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Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% | Society | Vanity Fair:
Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret.
Eric Maisel is inspiring. No doubt about it he gets me to the next phase. Devotion not discipline, that does it for me. I am devoted to my work, and naming it like that might even get me up an hour earlier!
I find the actual typing ok, and it can be even better with the bluetooth keyboard. The problems lie elswhere.
Pages
Apple’s word processor
Pro:
It works.
I can use styles that convert to Word.
Cons
No Dropbox or other way to use the file in two places. The ones offered are not ones I want to use, like iWork etc. get terrible reviews. iTunes is clumsy. Maybe it will be the #1 way access the file from any device when iCloud arrives. Just a few hours before we hear!
Documents to Go
Pro
I can see the files I have stored in there on Dropbox. Sharing works well.
Con
Looses style formatting in Word format. Makes it unworkable for the work I do.
From an email from David Allan, GTD, below, first a comment from me.
David’s comments below make total sense to me. I see all of this as part of psychological integrity. Relationships are important, and an email connection is not a substitute for relating, it is integral to it. Good communication means good communication online. That means embracing online literacy in the way one might embrace emotional literacy. How far does that go before it is no longer in your domain? You don’t need to be a linguist or a Shakespeare to be a good communicator, but it helps to know the difference between a thought and a feeling, to know the difference between a judgment and an observation… In the online world it means knowing when to reply to all, and keeping to one subject matter, described clearly in the Subject line. And how to manage the email inbox.
Knowledge workers are paid to bring their intelligence to bear on input, and improve things by doing that. The decision about what to do with an email and its contents, what it means in terms of the work and standards at hand, is knowledge work.
We’ve noticed that it takes an average of about 30 seconds to process each email—decide what it is, delete it, file it, respond to it quickly, or defer it to an “action” file or list. For someone with 100 emails a day (more and more common) that’s 50 minutes just to get through a day’s email load. That doesn’t count memos, phone calls, voice mails, conversations, and meetings that must also be processed.
A typical professional these days must factor in at least an hour a day and an additional hour at the end of the week (for a Weekly Review). And not as “Hey, it would be nice if I could…”—but as an absolute requirement to manage their life and work with integrity.
Jane McGonigal – On Productivity on Vimeo:
Jane McGonigal takes to our pulpit to challenge our assumptions about games as ways to “pass” or “waste” our time – and argues instead that we are never more productive than when we are immersed in a good game. What, exactly, do we produce when we play a good game? Positive emotions – like optimism, curiosity and wonder; collective intelligence; and a stronger social fabric.
Just got an email promoting the book Trust and Betrayal: Dawnings of Consciousness
Jungian Odyssey Series, Vol. III (see below). Got me Googleing, and what a tasty bunch of stuff there is to find time to consume. I have instapapered a bunch of Jungian revues and essays etc. I’ll be reading them in due cours and if I “like” them they will go to my public list of Instapaper (I think?) – so no need to likt tto them all here. Look there for stuff on the Jung White letters (See book on amazon here)
Particularly interested in the material on couple counselling. Might need to get the book just for that. Christian Roesler I see has a paper on the self in cyberspace – so there is a further connection, as well as the fact that he is in Australia and in ANZJA.
So where is my instapaper collection? (Cant find how to do that!)
Book, and see audio post probably visable in the context related items below.
The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success:
The book is rooted in the Seven Principles inspired by Steve Jobs:
- Do What You Love: Think differently about your career.
- Put a Dent in the Universe: Think differently about your vision.
- Kick Start Your Brain: Think differently about how you think.
- Sell Dreams, Not Products: Think differently about your customers.
- Say No to 1,000 Things: Think differently about design.
- Create Insanely Great Experiences: Think differently about your brand experience.
- Master the Message. Think differently about your story.
Overall, it’s business motherhood and apple pie, filtered through the uniquely creative mind of Steve Jobs. It’s important to recognize, however, that each of us is our own unique person, and the only person who can think or be like Steve Jobs is …. Steve Jobs.
This is an inspiring story by Tom Atlee. It is one that changed his life it seems as he bases his whole philosophy of creativity on this experience.
How to Make a Decision Without Making a Decision:
Years later I read that Oren Lyons, faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onandaga Iroquois, said of his tribal council tradition: “We just keep talking until there’s nothing left but the obvious truth.” Once “the obvious truth” has been found, there is no need for a “decision.” Such truth not only sets people free — it allows a group or community to self-organize.
I enjoyed listening to a Future Primitive interview with Dennis McKenna. I often listen to these Joanna Harcourt-Smith discussions.
http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/05/dennis-mckenna-the-brotherhood-of-the-screaming-abyss/
This is the brother of Terence McKenna and hes about to write a book about the relationship of these brothers and their journey into the psyche.
Interesting and more so as he is using KickStarter to fund his writing. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1862402066/the-brotherhood-of-the-screaming-abyss
Here is the interview:
Dennis McKenna and Joanna Harcourt-Smith
Oh, and I pledged to buy the book!
Christchurch three months on | Stuff.co.nz:
CATE BRETT
Photo: Carys Monteath
Community spirit: Mara Apse organised working bees in her neighbourhood after large cracks opened up in the hill, which they filled with a liquid absorbing clay.
It takes more than two for this tango: After the labouring came the music and dancing.
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