I read Marci Alboher’s Shifting Careers blog in the New York Times on Saturday, and have been thinking about her Friday post it all weekend.
She pointed to Marc Andreessen’s posts about creating a successful career. He makes some interesting points in the entries. I especially like what he has to say about making sure that you expose [...]
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I’ve already blogged about hiring our nanny, so I think its only fair to share some of what led up to firing our nanny.
Without going into too much detail, there was an Incident. In handling the Incident, our new nanny displayed Bad Instincts. It may be fair to say that the parents’ own Bad [...]
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Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had a great article about how Obama is trying a new approach to win South Carolina. In the past, the way to win in the South has always been to use established networks and leaders, get the endorsements or preachers and politicians, and roll on to victory. In part because Hillary [...]
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I’ve just gotten into the swing of posting every day or every other day. But now stuff is going on at home that is consuming the part of my brain that is typically reserved for thinking interesting thoughts. I might be slower to post for the next week or so. This is a relatively new blog - and if [...]
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I was reading last week’s Business Week and came across an article on Richard Sapper. Apart from an inane argument about how to design, the article is a nice profile piece. I especially liked this quote from Sapper: “The most important thing for me is to give everything I do a form that expresses something. It’s [...]
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So I followed the advice from First Break All the Rules in hiring a new nanny, and I’m really pleased with the person that we’ve hired. She’s got a great attitude, the kids really love her, and she seems comfortable managing the challenges of the job (and by that I mean corralling a pair of [...]
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I think its a shame that the Street is dinging Apple for yesterday’s news, saying that it’s too much evolution and not enough revolution.
Even highly innovative companies like Apple don’t have the bandwidth or resources to continually be pushing the boundaries of the completely new. And there’s a lot to be said for spending time [...]
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During a rare evening alone in front of the TV the other night, I indulged in a guilty pleasure: watching Supernanny! At one point in the show she was talking to the parents about the negative labels that they put on their children, and encouraging them to come up with positive ways to think about [...]
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How great is that quote? It’s from Oliver Wendell Holmes, quoted in Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities. I’m particularly taken with it as I’ve been thinking about how since I’ve recommitted to yoga, it’s impacted both my work and my home life in a positive way. Which is funny, because I’ve [...]
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At a campaign stop in New Hampshire, Hillary broke down and was near tears as she described what is at stake for both her and for the country in this election. Hillary’s every move is, of course, being watched right now, as she appears to be about to lose the New Hampshire primary by an even [...]
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