http://tag.portblogs.com/sethg yes yes http://tag.portblogs.com/post/sethg/wondering_around.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/p_rUDVUg7Do/wondering-around.html I stumbled on a great typo last night. "Staff in the lobby were wondering around..." Wandering around is an aimless waste of time. Wondering around, though, that sounds useful. Wondering why this product is the way it is, wondering how... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:16:00 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/sethg/helping_spread_the_word.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/9L7MmXWCcOs/helping-spread-the-word.html Since Linchpin was published six weeks ago, I've gotten some terrific email. Most of it is about individuals who used the ideas in the book to instigate a process of self-reinvention or validation. Some of the best mail, though, has... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:56:00 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/sethg/creating_the_list.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/lAy3MqS1DGc/creating-the-list.html ...is not the same as obeying the list. Do you make the list you check off, follow and work on every day? When does it get made? Who approves it? Do you identify tasks or perform them? If you had... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:21:00 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/sethg/the_wordperfect_axiom.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/grhFt7oflhk/the-wordperfect-axiom.html When the platform changes, the leaders change. Wordperfect had a virtual monopoly on word processing in big firms that used DOS. Then Windows arrived and the folks at Wordperfect didn't feel the need to hurry in porting themselves to the... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:35:00 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/sethg/the_factory_in_the_center.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/9Qolr6m_omA/the-factory-in-the-center.html Old time factories had a linear layout, because there was just one steam engine driving one drive shaft. Every machine in the shop had to line up under the shaft (connected by a pulley) in order to get power. That... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:24:00 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/sethg/you_rock.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/Ye3fk0meGaw/you-rock.html This is deceptive. You don't rock all the time. No one does. No one is a rock star, superstar, world-changing artist all the time. In fact, it's a self-defeating goal. You can't do it. No, but you might rock five... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:07:00 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/sethg/losing_andrew_carnegie.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/T1t9zN2WJwM/losing-andrew-carnegie.html Carnegie apparently said, "Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors......Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory." Is there a... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:43:00 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/sethg/spring_reading_listbig_ideas_for_idea_people.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/SYEBWmYoyto/spring-reading-listbig-ideas-for-idea-people.html Readers have told me that they enjoy my off-the-wall book lists. Here's another. Science fiction, Tom Peters, Krista Tippett and even a book for touring musicians. Enjoy them. And don't forget it's okay to share books. They don't wear out. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:44:00 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/sethg/pulitzer_prizefighting.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/C2fT-Z6iN70/pulitzer-prizefighting.html People are drawn to existing competitions like moths to a flame. It's precisely the wrong way to succeed. Lots of journalists take significant detours in their careers and their writing in order to win a Pulitzer. Maybe not to actually... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:36:00 GMT 0