I love this video. So many classic Grandpa lines. -Nick
CarryMyStuff.com, a new comparison shopping site for handbags, luggage, backpacks, wallets, laptop bags, and more is now live. I’ve still got some work to do to get it fully operational, but most of the functionality is there. We have tons of products from more than 1000 name brand manufacturers at all the top stores. -Nick
Bryn was a champ and completed her first half marathon on Sunday. The Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco raises money for leukemia and lymphoma, with a heavy dose of female empowerment along the lines of “you can do everything the boys can do” and “run like a girl.” Which is great, to get people [...]
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Can you outsmart your brain? Try this, it’s really fast: 1. While sitting at your desk in front of the computer, lift your right foot off the ground and start making clockwise circles. 2. Now, with your foot still circling, lift your right hand and draw the number 6 in the air. Did your foot [...]
Traditional means of motivation in the workplace (rewards, incentives, commissions), sometimes do more harm than good. In this video, Dan Pink makes the case that for the complex tasks faced by today’s workforce, “intrinsic” motivators — autonomy, mastery, and purpose — are far more effective than the traditional “carrot-and-stick” methods. It’s kind of long, but [...]
I have these songs that for some reason strike a pretty vivid memory of a particular time and place. In Kenny Chesney’s song “I Go Back,” he sings about the different memories of places and stages of his life triggered by certain songs — Jack and Diane, Rock ‘n Me, and Only the Good Die [...]
