Don’t know how cool my kids are going to think Ashton Kutcher is after I keep reminding them what he said about hard work. But this is a great message.
Who knew?
Felt like I watched too much tv this year…. But looking back, I actually got a fair amount of reading in as well.
Steve Jobs, by Walter Issacson
Peak, by Chip Conley
What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, by Laura Vanderkam
Feeling is the Secret, by Neville Goodard
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, by Stieg Larsson
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, by Donald Miller
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, by Patrick Lencioni
The Five Temptations of a CEO, by Patrick Lencioni
The Amatuer, by Edward Klein
Venture Deals, by Brad Feld
Raising Cain, by Dan Kindlon
Enjoy Every Sandwich, by Lee Lipsenthal
Think Like a Futurist, by Cecily Sommers
Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramahansa Yogananda
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert Pirsig (Again – read in the 90s)
Quiet – The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain
168 Hours, by Laura Venderkam
Who’s the Fairest of Them ALL?, by Steven Moore
The Advantage, by Patrick Lencioni
For 2013, maybe a little less American Idol and more time for reading, or not....
From Steve Jobs… the world isn’t just the way it is, “it (life) can be much broader…..”
Steve Jobs: Good artists copy… great artists steal
After some back and forth emails with a real artist, Jessie from Stray Dog Arts, she sent me a link to a podcast interview with Seth Godin talking about his new book Lynchpins on the Accidental Creatives Blog.
It is a great listen and pushes all the right buttons.
I read Lynchpins a few months back and it has been kind of top of mind this summer in my daily journeys. Its about becoming remarkable, indispensable and doing things that matter. Acknowledging and accepting the resistance as part of being creative and inspirational and GETTING THROUGH IT.
From the interview….The days are over where we can expect Ford to open up a factory next door and pay us $120k to build cars. It’s OVER. What is replacing that is organizations big and small made up with unique individuals that are doing things that matter and most importantly without a manual. To do things that matter and to do them without a manual you have to get over the resistance and you have to learn to ship…..This economy is punishing the fearful and and increasingly benefitting those that are brave enough to be creative and generous enough to give it away. But to give it away you have to ship.
The single biggest part of Lynchpins that I think about is the Chapter on Shipping “Real Artist Ship”. Who said that? Steve Jobs (even when the antenna doesn’t work I guess). For me, there are thousands of things to get in the way of shipping – it can always be a little bit better if I just spend a few more hours on it – but value isn’t happening when something is still in my laptop or in my head. If it is going to matter, I have to ship it.
And to ship it – I have to confront the resistance.
Am I shipping today or am I giving in to the resistance. For me its not a philosophical question it is a daily challenge. Next
