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Monthly Archives: September 2009
“When Properly Prepared, Anything That Goes Wrong can Be Easily Overcome
Murphy’s law states “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.”
I think those that find this law to affect them frequently, should do some introspection. About the only time this law is able to bite you is when you [...]
Three Reasons Your Ideas Are Failing
If your ideas or products keep failing, perhaps it’s time to stop blaming others and look in the mirror. I suspect that issue lies in one of the following, if not more than one of them. I know it always [...]
Posted in Gangplank, Personal, Productivity
Tagged commitment, discipline, focus, time management
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What Phoenix Can Learn From Willy Wonka
This morning on the drive in I saw Chris Conrey tweet, “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along w/ people.”-Theodore Roosevelt (listening #phx?)”.
I had to giggle a little bit and then [...]
It’s Not About Startups. It’s about changing the world.
Arizona’s insanity of creating a future based on speculative building is nearing an end. The days of growth economics are behind us. Will it leave a handful of new Arizona ghost towns in it’s wake or will there be a [...]
Posted in Community, Gangplank
Tagged arizona, creative class, creatives, economic development
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Kissing Ass Doesn’t Win You Influence. Challenging Thoughts and Ideas Does.
I read Tyler Hurst’s “You can not circle jerk your way to success” and it struck a chord with some thoughts I had been having, but never explored because writing is such a horrible medium for me. I think that [...]
