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This has been one busy, yet transformational, month for me.
It all started with my participation in TED 2008 in Aspen, Colorado. TED, for those of you who haven’t heard of it, stands for Technology Entertainment Design, and it is an invitation-based conference. It is also, bar-none, the [...]
February 24, 2008 – 11:33 pm
I may be completely biased, but TransitCampBayArea totally, completely exceeded my own expectations for the event. And the way that I’m biased is that I quite often hate my own events. In fact, I’m disappointed in them about 75% of the time. (I clearly put too much pressure on myself and have too high of [...]
…researchers…conclude that the feeling of control — whether real or illusory — is one of the wellsprings of mental health. - p. 24 Stumbling on Happiness by Dan Gilbert.
I’m reading a deadly interesting book right now by Dan Gilbert, whose Ted Talk I’ve pointed to before. It’s all about happiness, or, rather, unraveling our conventional [...]
April 12, 2007 – 11:37 pm
Somehow I’ve missed the everyday magic for so many years.
You know, the way life falls into place when you least expect it to? A chain of events that, in retrospect, seem so clearly set out for you, but you could have never predicted. Yet, everything happened like a beautifully choreographed ballet - like it was [...]
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