Archives for October 2015

On a recent trip to Philadelphia, I was struck by how much paperless functionality is available in modern cell phones. The two things that appear to be driving this change are: Cameras built into every phone Constant network connectivity Let me walk you through a small portion of my recent trip to give you some examples of what I'm talking about. With a 6 am flight, we arrived the night before at a hotel near the airport. I had all of my reservation information in an email Gmail on my Android Nexus S phone so I didn't have to print it out ahead of time. Before going to bed, I confirmed the flight time on my phone, also using Gmail's search capability. In the morning, we used … [Read more...] about Mobile Paperless

When it comes to what you accomplish in life, how can you be extraordinary? In this post we are going to look at some habits and traits of people who get an incredible amount accomplished. 1. Perseverance What often separates "good" from "great" is the ability to push just a little harder, to try a few more times, and not to give up just a little longer. If 99% of people will give up after trying something 99 different ways, trying it one more time may very likely put you in the 1% that get extraordinary results. I've been in a lot of situations where my success had nothing to do with being skillful and everything to do with being stubborn. Years ago, I worked in the IT department … [Read more...] about Being Extraordinary