dragonc | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 22 2005 | paul arden, design, advertising, things to think about, books
This is one of my most favoritest books of all time. It's short, succinct, sucks you in, grabs your attention with compelling images, and has a sense of humor -- all good ingredients.
Here is an example:
IT'S RIGHT TO BE WRONG
START being wrong and sudently anything is possible.
You're no longer trying to be infallible.
You're in the unkown. There's no way of knowing what can happen, but there's more chance of it being amazing than if you try to be right.
Of course, being wrong is a risk.
People worry about suggesting stupid ideas because of what others will think.
You will have been in meetings where new thinking has been called for, at your original suggestion.
Instead of saying, "Thats' the kind of usuggestion that leads us to a novel solution", the room goes quiet, they look up to the ceiling, roll their eyes and return to the discussion.
...
Some risks have a future, and some people call them wrong. But being right may be like walking backwards proving where you've been.
Being wrong isn't in the future, or in the past.
Being wrong isn't anywhere but being here.
Best place to be, eh?

dragonc | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 20 2005 | flickr, google maps, gps, things to think about, news
dragonc | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 14 2005 | richard branson, malcom gladwell, stephen covey, leadership, success, things to think about, events
I am watching a webcast at work about Leadership, and really enjoying it. Just listened to Stephen Covey (the 7 habit guy), Malcom Gladwell (the tipping point, blink), and currently listening to an interview with Richard Branson.
They all have had very very insightful things to say, though I've found they haven't said anything I *don't* know. Not to say that knowing means doing. I really wonder, with so many accessible channels to learn about leadership and success, how come so few actually make it to that level?
I really believe that Malcom Gladwell is right on with his observation of instintive judgement. There is defnitely something mysterious, and powerful, about it.
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