October 2009
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“Leaves become most beautiful when they’re about to die
When they’re...”
– Time is all around, Regina Spektor
September 2009
3 posts
“Any time you make a bet with the best of it, where the odds are in your favor,...”
– David Sklansky, The Theory of Poker
Lesson: Evaluate the quality of decision making, not on the quality of their past outcomes. Holds true for evaluating entrepreneurs, advisers, and investors.
August 2009
15 posts
“I suppose it’s because nearly all children go to school nowadays, and have...”
– Agatha Christie
The Earth is Hiring
By Paul Hawken May 26 2009 When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was “direct, naked, taut, honest, passionate, lean, shivering, startling, and graceful.” No pressure there. Let’s begin with the startling part. Class of 2009: you are going to have to figure out what it means tobe a human being on earth at a time when every living system...
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For future reference - speak directly to the person you need to for large corporations.
“Those who fully participate in the information economy benefit most from...”
– Walter Wriston, Citibank CEO, The Twilight of Sovereignty , 1991
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“If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it...”
– Rudyard Kipling
“Nearly all men can stand adversity. But if you want to test a man’s...”
– Abraham Lincoln
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School of Visual Arts “Think” Campaign →
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May 2009
2 posts
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February 2009
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“One should never stop striving for clarity of thought and precision of...”
January 2009
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How Twitter Changed My Life
How Twitter Changed My Life
The twitter presentation I gave to the folks at the NUS Entrepreneurs Association (NUSEA). My intent was not so much to convince, but to share how creativity and imagination has injected so much life and variety into a technology I once thought frivolous. It took me nearly two months to figure the real value in twitter and how to use it effectively, and my aim was...
November 2008
1 post
“To laugh often and much
To win the respect of intelligent people and the...”
August 2008
2 posts
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