I blogged on The Power of Full Engagement a few months ago. Here’s a helpful summary of 10 of its core insights from the Personal MBA blog.
Effective People Know When to Work and When To Rest
Good thoughts from the Brazen Careerist blog.
What to Ask for for Christmas This Year
If you have thought before that you’d rather not just receive more stuff each year for Christmas, a good alternative is to ask for Kiva gift cards. Here are two benefits.
First, it’s a gift that enables you to help others.
Second, it’s fun. Figuring out the best way to invest $50 or $100 or more in some thoughtful entrepreneurs in the developing world is more fun than getting a new sweatshirt.
Nothing against giving sweatshirts and other such things. There’s a place for that, too. But it would be exciting and even more fulfilling to make “gifts that enable you to give” a larger part of our Christmas giving and receiving.
Organizing for Joy
Seth Godin on why we should organize for joy rather than efficiency.
How David Beats Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell’s article How David Beats Goliath is one of the 100 most interesting things I have ever read.