Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.
In a perfect world, when you call a meeting, everyone shows up on time, comes prepared, is not distracted by their PDA or laptop, and stays alert and engaged. But it’s not a perfect world. BNET talks to Bert Decker a communications expert, best selling author and entrepreneur, to find out how to make meetings more effective
Grabbed from Orange Juice Blog:
The Elite / MVP (Most Valuable Programmer) – They are the best. The last line of defense when the critical-dead line of a project must be done. They are the untouchable. If you are 10 on the group, he done almost 70% of the job.
Some of the photos we took during Typhoon Ondoy. These photos are taken at the Floodway area in Pasig City.The flood in the street where I went was neck deep. Thank goodness there are SUVs nearby and elevated sidewalks.
The family of my girlfriend was trapped and stayed during that time on another house that has a second floor. The water in their area was more than 6 feet. Water has subsided now. All that is left is mud all over the place.
I spent my whole day today trying to squeeze my brain to portray the thoughts of a famous Chairman of one of the biggest conglomerate in the country. Accompanied by my caramel drink and a chipotle roast chicken sandwich, here’s what I’ve come up with.
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Some of my photos from my former company.
I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom.
