Week 35 - When You're at the Crossroads of Should and Must

When You're at the Crossroads of Should and Must

It’s not what an artist does that counts, but what he is

http://firstround.com/article/What-to-Do-at-the-Crossroads-of-Should-and-Must

A Mindset Template for Success

Instead of obsessing over things that you can't change, focus on what you can

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140413184735-85816712-a-mindset-template-for-success

How To Build A Disruptive Organization

Eventually every theory of the business becomes obsolete and then invalid

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140406142900-175081329-how-to-build-a-disruptive-organization

Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast

How will you react to series of inevitable random and unknown events

http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/12/culture-eats-strategy-for-breakfast/

Hyper-Growth Done Right - Lessons From the Man Who Scaled Engineering at Dropbox and Facebook

Through boom and bust, build resilience

http://firstround.com/article/Hyper-Growth-Done-Right-Lessons-From-the-Man-Who-Scaled-Engineering-at-Dropbox-and-Facebook

Week 34 - We cannot be broken

The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance

We cannot be broken

http://www.ted.com/talks/hugh_herr_the_new_bionics_that_let_us_run_climb_and_dance

To Innovate you have to Walk as a Leopard, be Brave as a Lion and be Agile as a Gazelle

Innovation is a balancing act

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140327054950-206580-to-innovate-you-have-to-walk-as-a-leopard-be-brave-as-a-lion-and-be-agile-as-a-gazelle

Flying Lessons

Remain Calm

http://firstround.com/article/Flying-Lessons

Rejection as Creative Catalyst: A Lesson in Entrepreneurship from New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff

I'll quit when it stops being fun

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/27/bob-mankoff-how-about-never-book

Is Google 20 percent time same as "Right to experiment"?

What is your view?

http://www.catalign.in/2014/03/is-google-20-percent-time-same-as-right.html

The Promise of a Pencil - Interesting Read

The Promise of a Pencil – Adam Braun

http://www.amazon.in/Promise-Pencil-Ordinary-Person-Extraordinary-ebook/dp/B00A285RC6/

How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

http://www.pencilsofpromise.org

The Promise of a Pencil is the fascinating story of Adam Braun in his own words. Interestingly enough, the book and the motivation behind this phenomenal effort has its origins in India. In Adam’s own words it is as follows

“It began with a question. A small boy, begging on the streets of India.

“What do you want most in the world? I asked. A Pencil”

And there began Adam’s relentless pursuit to make a difference despite all kinds of obstacles.

Adam does shatter many a myth that we possibly continue to keep having and offers thirty mantras for going after our dreams. Out of the thirty mantras the top seven that resonated with me are as follows. I would urge you to grab a copy of the book. It is an extremely absorbing read.

There is a passage in the book where Adam makes the choice between chasing his passion and settling for a comfortable and promising future. In my view, that passage reflected a very honest portrayal of what one goes through in arriving at a life changing decision.

May the tribe of Adam and the Pencils of Promise Grow.

Week 33 - Go placidly amid the noise and haste

Go placidly amid the noise and haste

Strive to be happy

http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~gongsu/desiderata_textonly.html

Facebook VP of Engineering on Solving Hard Things Early

“Management is not about who is who’s boss. Management is the opportunity to explicitly choose tradeoffs.”

http://firstround.com/article/Facebook-VP-of-Engineering-on-Solving-Hard-Things-Early

The Softer Side of Building Products (Warning - Something original !!)

Ten Points of View

http://www.slideshare.net/zunder_lekshmanan/the-softer-side-of-building-products-ten-points-of-view

Forget Innovation, Who Is Your Chief Disruption Officer?

Nothing else seemed possible

http://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickhanlon/2014/03/20/forget-innovation-who-is-your-chief-disruption-officer

The Main Thing

Focus

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140321205155-47700580-the-main-thing

Week 32 - How schools kill creativity (One of the most watched TED Video)

How schools kill creativity

Nurturing Creativity

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on What the Sahara Desert Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

From 'The Little Prince'

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/10/antoine-de-saint-exupery-letter-to-a-hostage-sahara

Living Up to Your Potential is a Platitude Not a Goal

Positive, Kind, Connected and Thoughtful

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140312154154-5973711-living-up-to-your-potential-is-a-platitude-not-a-goal

Invest in life experiences: Why you should buy less crap to be happier in life

Experience Stays with us

http://thenextweb.com/lifehacks/2014/03/12/invest-life-experiences-need-buy-less-crap-happier-life

Power of Visualization

Improvised Storytelling

http://www.slideshare.net/kkolaganti/power-of-visualization-and-its-impact-on-communication