TED Talk by Ric Elias on “3 things I learned while my plane crashed”. (One of the passengers aboard the miraculous Manhattan flight.)

Helps keep things in perspective.

(via TED.com)

gary:

My 2 cents, on Open Forum, about every person here that is in business trying to get attention or % of voice on Twitter.

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Her playing was slow, almost stately. Too many people think speed is the hallmark of a good musician. It’s understandable…But how quickly you can finger notes is the smallest part of music. The real key is timing. It’s like telling a joke. Anyone can remember the words. Anyone can repeat them. But making someone laugh requires more than that. Telling a joke faster doesn’t make it funnier. As with many things, hesitation is better than hurry.

from Chapter 10 of The Wise Man’s Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss

For those of you under the age of 25, a magazine is a blog made out of trees. — Mike Elgan, golden :)

Creativity is inefficient. — yours truly

Simon Sinek really hits home on so many different topics. I want to re-watch this again when I have a chance, but the tag line he assigned is: “if you don’t understand people, you don’t understand business”.