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Why I’m Not Blogging
I started this blog as an experiment, to learn more about content generation, personal branding, and online media in general. Now that I’ve done a few posts and learned a few things, I’ve come to the conclusion that, like most things, blogging is only worth doing if I’m going to commit fully to it. [...]
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I found another good read from Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker, this time on how late bloomers differ from “natural” geniuses. As with his piece on innovation, there are hints of his latest book, Outliers, as he presents Mark Twain and Paul Cezanne as examples of legendary talents who took a longer, less celebrated path [...]
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Mark Cuban put up a great post on his blog today on success & motivation in 2009: as he puts it, “the year of WTF.” Here’s his recipe for working through the tough times:
Recognize that its ok to live like a student
Take Lots of Chances
Figuring out if you are in the right job
Figure out how [...]
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Malcolm Gladwell wrote an interesting essay in The New Yorker about how underdogs innovate and win: (a) they work harder and (b) they break convention. The work ethic element is obviously huge to Gladwell — he pretty much wrote an entire book about it. But breaking convention is equally important. In order to have a chance [...]
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Tags: innovation, malcolm gladwell, market disruption