Sonoran Pot Pie
Sonoran Pot Pie
Shared: Beer Recipe of the Week: “Roggen” German Rye Beer
Beer Recipe of the Week: “Roggen” German Rye Beer on Homebrewers Association:
If you have never tried a German-style Rye beer, you are missing out! The recipe of the week is a delicious Roggenbier that is worth taking a closer look at! Enjoy!
Shared: Animals Are Awesome Too! Humans / People Are Awesome SPOOF
Animals Are Awesome Too! Humans / People Are Awesome SPOOF by Humansare2011:
http://www.humansareawesome.net/ A brand new awesome compilation in the Humans Are serie, Animals Are Awesome Too!. A Humans / People Are Awesome Spoof, just fur fun! Music is Lionheart by Afrojack. Narrated by Terence McKenna and Chief Oren Lyons. Please follow us on twitter! https://twitter.com/#!/Humansare2011
Shared: First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy
First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy by Derek Sivers:
Official transcript at http://sivers.org/ff
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If you’ve learned a lot about leadership and making a movement, then let’s watch a movement happen, start to finish, in under 3 minutes, and dissect some lessons:
A leader needs the guts to stand alone and look ridiculous. But what he’s doing is so simple, it’s almost instructional. This is key. You must be easy to follow!
Now comes the first follower with a crucial role: he publicly shows everyone how to follow. Notice the leader embraces him as an equal, so it’s not about the leader anymore – it’s about them, plural. Notice he’s calling to his friends to join in. It takes guts to be a first follower! You stand out and brave ridicule, yourself. Being a first follower is an under-appreciated form of leadership. The first follower transforms a lone nut into a leader. If the leader is the flint, the first follower is the spark that makes the fire.
The 2nd follower is a turning point: it’s proof the first has done well. Now it’s not a lone nut, and it’s not two nuts. Three is a crowd and a crowd is news.
A movement must be public. Make sure outsiders see more than just the leader. Everyone needs to see the followers, because new followers emulate followers – not the leader.
Now here come 2 more, then 3 more. Now we’ve got momentum. This is the tipping point! Now we’ve got a movement!
As more people jump in, it’s no longer risky. If they were on the fence before, there’s no reason not to join now. They won’t be ridiculed, they won’t stand out, and they will be part of the in-crowd, if they hurry. Over the next minute you’ll see the rest who prefer to be part of the crowd, because eventually they’d be ridiculed for not joining.
And ladies and gentlemen that is how a movement is made! Let’s recap what we learned:
If you are a version of the shirtless dancing guy, all alone, remember the importance of nurturing your first few followers as equals, making everything clearly about the movement, not you.
Be public. Be easy to follow!
But the biggest lesson here – did you catch it?
Leadership is over-glorified.
Yes it started with the shirtless guy, and he’ll get all the credit, but you saw what really happened:
It was the first follower that transformed a lone nut into a leader.
There is no movement without the first follower.
We’re told we all need to be leaders, but that would be really ineffective.
The best way to make a movement, if you really care, is to courageously follow and show others how to follow.
When you find a lone nut doing something great, have the guts to be the first person to stand up and join in.
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Original video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA8z7f7a2Pk
Shared: Inside Pixar’s Leadership
We all know the saying it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission. And everyone knows that, but I Think there is a corollary: if everyone is trying to prevent error, it screws things up. It’s better to fix problems than to prevent them. And the natural tendency for managers is to try and prevent error and over plan things.
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Shared: Beer Recipe of the Week: 13 Mile IPA
Beer Recipe of the Week: 13 Mile IPA on Homebrewers Association:
Try this English-style IPA by Dan Humphrey, which took home a gold medal at the 2005 National Homebrewers Competition! It's a perfect thirst quencher for hot summer nights.
Shared: Seth’s Blog: Getting picked (need to vs. want to)
Seth’s Blog: Getting picked (need to vs. want to):
It’s easier than ever to imagine a successful project or career or organization that isn’t dependent on being picked by those with power.
If you’re frustrated that you’re not getting picked, one plan is to up your game, to hustle harder, to figure out how to hone a pitch and push, push, push. But in the era of picking yourself, it seems to me that you’re better off finding a path that doesn’t require you get picked in order to succeed.
Shared: Unknowable: Rands In Repose
When you talk about change or optimum team sizes, Dunbar’s number is usually thrown down as scientific evidence of something you already know in your bones. Shit gets weird somewhere between 100 and 200 people. You can no longer keep the individual state of each of the other people in your team or company in your head. Which means communication becomes more taxing. Rather than walking up to Fred and saying, “What’s up?” you cautiously walk up to a person you don’t know and sheepishly ask, “Yeah… who are you?”
What was easy becomes hard. What used to be maintained in your head now involves an extra email or an additional meeting. What was familiar becomes unfamiliar and frustrating. Culture is diluted, communication becomes taxed, and people start saying, “I remember when…”
Shared: D*I*Y Planner 3.0 (Classic/A5 Edition) | D*I*Y Planner
DIY Planner 3.0 (Classic/A5 Edition) | DIY Planner:
A set of free do-it-yourself templates, covers, documentation and other gear for creating your own highly customised paper planner system. A year in the making, this new version includes nearly 200 pages of forms covering life management, calendars, project planning, note-taking, health, finance, and even creative uses like writing, storyboards, and web design. With some basic supplies, the handbook, and a little elbow grease, you can create an ideal low-cost productivity system that meets almost every need.