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…if you eat a live frog first thing in the morning, you’ve got it behind you for the rest of the day, and nothing else looks so bad. From the FastCompany article What Successful People Do With The First Hour Of Their Work Day Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/frank_wuestefeld/4306107546
So go ahead and act as if your decisions are temporary. Because they are. Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson and fix what doesn’t work. Seth Godin in Tatoo thinking Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/aftab/3475219722/in/photostream
If you really deeply care about something, you will do it. You will do it without needing a list or a system or a reminder. No, your brain will not feel cluttered by the burden of having to remember it. Vivek Haldar in his post Productivity porn Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/ivanclow/4260762246
The problem set will always become harder, and you want to bring on people that can do the future job, not just the work that exists today.” – Aaron Levie, Box, quoted in the Mashable article What Founders Wish They Knew Before Starting Companies Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/aftab/3397842830/in/photostream
Mobile itself is the nuts, bolts, and infrastructure, while mobility is the context which determines if it all works together or doesn’t. From the Harvard Business Review post The Future Isn’t About Mobile; It’s About Mobility Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/31878512@N06/4945216951/in/photostream
It’s exciting and inspiring to see people who are working incredibly hard in their professional lives while also having growth on the personal side, too. From the TechCrunch article Marissa Mayer: The First Ever Pregnant CEO Of A Fortune 500 Tech Company? Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/aftab/3602645078/in/photostream
Some days are thrilling, and others are gut-wrenching. In the end, it’s worth it. Not easy. But worth it. – Garett Dimon talking about his journey of Being a Solo Founder of a 24×7 Hosted Web Application Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/aftab/3475219722/in/photostream
Hourly wages and the classic 40-hour work week have trained us to measure our labor by the number of hours we log. However, this mindset is dead wrong when applied to today’s professionals. […] smart leaders realize that the only way they can succeed is by getting the most out
By asking and answering “why” five times, we can get to the real cause of the problem, which is often hidden behind more obvious symptoms. – Eric Ries quoted in the Co.Design article To Get To The Root Of A Hard Problem, Just Ask “Why” Five Times Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/nanagyei/5343879895
In the end, it always comes down to passion. A good idea may define a startup, but passion is what defines an entrepreneur and passion should be what drives every freelancer. From the Toronto Standard article Redefining Startups: In The Future, Everyone Will Be An Entrepreneur Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/4354438814
I’ve been noticing the way the space I’m working in affects the way I work. I’ve always known it made a difference… […] I wish more of us worked in designed spaces. Spaces with variety – with openness for sharing and more enclosed spaces for thinking. Spaces for individuals to
The notion that you should create a separate, stripped-down version for ‘the mobile use case’ might be appropriate if such a clean mobile use case existed, but it doesn’t. […] Just because I’m on a small screen doesn’t mean I’m interested in less content or want to do less. […]
If touch is the future, the physical world is overflowing with inspiration for UI designers who are willing to simultaneously accept the limitations of “pictures under glass,” and think beyond them. From the Co.DESIGN post Using Origami To Mock-Up Ingenious Gestural Interfaces, a post about Juan Sanchez’s Interface Origami Image
As an entrepreneur, you have a decision to make. Ask yourself, “is this my boom?” If your answer is “yes,” then you have a lot of work to do. From the Tech Crunch article Instagram Aftermath: It’s Time For Entrepreneurs To Go All In a good read to give yourself
Do it because it gives you opportunities to grow and learn new things, and because some days are great, even if there are just as many days that are awful. […]The journey is its own reward; if it isn’t, you’re on the wrong path. – Justin Kan, in the Tech
…if someone comes late to a meeting they are committing the sin of stealing – stealing the time of the person who had to wait for them. And it’s the worse kind of stealing because what was taken can never be returned. The Talmud, the Jewish book of law, referenced
Design is built on relationships—between people mostly, but also between skillsets and knowledge areas. – Eric Schmidt, CEO Google referenced in the UX Mag article Breaking through the glass : Designing digital experiences beyond the screen Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/31878512@N06/4945216951/in/photostream
It’s probably no coincidence that so many famous speakers are described as motivational speakers. That may be what public speaking is really for. – Paul Graham talking about the art of Writing and speaking Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/aftab/3366342089
Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see how that feels. From the Wall Street Journal article Are you as busy as you think , a good read about reflecting over that not having time is based on priorities Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/guysie/3370468477
…advice can be really helpful, but it’s just a product of one person’s experience. If it didn’t quite work out for one person, it doesn’t mean it never will. From the article There’s lots of advice around, but whose should you follow? a nice read on when to follow advice