Did You Hear We Got Osama? | roshfu That’s when I learned an important truth about news. Whether it’s TechCrunch, The New York Times, Wired, or Fox News: their job isn’t to educate or inform you, it’s to entertain you. You’re not reading them because you think you’ll be more knowledgable and informed, you’re reading them because you want to be distracted – because consuming has a more immediate reward than creating. (categories: noisefilteringculturenewslife )
John’s Tumblr • David Ogilvy, internal memo: “How to Write,” 1982:… “David Ogilvy, internal memo: “How to Write,” 1982: The better you write, the higher you go in Ogilvy & Mather. People who think well, write well. Woolly minded people write woolly memos, woolly letters and woolly speeches. Good writing is not a natural gift. You have to learn to write well. Here are 10 hints: 1. Read the Roman-Raphaelson book on writing. Read it three times. 2. Write the way you talk. Naturally. 3. Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs. 4. Never use jargon words like reconceptualize, demassification, attitudinally, judgmentally. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass. 5. Never write more than two pages on any subject. 6. Check your quotations. 7. Never send a letter or a memo on the day you write it. Read it aloud the next morning – and then edit it. 8. If it is something important, get a colleague to improve it. 9. Before you send your letter or your memo, make sure it is crystal clear what you want the recipient to do. 10. If you want ACTION, don’t write. Go and tell the guy what you want.” (categories: writingcommunicationmanagement )
iDoneThis blog : Silicon Valley’s Productivity Secret Really interesting, haven’t heard this one before… totally agree that spending a short amount of time thinking about what you have accomplished and what you want to accomplish in the coming day / week is a great idea… but as a substitute for meeting with a manager, not sure. (categories: managementproductivityhrgooglegtd )