January 2010
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Randy Komisar, entrepreneur, talks about failure: “do it yourself” to get your money’s worth. I suppose that relates to success, too.
The only way to really get your money’s worth [of failure], is to do it yourself. Nothing else creates that hollow feeling in your stomach.
Randy Komisar on failure
Randy Komisar is a venture capitalist who has been involved as a lawyer, virtual CEO, and mentor and advisor to companies like WebTV and TiVO. Currently a partner at Kleiner Perkins and a teacher at Stanford, he was asked about failure.
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The interviewer asks Randy about the value of learning from others’ failures, and Randy’s response is yes, you can learn from...
The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest
misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have
dreams, that want to do things….
Talent you have naturally.
Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on
your craft.
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work – Thomas Alva Edison
Would you like a calendar for 2010 with calming images of Moloka’i? All photos taken on the island. http://ping.fm/Plkqp
Four things come not back: the spoken word,
the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. - Arab proverb
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BlogHer5: Five words for women bloggers: Empowering, Educating, Connecting, Sharing, Building — happy 5th anniversary Blogher!
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Supporting Women Bloggers
BlogHer5 Congratulations to BlogHer for their fifth anniversary or connecting women bloggers around the world.
Here’s my take on the top five issues for BlogHer to tackle in the next five years:
1) Generating interest and enthusiasm for minority women business bloggers
2) Increasing the focus on green business women — I’d love to see much more of this — I started...
Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. - Golda Meir
Setting up the Container to Fill the Container
My teacher “Tuhan” Joe Arriola talks about setting up containers to hold what you want them to hold.
As an example, if you set up a savings account at your bank, it typically ends up behaving like a savings account —- you don’t dip into it, you might set up auto-deposit, and it exists outside of your normal frame of reference.
However, when you set up a checking...
How we organize Website Planning
For your website redesign or redevelopment, we typically ask you a number of things in our “checklist” below.
The process for an organization or individual of going through this list often triggers additional analysis of what type of needs you decide you need and what kinds of users you’ll be serving through the website.
I’m also attaching, at the bottom, our overall...
Forbes 20 Best Marketing and Social Media Blogs by Women: http://ping.fm/TkZKP
Our team blog WomenonBusiness.com makes the Forbes top 20 list of Best Marketing and Social Media Blogs by Women: good going, gals!
http://www.MNFTIU.cc by David Rees —- one of my favorite comedians, author of Get Your War On and My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable
My article on Website Trends for 2010: Top 5 Predictions is getting some nice e-mail responses. Thanks!
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Gratitude for the week: NASA videos, our local Moloka’i library, hot popcorn for family movie, my mom & dad, Trader Joe’s, being alive
This year is the year of expanding, increasing, and embracing change. I’ve redone my daily routine to focus on the topics important to me, including starting off the day with visualization and gratitude.
It’s time for auto-updating using Ping.fm…. even more wonderful things for me to share with you. 2010 I am looking for even more GreenBizWomen.com, ASuccessfulWoman.com, TheGreenGirls.com, and WomenonBusiness.com…
Join me! Let’s make it happen —- together.
