May 2012
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“Marketing in the future is like sex. Only the losers will have to pay for it.”
– Jon Bond
April 2012
9 posts
52 Books Challenge: April
The Modern Meeting Standard by Al Pittampalli
StandOut by Marcus Buckingham
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout
Permission Marketing by Seth Godin
Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
Your Life Can Be Better by Douglas Puryear MD
Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life by Larry Winget
Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff
Bernadette: I've actually been thinking I'm gonna hyphen it; Bernadette Maryann Rostenkowski-Wolowitz
Penny: Nice, you know you should totally get bernadettemaryannrostenkowskiwolowitz.com before someone snaps it up
Bernadette: I already took care of it
“There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong...”
– J.K. Rowling
Advice on moving to Los Angeles →
“Workout hard! Because somewhere out there. A girl is warming up with your max...”
Mixtape: Pancakes for Dinner (Spring 2012)
College Feat. Electric Youth - A Real Hero (04:27)
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - If I Had A Gun… (04:09)
William Fitzsimmons - I Don’t Feel It Anymore (feat. Brooke Fraser) (03:30)
Shout Out Louds - Play the Game (04:03)
Lana Del Rey - Video Games (04:41)
Passion Pit - Eyes as Candles (04:03)
Franc Castillejos - Volumes and Shelves (03:37)
Bombay Bicycle Club - Shuffle (03:55)
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My Strengths Roles: Rank Order
PIONEER: You see the world as a friendly place where, around every corner, good things will happen. Your distinctive power starts with your optimism in the face of uncertainty.
CONNECTOR: You are a catalyst. Your power lies in your craving to put two things together to make something bigger than it is now.
52 Books Challenge: March
Guerrilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson
March 2012
4 posts
“All three X, Y, Z elements – ADD, Bi-Polar and Narcissism – create the perfect...”
– Margo Geller
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Reader's Bill of Rights
The right to not read
The right to skip pages
The right to not finish
The right to reread
The right to read anything
The right to escapism
The right to read anywhere
The right to browse
The right to read out loud
The right to not defend your tastes
“Doing less meaningless work, so that you can focus on things of greater personal...”
– Timothy Ferriss
52 Books Challenge: February
Impact Pricing by Mark Stiving
Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
Editing by Design by Jan White
Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
February 2012
4 posts
52 Books Challenge: January
The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau
The E-Myth Revised by Michael Gerber
The Flinch by Julien Smith
Enchantment by Guy Kawasaki
The Bootstrapper’s Bible by Seth Godin
“I always wondered why somebody didn’t do something about that, then I...”
– Lily Tomlin
“I do not interact with Facebook, Twitter or any of the other social networking...”
– CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #378
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January 2012
12 posts
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Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.
Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.She’s the one lovingly looking over...
And so, Benji, while we have talked a great deal about your business and its relationship to you, while we have spoken about planning and systems and controls and management, about people development and organizational development and marketing development, and all those many parts of your business you must become not only aware of but attentive to, I would be remiss if I left you with the...
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“Once you are prepared and you think you have every angle of preparation covered,...”
– Mark Cuban
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“If your business depends on you, you don’t own a business - you have a...”
– Michael Gerber
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How David Beats Goliath →
When underdogs break the rules.
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“A good leader must have a strong vision and an inspiring direction for their...”
– Jade Raymond
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“Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option.”
– James Cameron
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How to Date a Supermodel →
I had this theory for a while and it’s best explained here and this of course it’s another reason to not have a 9-to-5 job and to move to California!
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365: Project →
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2012 Resolution(s)
One of my all time favorite Seinfeld episodes is the one where George decided to change his life by acting the opposite of how he would have typically behaved. Ironically, by doing everything the opposite, he gets a beautiful girlfriend and a job with the Yankees.
While doing everything the opposite may not be the answer for getting things done, doing some things different is.
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2011: In Review
Book: Best Book
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
Food: Best Meal
Buffalo Burger
Food: Yummiest Dessert
Chocolate Pecan Pie
Music: Top Artist
M83
Ricardo Arjona
John Mayer
Ryan Adams
Keane
Music: Top Song
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – If I Had A Gun…
Birthday: Cake
Red Velvet
Birthday: Movie
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger...
December 2011
5 posts
“Una alta capacidad mal usada discapacita.”
– Mi Psicoterapeuta
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What would you do if money did not matter?
What would you do if you were not afraid?
What would you do today if you knew you would die tomorrow?
Now go and do it!
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About Getting LASIK
Doctor: Are you religious?
Me: huh?
Doctor: This is a very common procedure and everything is very standard but if you have faith about God, this is your time to use it.
Me: See you tomorrow.
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“There is no “I” in team but there is in win.”
– Michael Jordan
November 2011
7 posts
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Mixtape: Bittersweet (Summer 2011)
The Perishers - Going Out (03:40)
Incubus - Promises Promises (04:26)
Elliott Smith - Rose Parade (03:28)
The Daylights - I Hope This Gets To You (03:05)
Angus & Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane (03:59)
Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adoledscent (02:57)
The xx - Shelter (04:30)
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (03:18)
Stereophonics - Maybe (04:34)
Eels - Numbered Days (03:44)
G....
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“Long story short, I go to the bar to get some drinks for all of us when I come...”
– Mark Cuban
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One Minute Wisdom →
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Joe Blogs: Katie The Prefect →
“When you’re small people ignore you, when you’re growing they...”
– Rick Warren
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Writing for TV
Feels like dating a super model and then doing homework.
I can feel Robert McKee in one shoulder and Syd Fields on the other, analyzing structure, archetypes, acts, etc.
October 2011
7 posts
“Hardly a day goes by when I don’t think about quitting this business. Hanging it...”
– Chuck Lorre Productions, #354
“Time can talk you out of your dreams. Routine can weaken your propensity toward...”
– Steven Furtick
“If you don’t write it, no one is ever gonna read it. If you don’t change it, it...”
– Josh Shipp
“Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their...”
– Muhammad Ali
“First you listen to your heart. Then you listen to your head. Then your wife...”
Andy: Darryl, how are we doing on the new warehouse guys?
Darryl: I don’t know
Andy: Wh, wh, what, do we have new guys?
Darryl: No
Andy: Are they on their way over?
Darryl: I haven’t hired anyone
Phillis: What? No warehouse guys? I have an important order that has to go out by 5. I emailed you about it.
Darryl: I am not checking email until lunch, 4 hour work week.
September 2011
5 posts
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