Secrets To Success In 8 Words And 3 Minutes

With that title, you know I couldn't have come up with this. Why use 8 words when you can use a 1000;-)

Great TED presentation by Richard St. John on the secrets of success.

Work On Stuff That Matters

Thanks to Jim Estill, I came across this outstanding post by Tim O'Rielly: Work On Stuff That Matters, First Principles.

As you read this post, you are reading the fourth re-write. At first I summarized Tim's post, adding my views. Then I tried expanding on it.

As I re-read and edited, I realized I was trying to polish something that didn't need polishing. Read Tim's post, it's important. Then figure out what matters to you and work on it!

New Year and Goals

I've taken a brief holiday from posting, now am back in full force---partly a reflection of goals I have set for myself, the business, and this blog. Getting started in the New Year had me reflect on setting goals--somehow on January 1, we call them resolutions, the rest of the year they are goals. I am constantly amazed at how casually most people treat goals--particularly those they set for themselves.

Rather than repeat what lot of well thought out recommendations and observations, I thought it more useful to point you to some good blog posts on the topic.

Seth Godin has a nice, brief post on goals: The Thing About Goals. It's a fast read and makes a point about people who get things done: All have goals.

Over at the Power Of Less blog, by Leo Babauta, he offers great tips to help each of us achieve our goals. I've become a great fan of his blog and the Power Of Less offers great reminders and insight.

At Gill Corkindale's Harvard Business Review blog, he offers a great tip: Schedule Regular Meetings With Yourself.

Goals are important. I've established mine, I'll be talking about them in later posts.