May 2013
8 posts
Sharing a lesson or story by writing in a self-deprecating voice is like trying...
– Jason Rehmus
When you tell yourself that you’ll never amount to anything you are wrong. Use...
– Randy Murray
The future is extremely hard to see through the lens of the present, and it’s...
– Dustin Curtis
Do not build your audience in preparation of one day discovering something...
– James Shelley
Side projects aren’t all roses and puppy dogs, but they certainly leave us...
– Aaron Mannke
At a certain point, life gets in the way of documenting it.
– Pat Dryburgh
April 2013
9 posts
However difficult, nerve-racking, uncomfortable and confusing this may be, it’s...
– J. D. Bentley
Remember that you are a leader not to the degree that you are an expert, but to...
– James Shelley
I am convinced that only if you remove fear of failure you unlock the...
– Sven Fechner
When you focus on a smaller, more connected group, it’s far easier to make an...
– Seth Godin
If you can do something really well you’re an artist. To be a business, you’ll...
– Randy Murray
I’m starting to learn to let the small things be small, and the big things be...
– Pat Dryburgh
The real ‘zero’ in Inbox Zero is more about consciously managing the amount of...
– Merlin Mann
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done...
– Peter Drucker (h/t GTD Times)
March 2013
6 posts
While it may not always be easy and the chances may be far against you, it does...
– Patrick Rhone
The world will offer you a death with dignity. You do not need to suffer alone...
– Brian Saemann
Writing, painting, creating –creators don’t do it because they want to make...
– Om Malik
There are two kinds of cultures in this world: cultures where what you do...
– Ben Horowitz
I can’t be everywhere at once, and I can’t do everything everyone wants me to...
– Aaron Mahnke
February 2013
3 posts
The productivity industry doesn’t do this work to entertain us. They’re trying...
– Seth Godin
A tool is an object used to shorten the distance between a vision and its...
– Kourosh Dini
To improve reality is to clearly see where you are, and then wonder how to make...
– Warren Ellis
January 2013
14 posts
Science fiction didn’t see the mobile phone coming. It certainly didn’t see the...
– Warren Ellis
Live your life like there are no limits and no one will be able to stop you....
– Patrick Rhone
Writing is the most difficult work I’ve ever done. I’ve worked as a farm...
– Randy Murray
If you have kids, understand that they are not going to learn to make their own...
– Eddie Smith
It’s ironic that we’re so short on jobs in a time of problem surplus.
– Eddie Smith
Forget the analysts and the naysayers. Forget even the apologists and fans. Take...
– Patrick Rhone
My biggest distraction is email, not other people.
– Gini Dietrich
When you’re in a culture that has a point of view, and drives to launch...
– Tony Fadell
Try to only write about things you genuinely care about. Truly. Otherwise, shut...
– Matt Gemmell
We need to have enough insight into our process to know when parts of it aren’t...
– Nick Wynja
Ward: The role of fiction.
Saunders: Transfer energy from writer to reader....
– George Saunders and Andy Ward
2 tags
I possess a device in my pocket that is capable of accessing the entirety of...
– Unknown (Hat Tip Chris Dixon, via)
In 2012 there were 527,040 minutes. I pissed away at least half of those on...
– Gabe Weatherhead
You don’t launch a popular blog, you build one.
– Seth Godin
December 2012
7 posts
Toss your expectations into the ocean, smile, and act with compassion.
– Leo Babauta
Today, we desperately need people who not only want to turn away from...
– Eddie Smith
I’ve come across few people who simply acknowledge the lingering senses of...
– Matt Alexander
Persistence becomes an essential element of good, because without persistence,...
– Seth Godin
There’s not much I remember, but what I remember I remember well.
– J.D. Bentley
I’m not local.
– Derek Sivers
I’ve just come to the conclusion that the ideal work-life balance is the one...
– David Seah
November 2012
16 posts
3 tags
Never confuse motion with action.
– Ernest Hemingway (Hat tip to Shawn Blanc)
The goal of a marketing interaction isn’t to close the sale, any more than the...
– Seth Godin
If you’re an unreasonable person, trust me: the time it takes to find the best...
– Dustin Curtis