The Future Is Built of Dreams

"Innovation comes from long-term thinking and iterative execution."

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 12:44:45 -0500

“Innovation comes from long-term thinking and iterative execution.”

- Reid Hoffman - Short-term Profit Taking vs. Long-term Value Creation: The Future of PayPal (via davemorin)

helloyoucreatives: Don’t wait to create or make something. We...

Thu, 02 Jan 2014 19:35:01 -0500

helloyoucreatives:

Don’t wait to create or make something.

We learn by doing, by trying and making mistakes. Perfect your creativity by living it.

"The key to being creative, in any field, be it scientific, technical, or business, in the 21st..."

Fri, 27 Dec 2013 17:05:25 -0500

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The key to being creative, in any field, be it scientific, technical, or business, in the 21st century definitely requires a certain comfort level in technology. But the best way to harness the power of computers doesn’t reside in coding – it resides in letting computers do the grunt computational work that humans are bad at, so that humans can focus on the creative, problem solving work that computers are bad at.

And if you want to foster those creative, problem solving skills, the solution isn’t learning to code – it’s learning to paint. Or play an instrument. Or write poetry. Or sculpt. The field doesn’t matter: the key thing is that if you want to foster your own innovative creativity, the best way to do it is to seriously pursue an artistic endeavor.

In the history of the Nobel Prize, nearly every Laureate has pursued the arts. According to research by psychologists Michele and Robert Root-Bernstein, “almost all Nobel laureates in the sciences actively engage in arts as adults. They are twenty-five times as likely as the average scientist to sing, dance, or act; seventeen times as likely to be a visual artist; twelve times more likely to write poetry and literature; eight times more likely to do woodworking or some other craft; four times as likely to be a musician; and twice as likely to be a photographer.”

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- To Foster Your Creativity, Don’t Learn To Code; Learn To Paint - Forbes (via ayjay)

A newspaper blackout poem. Important to remember. (via...

Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:21:17 -0500

A newspaper blackout poem.

Important to remember.

(via @austinkleon)

"To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the..."

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 09:54:00 -0500

“To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm.”

- Friedrich August von Hayek, in his Economics Nobel Prize lecture: The Pretense of Knowledge

“Serving Those Who Serve Others” Simon Sinek...

Fri, 11 Oct 2013 23:07:28 -0400

“Serving Those Who Serve Others” Simon Sinek interview by Jonathan Fields

A different way to do business. And I might argue, the only way. This is 52m worth watching.

(via @cp_eh)

"Until the present makes you more uncomfortable than the future, you won’t be ready to change...."

Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:17:00 -0400

“Until the present makes you more uncomfortable than the future, you won’t be ready to change. Because it takes that much energy.”

- yours truly

“Your app makes me fat” There is serious gold in...

Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:37:00 -0400

“Your app makes me fat”

There is serious gold in here. Check out the article linked above. A small snippet:

“That one new feature you added? That sparkly, Techcrunchable, awesome feature? What did it cost your user? If the result of your work consumes someone’s cognitive resources, they can’t use those resources for other things that truly, deeply matter. This is NOT about consuming their time and attention while they’re using your app. This is about draining their ability for logical thinking, problem-solving, and willpower after the clicking/swiping/gesturing is done.”

19m talk by Seth Godin entitled “Backwards”. There...

Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:37:00 -0400

19m talk by Seth Godin entitled “Backwards”.

There is so much good stuff in here, I don’t know where to begin, so I’ll have to come back later to make notes. Suffice it to say, find a few moments if you can, and watch. :)

(via @mgwcpa547, via swissmiss | CreativeMornings with Seth Godin)

The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen at...

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 12:17:00 -0400

The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen at TEDxClaremontColleges

Some great points he emphasizes:

–Crisis can produce a calm that comes from complete focus/engagement and leads to making intuitive decisions instantly

–Getting things done is not about getting things done; it’s about being appropriately engaged in each thing

–The more something is on your mind, the more you’re not making progress on it; it means you haven’t put it into a system that you trust to resolve it

–We need a balance of perspective and control so that instead of being a victim, crazy-maker, or micro-manager, we become captain and commander

–“Nature does not hurry anything, yet gets everything accomplished”

–#1: Get it out of your head - write everything down so it stops draining your psychological energy

–#2: For anything that takes more than one step, clarify the outcomes, and identify the next concrete action

–#3: Create maps so you can see the big picture and enable good intuitive decisions

–#4: Course correct at periodic intervals

Of course, there’s more, so be sure to check out the full 22m - hope you enjoy!

(by TEDxTalks)

“If you get too emotional about everything, it’s...

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:49:50 -0400

“If you get too emotional about everything, it’s just too hard. You’re like a salmon swimming upstream against your emotions. I guess I think more about how I want to look back on it, and then, there was something on the other end of that that made it all worthwhile.” -Levi Leipheimer, cyclist

(via The Levi Effect)

Looks like others are also talking about changing the accounting...

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:46:00 -0400

Looks like others are also talking about changing the accounting model (no surprise really). :)

Check out the above 5m video giving a quick look at the Integrated Reporting model, and the International Integrated Reporting Council guiding it.

If you’re curious to learn more, some literature released from the IIRC includes “Business Leaders: What You Need to Know”, “The Pilot Programme 2012 Yearbook”, and the “Consultation Draft of the International Framework”.

The Consultation Draft is actually open to comments right now through July 15, so you can make your voice heard.

(via PwC)

I missed this talk at the 2013 MACPA Innovation Summit, but saw...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:47:22 -0400

I missed this talk at the 2013 MACPA Innovation Summit, but saw a lot of good tweets coming out of it. So glad to see it online - 7 minutes you’ll surely enjoy, as Jennifer Elder tells you how to innovate like a 5 year old.

(via BizLearning)

What is Apple’s design philosophy? Watch this 1.5m...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:16:26 -0400

What is Apple’s design philosophy? Watch this 1.5m video.

(Intention - Designed by Apple; via swissmiss)

. @sustainablecfo- 5 year-olds also: envision future, are not afraid to fail, use own perspective,...

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:01:18 -0400

. @sustainablecfo- 5 year-olds also: envision future, are not afraid to fail, use own perspective, and find a way to get it done #mdsummit
— Accounting Tomorrow (@ATomorrow) May 17, 2013

"The perfect balance is committing to only those crafts that you can perform with satisfaction even..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:08:59 -0400

“The perfect balance is committing to only those crafts that you can perform with satisfaction even if you have to do so in utter obscurity. Then, put your work out in public as part of the process itself—if you’re making homebrew beer or an Arduino hack, make a video or write about the process as a means to think harder about the details of it. If you’re a writer, think of putting it online as simply having the work backed up in one more place. In this way, you open yourself up to the spectrum of possibilities, ranging from utter obscurity at one end to global fame at the other. Far more likely is something closer to the obscurity end but much more satisfying—that you will draw the attention of a relative few who share your interests.”

- Adam Gurri basically writes my book for me (via austinkleon)

Never saw this charted out before, but great...

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:05:44 -0400

Never saw this charted out before, but great visualization.

From an article about accounting for human capital.

(via @ronaldbaker)

"The truly innovative entrepreneur is not the one who has the greatest greed, but the one who has the..."

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:17:36 -0400

“The truly innovative entrepreneur is not the one who has the greatest greed, but the one who has the greatest care for their customer.”

- yours truly, in my latest Thriveal CPA Network blog post, Greed Is Not Good. Check it out for more

"When you are drawing your weapon for the purposes of clearing a room, a SEAL will tell you, “slow is..."

Fri, 03 May 2013 08:24:17 -0400

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When you are drawing your weapon for the purposes of clearing a room, a SEAL will tell you, “slow is smooth; smooth is fast.” In other words, if you try to draw your weapon too quickly, chances are, in your attempt to be fast, you’ll fumble or drop or mishandle the thing your very life depends on. But if you can focus on slow, deliberate movements, then your smoothness will translate to getting the job done faster and safer.

Now I have absolutely no occasion to draw a weapon. None whatsoever. But, here’s where this SEAL-ism hits home for me. I can tend to think that frenetic and frenzied and crazy-brained is how I must live to keep up with this world, technology, my schedule, others’ expectations of me, etc. What if approaching life with deliberate calm, a sense of intention, and measured movements would, in the end, yield greater productivity and efficiency?

”

- A good lesson.

(via dostendorff, via Leeana Tankersley)

"Time is a constraint, not a cost, and it’s certainly not a measure of value."

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:26:37 -0400

“Time is a constraint, not a cost, and it’s certainly not a measure of value.”

- Yours truly