Merce Cardus's Blog, page 105
March 3, 2015
4 Immutable Laws Of Marketing
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Al Ries and Jack Trout, two world-renowned marketing consultants and bestsellin
g authors, present the definitive rules of marketing in The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!
Here are four innovative rules for understanding and succeeding in the international marketplace:
1. The Law of Leadership: It’s better to be first than it is to be better
Many people believe that the basic issue in marketing is convincing prospects that...
March 2, 2015
Leading With Your Strengths
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What great leaders have in common is that each truly knows his or herstrengths – and can call on the right strength at the right time.
~TOM RATH, author ofStrengths Based Leadership
Using Gallup’s discoveries, authors Tom Rath and Barry Conchieshow, inStrengths Based Leadership,how each person’s unique strengths can drive their success.
In recent years, while continuing to learn more about strengths, Gallup scientists have also been examining decades...
When Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact
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Video of the week:
Science fact/fiction
offersstories delight in ideas, holding machine kaleidoscopes up to the sun to see the many shapes of time, man, and destiny
The following video answers why is some science fiction so good at predicting actual science.
You know what’s frustrating about tomorrow?… that it’s not today. That makes it very hard to predict. But that doesn’t stop us from trying. And lots of our predictions about the science of TOMORROW com...
MONDAY LINKS ~ Reads on Writing & Better Living: Should Athletes Eat Fat Or Carbs?
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Quote of the day
A high carbohydrate diet blocks your ability to employ fat to fuel your brain, and to some degree, your muscles as well.
~JEFF S. Volek, author ofThe Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable
THE BRAIN
The elastic brain, Aeon| Tweet
Early childhood is characterised by a series of critical periods – circumscribed times when the brain opens...
February 27, 2015
The Five Stages Of Mastering Workflow
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In Getting Things Done, David Allen teaches a five-stage method for managing workflow.No matter what the setting, there are five discrete stages that we go through as we deal with our work.
So the management of of the ‘horizontal’ aspect of our lives constitutes the following process:
1. We collect things that command our attention.
It’s important to know what needs to be collected and how to collect it most effectively so you can process it appropriately....
How Books Can Open Your Mind
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What happens when a dream you’ve held since childhood … doesn’t come true?
As Lisa Bu adjusted to a new life in the United States, she turned to books to expand her mind and create a new path for herself. She shares her unique approach to reading in this lovely, personal talk about the magic of books.
She has built a career helping people find great stories to listen to. Now she tells her own story.
Fu Lei’s Family Correspondences
I satisfied my hunger for par...
WEEKEND LINKS ~ Reads on Writing & Better Living: Should You Choose Red Or Blue?
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Quote of the day
There’s a 2005 study that looked at Olympic athletes participating in one-on-one “combat sports” like boxing, tae kwon do, Greco-Roman wrestling, and freestyle wrestling. The rules of the Olympics stipulate that one competetor is randomly assigned a blue outfit while the other gets red. Thus it was a great opportunity for a natural experiment on the effects of uniform color on performance.The researchers found that those wearing red uniform...
February 26, 2015
The War Of Art: Break Through The Blocks And Win Your Creative Battles
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The enemy is a very good teacher.
~THE DALAI LAMA
The War of Artis nothing less than Sun-Tzu for the soul.
What keeps so many of us from doing what we long to do? Why is there a naysayer within? How can we avoid the roadblocks of any creative endeavor-be it starting up a dream business venture, writing a novel, or painting a masterpiece?
What Steven Pressfield Knows
There’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It...
Building Curiosity With Lego
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Video of the day
An ode to Curiosity (and LEGO) featuring inspiring words from some of science’s greatest minds:
Making curiosity from scratch
If you wish to make curiosity from scratch, you must first invent the universe.When I think of science, I think of a truly human activity. Something fundamental to ourDNA. That’s what we do as human beings.
Our ancestors who were not curious, who did not go looking over the hill to see what wason the other side… disa...
THURSDAY LINKS ~ Reads on Writing & Better Living: Sleep Habits Run In The Family
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Quote of the day
When parents are too irregular, inconsistent, or oversolicitous, or when there are unresolved problems between the parents, the resulting sleep problems converge, producing excessive nighttime wakefulness and crying.
~MARC WEISSBLUTH, author ofHealthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
HEALTH
For teens, sleep habits run in the family, WSJ| Tweet
Study finds a correlation between the sleeping patterns of parents and their teenagers.
