What George Gershwin's Piano Teaches Us About Technology - Forbes
Sometimes a jewel becomes more valuable when people can wear it. That is a thought I had the other day when I was permitted to play the Gershwin Steinway that resides in a workshop at the School of Music at the University of Michigan. It is a true musical jewel, even [...]
The three personal development goals successful people pursue habitually - The Globe and Mail
If you Google “daily habits of successful people” you’ll find almost every business-focused media outlet represented in the results. But if you’re looking for a guaranteed roadmap to success, don’t get excited just yet. If you read all of those articles, or even a few of them, you’ll soon realize that successful people have a wide range of daily habits.
Digital Music: Can You Hear Above 16-bit/44.1kHz? - The Mac Observer
Dave Hamilton walks right into the line of fire today, detailing and explaining the differences between 16-bit and 24-bit audio bit depths, as well those between sample rates of 44.1kHz and 192kHz. Like The Beatles said about love, Dave says about 16-bits: it's all you need.
Maryland parents investigated by the police for letting their kids walk home alone.
On a recent Saturday afternoon, a 10-year old Maryland boy named Rafi and his 6-year old sister Dvora walked home by themselves from a playground about a mile away from their suburban house. They made it about halfway home when the police picked them up. You’ve heard these stories before,...
Feed Your Career Octopus: Tips For Finding (And Keeping) Awesome Mentors | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
Research shows that mentors are an important and valuable asset for career planning. Everyone from Martha Stewart to Kid President to your high school...
Working hours: Proof that you should get a life | The Economist
DO YOU work too much? Last year we wrote a jolly piece that found an interesting correlation between working hours and output. With higher working hours, labour...
How To Make Difficult Conversations Easy: 7 Steps From A Clinical Psychologist
Someone is yelling and screaming at you. Here are steps from a clinical psychologist on how to turn difficult conversations into reasonable discussions.
Why is change so difficult? Why do we resist it? Why do we fail to adapt even when our current methods aren't working? My work with clients in my coaching practice and MBAs at Stanford often involves helping people implement,...
25 Professional Networking Experts to Watch in 2015
When you write about relationship-building and networking, as I do, you tend come across a lot of authors and experts who write about these topics. Recently, I looked around for a comprehensive list of relationship-building/networking experts and I couldn’t find one. So I decided to create a list myself. The folks on [...]
Desperate To Speak: How Emily Blunt Found Her Voice : NPR
The actress stars in the new film Into the Woods, in theaters Thursday. On screen she's a natural. But as a kid, she had a stutter so severe she could hardly say her own name.
Leading Through the Death of a Team Member | Never Too Old To Learn
Earlier this year, my team experienced the sudden tragic death of one of our teammates. I am fortunate to lead a great team. Our team members had been in place and unchanged for over five yea…
The Majestic Beauty Of Old Libraries Captured By Franck Bohbot | DeMilked
New York-based French photographer Franck Bohbot has his camera lenses focused on the most beautiful library interiors in the world for quite some time.