Great Articles

- thoughts on writing, Elizabeth Gilbert
- imagination and creativity, Sir Ken Robinson
- talent is earned, nyt article on how to grow a super athlete
- how to grow younger, Ellen Langer
- why nerds are unpopular, Paul Graham
- relentlessly resourceful, Paul Graham
- u.s. education system broken, McKinsey report, lots of stats
- in praise of dullness, David Brooks on leadership
- how to be lucky

Great Videos and TED Talks

Sir Ken Robinson on why schools kill creativity



Elizabeth Gilber on genius and the divine muse (the last section is most moving)

More Great Videos

Ira Glass on How To Tell a Story

MIT's Sixth Sense device

Passion and shiny eyes, Benjamin Zander

Stroke of insight, Jill Bolte

Favorite Quotes

"I write to know what I think."
- unknown

"The value of an idea lies in the using of it."
- Thomas Edison

“If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.”
-Ben Franklin

"Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness."
-Stanislaw Lem

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."
– Rumi

"Good ideas like to be invited, not chased."
- a friend

Laughs

-- men's brains, women's brains
-- twitter jumps the shark
-- 24 hour news BS from the Onion
-- the year the media died
-- nerd venn diagram