Saturday, December 31, 2011

I believe we all need to have a final destination. Several of them. Visions that we want to see manifest so much that anything that doesn't coincide with that is automatically filtered out. Do you want to be married with children and have four or five homes? Do you want to be the best manager Best Buy has ever seen? Do you want to be President? Just choose. If you say you don't know what you want then you're either lying or speaking from fear.

-- Phella

Friday, December 30, 2011

If you say you don't know what you want then you're either lying or speaking from fear.

-- Phella
It was drummed into my head that college is the ticket to a good life... but some career goals don't require college. For Kanye to make an album called College Dropout it was more about having the guts to embrace who you are, rather than following the path society has carved out for you.

-- Donda West

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Adele 'Artist of the Year' Q&A: 'My Career Isn't My Life'

http://www.billboard.com/#/news/adele-artist-of-the-year-q-a-1005641752.story

-- Billboard

Famosos de la noche a la mañana en 2011

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2011/12/111222_famosos_anonimos_2011_rg.shtml

-- BBC Mundo
Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.

-- Eminem

Saturday, December 3, 2011

If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

―- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If we take man as he really is, we make him worse. But if we overestimate him, if we take him as he should be, we make him capable of becoming what he can be.

-- Viktor Frankl

Sunday, November 27, 2011

We have discovered that there is a set of human strengths that are the most likely buffers against mental illness: courage, optimism, interpersonal skill, work ethic, hope, honesty and perseverance. Much of the task of prevention will be to create a science of human strength whose mission will be to foster these virtues in young people.

-- Martin Seligman, Personal Development, Wikipedia

Saturday, November 12, 2011

A person's behavior can be influenced by urges that exist only in the subconscious.

-- Merriam-Webster,  "subconscious"

Friday, October 21, 2011

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

-- Michael Jordan
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

-- Michael Jordan

Muammar Gaddafi

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/20/world/africa/libya-war/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2011/10/111020_libia_gadafi_livetext.shtml

http://www.lemonde.fr/libye/video/2011/10/20/la-derniere-video-de-kadhafi-vivant_1591613_1496980.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6192630.stm

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Il n'y a rien à « faire » pour se faire respecter des autres sinon apprendre à se respecter (s'aimer) soi-même.

‒ Renaud Perronnet
To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

-- Michael Jordan
The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

-- Michael Jordan
I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.

-- Michael Jordan
The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It's been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.

-- Michael Jordan

Sunday, October 16, 2011

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, he said:

"Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."

-- Unknown

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Para mí lo más importante es lo que pienso yo mismo y no lo que piensan los demás.

-- Unknown

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Random thought found me tonight. Thought I'd share: most of the time, the biggest reason you "can't" is simply because you haven't.

-- Katie Jones

Friday, September 16, 2011

Une once de pratique vaut mieux qu'une tonne de théorie !

-- Dicton
Qui juge se dénonce, qui accuse se défend, qui médit se raconte.

-- Dicton

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Hub's smooth bass lines and distinct style make The Roots stand out in their field of music.

-- Unknown
When asked about the current state of hip hop, [Kanye] West compared it to a high school, stating that hip hop used to be all about being fearless and standing out, and that now it is about being afraid and fitting in.

-- Wikipedia

Friday, September 9, 2011

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
-- Henry Ford
It's better to endure the discomfort of the truth now than suffer the discomfort of the lie later.

-- Simon Sinek
If you sell what you do, you're a vendor. If you sell why you do it, you're a brand.

-- Simon Sinek
You can like your job if like what you do. To love your job, however, you need to feel a part of something bigger than the work you do

-- Simon Sinek
If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself. If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for something for someone else.

-- Simon Sinek
Leadership is not the ability to organize, it is the ability to communicate. Organizing is what happens after people know why they showed up

-- Simon Sinek
The ability to see order in chaos is called creativity.

-- Simon Sinek
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

-- Winston Churchill
When we know Why we do what we do, everything falls into place. When we don't, we have to push things into place.

-- Simon Sinek
We crave explanations for most everything, but innovation and progress happen when we allow ourselves to embrace uncertainty.

-- Simon Sinek
Pursue experiences...because nobody wants to hear stories of all the money you made

-- Simon Sinek
The ability to put how people feel into words is the core of leadership.

-- Simon Sinek
Loyalty is the desire to defend someone when they are not there to defend themselves.

-- Simon Sinek
I find those who complain most about being judged tend to be the most judgmental of others.

-- Simon Sinek
The problem with things that are free is they have no value & will, sooner or later, be taken for granted.

-- Simon Sinek
The problem with hard work is that it's hard.

-- Simon Sinek
The things you say and do are symbols of who you are.

-- Simon Sinek
Say and do what you actually believe and everyone will know what you actually believe. It's a handy little thing called integrity.

-- Simon Sinek
Success can be dangerous. It has a tendency to shut our eyes to opportunity and cover our ears to the ideas of others.

-- Simon Sinek
Pure pragmatism can't imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can't get anything done. It is the delicate blend of both that drives innovation.

-- Simon Sinek

@ritavaszily

http://twitter.com/ritavaszily
A pessimist is someone who thinks life has it's good moments. An optimist is someone who thinks life has it's bad moments.

-- Simon Sinek
The people at the bottom are the ones who get you to the top. Treat them with respect.

-- Simon Sinek
Confidence is believing in yourself. Arrogance is telling others you're better than they are. Confidence inspires. Arrogance destroys.

-- Simon Sinek
Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticise others.

-- R.H. Jackson
you have to pursue what lights YOU up (Thanks Marie for this phrase) ...and sometimes you just have to ignore everyone else.

-- Unknown
You can't look after someone who refuses to look after themselves.

-- Simon Sinek
funny how the idea that you feel the most passionate about also scares the crap out of you! A must read book "Do the work" by S. Pressfield!

-- Unknown
You don't want to get stuck with hanging around with people who don't add to your overall happiness.

-- Unknown
Learning has greater value when we share what we learn.

-- Simon Sinek
I like human beings and I like being human.

-- Simon Sinek
Don't tell us what you're not, say who you are.

-- Simon Sinek

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world?

-- Steve Jobs
I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next.

-- Steve Jobs
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

-- Steve Jobs
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything ‒ all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure ‒ these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

-- Steve Jobs
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma ‒ which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

-- Steve Jobs
The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient.

But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem. It's ad hoc meetings of six people called by someone who thinks he has figured out the coolest new thing ever and who wants to know what other people think of his idea.

And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

-- Steve Jobs
I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals. As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.

-- Steve Jobs
It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.

-- Steve Jobs

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

You're a smbdy when pple around u know u. You're a nobody when pple around u don't know u. Trick is to act the same no matter who's around u

-- Simon Sinek

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

-- R. H. Jackson

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Say exactly what you believe & accept that you may offend on occasion over trying not to offend & risk no one knowing what you believe.

-- Simon Sinek

Monday, August 8, 2011

Authorities with power care little for those with little power. A leaders care for those with little power is what earns great authority

--Simon Sinek
Stop working to fit into the group. Instead, work to find the group in which you fit.

-- Simon Sinek
Excuses don't help make things better, they only offer a rationale to avoid trying.

-- Simon Sinek
Follow those who follow something- an idea, a belief, a vision, a cause. Run away from those who tell you you need to follow them

-- Simon Sinek
Life is like fresh milk. If you don't consume it when you have it, you'll end up simply throwing it away.

-- Simon Sinek
Inexperience often brings passion to the table. The experienced often lose their passion. They both offer something the other needs

-- Simon Sinek
Pass on what inspires you with many others so that they may do the same.

-- Simon Sinek
"When someone shows you who they truly are, believe them." - as told to me by Andy Siegel

-- Simon Sinek
It doesn't matter how much you know. It matters how clearly others can understand what you know.

-- Simon Sinek
To have a sense of why you do what you do is normal. The ability to put it into words others can understand makes you a leader.

-- Simon Sinek
Preach what you know. Share when you have more than you need. Give when the opportunity presents itself.

-- Simon Sinek
Too often we see only the things that stand in our way. Instead, we should look for all the ways we can go over or around.

-- Simon Sinek
We can be impressed by one who does something big for themselves. But we can only be inspired by one who does something big for another

-- Simon Sinek
The secret to doing something you've always wanted to do is to start the wheels in motion now. That's right, now. Go...start...now.

-- Simon Sinek
The value of emotions comes from sharing them not just having them.

-- Simon Sinek
"Say yes to everything you’re excited about or afraid of." - @chrisguillebeau

-- Simon Sinek
Companies that claim to be the best rarely are. Companies that strive to be better, almost always are.

-- Simon Sinek
The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it's given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.

-- Simon Sinek
No amount of authority can demand respect. Respect must be earned. And no leader can lead without first being respected.

-- Simon Sinek
Inspiring leaders never start with what needs to be done. Inspiring leaders start with Why we need to do things.

-- Simon Sinek

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Si je pouvais être tous les jours habillé comme en week-end, je le ferais.  Maintenant, il faut quand même se rendre compte que quand on travaille, on est obligé quand meme de faire un petit peu pour le regard des autres.

Ce look c'est surtout pour ne pas rentrer dans le moule, ne pas être comme tout le monde, être marginale de toute manière, c'est faire passer un message.

-- Unknown, A chacun son histoire, Direct 8
Chaque semaine, une femme, un homme, un couple et une famille nous dévoile leur choix de vie.
Ce soir, vous allez découvrir des personnes hors normes.
Ils ont un don, un physique ou une allure particulière.
Leur différence, ils en ont fait leur force.
Pour être bien dans leur peau, ils n'ont qu'un choix : ils s'assument, quitte a ne pas toujours être compris par les autres.

-- A chacun son histoire, Direct 8

Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

http://sivers.org/ff

The overwhelming fear of being wrong

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/07/the-overwhelming-fear-of-being-wrong.html
Simon Sinek is the author of “Start With Why”. He understands that we make decisions based on our emotional response more than our rational response. He gives great insight into how great leaders and organizations tap into this when they focus on their purpose and let that shine through in their products, the way they relate to customers, and how they do what they do. Come have breakfast with Simon and leave inspired and armed with the right arguments for why you should fight to keep your personal and organizational aspirations at the center of the conversation. We instantly recognized that Simon was talking about exactly what we found was the key to success amongst our clients – purpose – what it is, and why it works.

-- Unknown
It's the magical partnership of the person with their head in the clouds & the person with their feet on the ground that creates progress.

-- Simon Sinek
A group of followers has strength because of its numbers. A following has power because of its beliefs.

-- Simon Sinek
A leader must listen to her supporters but need only hear her detractors.

-- Simon Sinek
Your vision is only actionable if you say it out loud. If you keep it to yourself, it will remain a figment of your imagination.

-- Simon Sinek
A mentor is not someone who walks ahead of you to show you how they did it. A mentor walks alongside you to show you what you can do.

-- Simon Sinek
When emotions are involved, we must ask ourselves before we act "what good will come from my decision." If the answer is none, move on.

-- Simon Sinek
Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. Stand for real, living, breathing people & you will change the world

-- Simon Sinek
Progress is more important than perfection.

-- Simon Sinek
Any sacrifice must be in pursuit of something greater AND have a foreseeable end point. If it doesn't, it's not sacrifice, it's torture.

-- Simon Sinek
lack of time + lack of resources + optimism = innovation

-- Simon Sinek
Too many spend their lives climbing the ladder only to realize when they reach the top that they climbed the wrong ladder.

-- Rebecca Armstrong
Leadership isn't communicating what you need, leadership is communicating what you can contribute.

-- Simon Sinek
You can't motivate others, you can only create an environment in which they can motivate themselves. DISC Assessment

-- Unknown
Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why.

-- Simon Sinek

Saturday, June 11, 2011

why exploration questions

Edwin Jansen created the doc: "Why Exploration Questions"

In Simon's Why University Discovery course there are lots of questions that will help you explore your Why. Here are some supplemental questions that I have found to work. With each, remember to keep asking why this is important so that you explore beneath the surface level.
  1. In your life so far, what are your greatest accomplishments?  Why did you do these things?
  2. If you were hosting a dinner party and invited five famous people, who would they be and what you want to know from them?
  3. What do you find to be the most inspiring and uplifting characteristics of other people?
  4. What do you like best about yourself?
  5. What do you need to have accomplished to have lived a life without regrets?
  6. What is your greatest fear and how do you deal with it?
  7. What do you want to prevent other people from having to experience?
  8. What are two things that just don’t work in this world?
  9. What injustices cause you to be outraged?
  10. What needs to stop?
  11. What needs to start?
  12. What would you do if you had a magic wand?
  13. What would you be doing if it was impossible to fail?

Thursday, June 2, 2011

What do your clothes say about you? http://tinyurl.com/3hqqbmt

-- Simon Sinek
Preach what you know. Share that which you have more than you need. Give when the opportunity presents itself.

--Simon Sinek
The mind can be convinced, but the heart must be won.

--Simon Sinek
If you think of everything you have to do, you feel overwhelmed. If you do the one thing you have to do, you make progress.

--Simon Sinek
Listening is trying to understand what others mean, communicating is working to ensure that others understand what you mean.

--Simon Sinek
The most important thing to do before you die is live.

--Simon Sinek
Commit to making at least one person happy today by giving them attention, appreciation,and affection

--Simon Sinek
No need to worry what people think about you because most people aren't thinking about you.

--Simon Sinek
Look down from as high as possible. Look ahead as far as you can see. And the decide what to do. http://tinyurl.com/6kkxbfz

-- Simon Sinek
If the challenge you face doesn't scare you, then it's probably not that important.

--Simon Sinek
Finding clarity of Why is the easy part. It's the discipline to pursue it that takes courage.

--Simon Sinek
The best way to resolve a conflict is to turn off the email and get on the phone or make a personal visit.

--Simon Sinek
"We don't have a fear of failure, we have a fear of being behind. This is what holds us back." @purposefinder

-- Unknown
We don’t actually need proof of our potential. We just need tangible evidence that we can have a positive impact in the lives of others. That impact inspires us to do more. That’s why it’s called potential -- because it’s stored up and comes out over time.

-- Unknown

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Renegade - A Modern Palindrome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpHj__259aQ

Why Great Companies Fail

http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/10/microsoft-apple-google-facebook-why-companies-fail-cmo-network-simon-sinek.html
You don't need venture capital to get started. You need to get started to get started.

-- Simon Sinek
Fantasies are when we imagine things we want. Dreams are when we imagine a world we want to live in. Leaders never fantasize...they dream

-- Simon Sinek
The difference between those who change the world & those who don't is that those who do believe they can.

-- Simon Sinek
It's our unwavering belief in what we're doing, not the numbers we generate, that inspire others to join us & help champion our cause

-- Simon Sinek
Dream big. Start small. But most of all...start.

-- Simon Sinek
Success is when reality catches up to your imagination.

-- Simon Sinek
Sometimes we avoid the truth for fear we may offend someone. But isn't the point of honesty to tell the truth no matter what?

-- Simon Sinek
What's the point of dreaming if we're not willing to pursue the dreams?

-- Simon Sinek
You can't sit at home & complain that no one will help you. Get out & do something to help others...then someone will help you back

-- Simon Sinek
Remember to connect with people now & then. In fact, pick up the phone, right now, & call a friend for no other reason than to say hi

-- Simon Sinek
We have enough people who tell it like it is- now we could use a few who tell it like it can be.

-- Robert Orben
Stories are attempts to share our values & beliefs. Story telling is only worthwhile when it tells what you stand for, not what you do

-- Simon Sinek
Being an entrepreneur has nothing to do with owning a business. Entrepreneurs are the problem solvers & they exist everywhere.

-- Simon Sinek
People are always more important than numbers. Happy people make happy numbers...which make even more people happy.

-- Simon Sinek
A star wants to see herself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around her rise to the top.

-- Simon Sinek
Don't show up to prove, show up to improve.

-- Simon Sinek
The hardest part is starting. Once you get that out the way, you'll find the rest of journey much easier.

-- Simon Sinek
Following a plan is good for progress, but opportunity usually exists off the plan.

-- Simon Sinek
La nostalgie revient quand le présent n'est pas à la hauteur du passé.

-- Unknown

Monday, May 2, 2011

When you have an album as acclaimed as OutKast's 1998 opus, Aquemini, the temptation is there to capitalize on it by sticking with the same formula the next time around. But if Big Boi and Dre did that, they wouldn't be OutKast, and they'd lose their reps as two of hip-hop's most adventurous musicmakers.

-- Unknown
Since Aquemini, OutKast have been the prodigal hip-hop artists. Jay Z may have staked claim on the 'King of Hip Hop' crown but clearly, OutKast proved to be the most forward thinking, unique, consistent and creative force in popular hip hop.

-- Unknown
B.O.B. is the kind of song that gave OutKast the reputation as one of the best live shows hip hop had to offer, as they, along with contemporaries such as The Roots and Black Eyed Peas among others began to implement live instrumentation into their acts, which is still horribly under utilized within hip hop recordings.

-- Unknown

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

-- Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī