Innovation Keynote Speaker Jeremy Gutsche

Interesting speech about innovation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4gAkM72ah4&feature=pyv&ad=6519114391&kw=motivational%20speech

Are you entrepreneur or freelancer or a hybrid ?

Just read these interesting articles by Seth Godin.
What would you define yourself as ?

http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/innovation/article/the-difference-between-a-freelancer-and-an-entrepreneur-seth-godin
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/10/questions-for-a-new-entrepreneur.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+%28Seth%27s+Blog%29

> If you're an entrepreneur, don't hire yourself. Build a business that works, that thrives with or without you. It might not be good for your ego, but it will be good for your bank account.

And finally, and most important, why? Why are you doing this at all?

 

You can lead the horse ...

There was a saying you can lead the horse to the water but you can't make him drink .... however you can make him thirsty.

This is brilliant. You can see this as a great marketing idea or one that could be applied in your personal life if you want to attract the right person in your life.

Grow and be more today!

Appreciating Life

From time to time we tend to forget what great things we were given by God.
In this dynamic world we strive for more and more in pursuit for happiness.

Here is a video about an orphan kid who sold gums in order to support himself.
He has a great voice. He hasn't felt the family love but still has the strength to keep going.

How do you read ? Do you speed read ?

Reading is so important and we need it every single day.
I've been reading and watching some interesting videos about speed reading.

Here is what I've found that most articles suggest that you should

• avoid sub-vocalization
• use your finger/pen/pencil to direct our eyes
• try to see multiple words at a time
• try to work on speed, comprehension, and retaining separately (even though the comprehension will be low in the beginning)
• reduce distractions as much as possible

What do you think ? Do you have any good tips ?

Firefox Addon
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reasy/

Note: it seems it works until Firefox 3.7 however this is *easily* fixable.
If you see "Not available for Firefox 1.2.3" where 1.2.3 is your current Firefox version then you'll need to do some tweaks.
 
In order to make the addon work in Firefox 3.7+ => Download the addon.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/7928/addon-7928-latest.xpi (right click Save Link As")
Then open the XPI file using WinRAR/WinZIP/7zip and edit install.rdf. Make em:maxVersion="5" (For Firefox 5 just in case) and then put the updated file back into the XPI file. Then open the XPI file with Firefox and install it as you normally would.

Learn how not to subvocalize
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPOIZ6DGXWE


Free Speed Reading Course (1/5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmQiOEC8UnM


Free Speed Reading Course (2/5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeJsp62IYk


Free Speed Reading Course (3/5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oztN0XsWbM


Free Speed Reading Course (4/5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsPFJYVmb4A


Free Speed Reading Course (5/5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gv9VLpayy4

Do you get enough sleep ?

I admit that I have (sometimes/often) bad sleeping habits and did a search for "optimal time to go to bed" and found some interesting articles.

http://www.ineedmotivation.com/blog/2007/10/when-is-the-best-time-to-sleep/
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/10/02/secrets-to-a-good-night-sleep.aspx
http://www.thedailymind.com/health-at-work/staying-up-late-why-everyone-should-go-to-bed-earlier/

The info I got from them was to listen to your body and when you feel tired to go bed.
Not to exercise 1-2 hours before going to bed or drink alcohol before that time.
.... the list goes on and on....

I'd like to add one more thing is listening to great music such as Enigma, Era, Gregorian etc.

Can there be success without a foundation ?

I am subscribed to the newletters of John Maxwell and here is a nice video about building your foundation.

http://johnmaxwellteam.com/2011foundation/