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Saturday, April 24, 2021

"Man in the Arena" Speech by Theodore Roosevelt

Narrated by Lex Friedman (AI researcher working on autonomous vehicles, human-robot interaction, and machine learning at MIT and beyond)

Playing Guitar in a Self-Driving Car - YouTube

Man in the Arena Speech by Theodore Roosevelt with Audio, Read by John F. Kennedy - YouTube

Citizenship in a Republic - Wikipedia

Citizenship in a Republic is the title of a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt, former President of the United States, at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, on April 23, 1910.^[1]

One notable passage from the speech is referred to as "The Man in the Arena":^[2]^[3]

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

Someone who is heavily involved in a situation that requires courage, skill, or tenacity (as opposed to someone sitting on the sidelines and watching), is sometimes referred to as "the man in the arena".

Citizenship in a Republic: The Man in the Arena - Theodore Roosevelt @ LeadershipNow

Sunday, April 11, 2021

book: The Innovation Stack

great interview with co-founder of Square and author or a new interesting book
+ references on some other books about innovation

Hanselminutes Technology Podcast - Fresh Air and Fresh Perspectives for Developers - Outside In: The Innovation Stack with Jim McKelvey

transcript: Podcast transcripts, sponsors, and audience data - Podscribe

the book:

Amazon.com: The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time (9780593086735): McKelvey, Jim: Books

"In 2009, a St. Louis glassblowing artist and recovering computer scientist named Jim McKelvey lost a sale because he couldn't accept American Express cards. Frustrated by the high costs and difficulty of accepting credit card payments, McKelvey joined his friend Jack Dorsey (the cofounder of Twitter) to launch Square, a startup that would enable small merchants to accept credit card payments on their mobile phones. With no expertise or experience in the world of payments, they approached the problem of credit cards with a new perspective, questioning the industry's assumptions, experimenting and innovating their way through early challenges, and achieving widespread adoption from merchants small and large..."

The Innovation Stack by Jim McKelvey: 9780593086735 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

summaries:

Summary: The Innovation Stack by Jim McKelvey

Book review- Innovation Stack by Jim McKelvey | by Stephania Silva | Medium

Building an unbeatable business starts with the innovation stack | ZDNet

The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time by Jim McKelvey

more interviews

Jim McKelvey - YouTube

quote: "The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."
William Gibson - Wikiquote

Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century: Lawson, Jeff, Ries, Eric: 9780063018297: Amazon.com: Books

The Innovation Delusion: How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work That Matters Most: Vinsel, Lee, Russell, Andrew L.: 9780525575689: Amazon.com: Books

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution: Isaacson, Walter: 9781476708706: Amazon.com: Books

another good article with the same title, while unrelated, from another well known entrepreneur:

Steve Blank: The Innovation Stack: How to make innovation programs deliver more than coffee cups

Saturday, March 13, 2021

Heroic Optimize with Brian Johnson

How to Discover Your Purpose in Less than 5 Seconds. :) - YouTube

asking myself the question:

"what with the highest version of me do in this moment"

moment the next moment the next month

when you're feeling fear you're feeling anxiety or feeling stress
maybe you go over here and you you practice the gratitude and the grateful flow...

Optimize with Brian Johnson

Invest in Heroic Public Benefit Corporation: We’re building a platform that creates heroes | Wefunder

Saturday, March 6, 2021

book: A World Without Email by Cal Newport

Amazon.com: A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload eBook: Newport, Cal: Kindle Store

Deep Work (book): https://amzn.to/3c0npMM

Digital Minimalism (book): https://amzn.to/3kJPMmx

Cal's Website: https://www.calnewport.com/

Deep Questions (podcast): https://www.calnewport.com/podcast/

interview

Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media | Lex Fridman Podcast #166 - YouTube

#166 - Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media | Lex Fridman Podcast

THE TIME-BLOCK PLANNER by Cal Newport

Introducing The Time-Block Planner by Cal Newport - YouTube

On Productivity, Part 3 - Study Hacks - Cal Newport

“Do less, do better, know why.”

My philosophy for achieving this goal can be reduced to three simple rules:

Do fewer things.
Do them better.
Know why you’re doing them.

All of the important advice on this site circles back to these same three themes.

Saturday, February 27, 2021

The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale

The Strangest Secret

The Strangest Secret: Nightingale, Earl: 9781603865579: Amazon.com: Books

SUCCESS: Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”

GOALS: People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going

WE BECOME WHAT WE THINK ABOUT

AS YE SOW and SO SHALL YE REAP

30-DAY ACTION

The Strangest Secret Earl Nightingale Conant 1950's Original FULL - YouTube

PNTV: The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale (#174) - YouTube

The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale

The Strangest Secret - Wikipedia

The Strangest Secret was a 1956 spoken word record by Earl Nightingale which sold over one million copies and received the first Gold Record for the spoken word,[1] which helped launch the fields of business motivation and audio publishing. It was later adapted into print and video forms.[2][3]

The Strangest Secret – by Earl Nightingale #061 - The Brian Buffini Show