by Ronald on January 31, 2010
Thank you Clive Swersky for sharing this quote with me:
Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would otherwise never have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
- W.N. Murray, The Scottish Himalayan Expedition
Clive is a compassionate person who runs his own show called Alive With Clive. The show’s mission is to inspire you to fulfill your dreams by doing what you love to do.
He has also created The Alive with Clive Top 20. Every musician who appears on Alive with Clive is eligible to be voted into this. A song from each musician who ends up in The Alive with Clive Top 20 on the day voting ends will be included on a compilation CD to be sold to raise at least a billion dollars for people suffering from AIDS and to prevent the further spread of AIDS in South Africa.
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by Ronald on January 11, 2010
People, especially the younger generation are going to be more personal and intimate online. Think of DailyBooth, foursquare, Gowalla. The idea of sharing not only who you are, but now where you are will be the norm.
Vlogging and video content are going to explode. One way or another, it’s easy to create and publish video. You have computers that come with a webcam as a standard feature now. You also have new sets of point and shoot camcorders available for under $200. On top of that, there will be new phones will follow the iPhone 3GS and offer seamless video recording and uploading.
Sharing content will just get easier. Digg. Delicious. Twitter has retweets. Tumblr has reblog. It’s only a matter of time before other platforms will follow suit.
For those who don’t know how to filter out the information noise, this will also be a year (and maybe decade) of information overflow. This will bring rise to more curators or even curating systems (like Alltop) to help manage this problem.
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by Ronald on November 28, 2009
What is Parkinson’s Law? According to Wikipedia, it is generalized as
“The demand upon a resource tends to expand to match the supply of the resource.”
That still may not be clear for you. Basically, if you give yourself 8 hours to complete something for the day, it will take 8 hours. However, if you give yourself less time, you will complete it in less time as well. Creating strict, tight, deadlines for yourself creates an urgency to finish tasks and projects.
One way of applying this law is to get a timer and set up chunks of time to finish projects. In fact, before I started to write this blog post, I have given myself 20 minutes to complete it.
In order for this to work, you need to hold yourself accountable for it. If you miss a deadline, acknowledge that you missed it and also acknowledge the impact it creates for you, your work, and all that you influence. Don’t beat yourself up for it, that adds nothing but stress for yourself. Just create a new deadline for yourself and make sure you hold the same accountability, if not more, for it. If you fail to do so, you will create a downward spiral for yourself with a trend of missed deadlines that don’t seem to matter for you.
Do you apply Parkinson’s Law in your life? If so, what are some ways you apply this law?
(For those curious, I finished this post in 18 minutes.)
by Ronald on October 4, 2007
