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Disabled vet transforms himself though yoga…
This actually made me tear up a little bit.
Had to retumbl this. What a story!
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Care.
I’ve got strong opinions on the subject of caring in business and could easily tempted to put some words down on the subject but after reading this I really don’t feel the need to. This post by Seth covers the subject perfectly.
“Disclaimer, this is written by Seth Godin read it and more amazing stuff at sethgodin.com“
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A simple antidote to a corporatized, unfeeling, profit-maximizing world
Care.
Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy.
No one reports liking Steve Jobs very much, yet he was as embraced as any businessperson since Walt Disney. Because he cared. He cared deeply about what he was making and how it would be used. Of course, he didn’t just care in a general, amorphous, whiny way, he cared and then actually delivered.
Politicians are held in astonishingly low esteem. Congress in particular is setting record lows, but it’s an endemic problem. The reason? They consistently act as if they don’t care. They don’t care about their peers, certainly, and by their actions, apparently, they don’t care about us. Money first.
#Sunday bike build finished. Excitingly looks outside!…. It’s raining. Fantastic. #fixedgear #thingsorganizedneatly #thingslaidoutneatly #bike #spring #rain (Taken with instagram)
#sunday is bike building day. #fixedgear #thingslaidoutneatly #thingsorganizedneatly #bike (Taken with instagram)
The only shocking thing is the reaction to the news! What? A fast growing internet company with no cash generation but a ton of active users got bought by a large, hungry company with a lot of cash?! Cmon, this was on the cards when they announced a million registered users after just launching back in 2010! Google and others were sniffing around a long time ago. But this is the game and that’s how it’s played. Congrats for the $1billion sale but it does feed the current bubble theory with more fuel. Now we just have to listen to the amplified groans of “they don’t even have a business model” for the next month, year etc or until every other photo is an advert. Which won’t be far away now… (Taken with instagram)
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“Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people [the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet], saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80 percent of its population commutes by bicycle, even in winter. That’s $300 per person per year.
Clearly, the reason the new Danish minister of the interior said she’d ‘rather invest in cycle tracks than freeways,’ is that only one of those has a positive return.” [photo: Ben]
From Copenhagen’s biannual Bicycle Account | Grist
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So awesome and so jealous!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1yycymnbm1qzprlbo1_r1_1280.png)
“Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people [the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet], saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80 percent of its population commutes by bicycle, even in winter. That’s $300 per person per year.
Clearly, the reason the new Danish minister of the interior said she’d ‘rather invest in cycle tracks than freeways,’ is that only one of those has a positive return.” [photo: Ben]
From Copenhagen’s biannual Bicycle Account | Grist
Enjoying this; expect more excepts from it.
So awesome and so jealous!
“ Since rejoining the Company in 1997, Mr. Jobs had not sold any of his shares of the Company’s stock. Mr. Jobs held no unvested equity awards. The Company recognized that Mr. Jobs’s level of stock ownership significantly aligned his interests with shareholders’ interests.
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In a world where the likes of Steve Ballmer and many others routinely sell huge portions of their shares, Jobs kept all of his. $2,319,515,000 worth, as Dustin Curtis points out.
That’s dedication and loyalty. That’s putting your money where your mouth is.
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Artisanal And Authentic, The Flavors Of The New Year
The word on the 2012 food scene is the opposite of processed, mass produced and factory farmed. Weekend Edition food commentator Bonny Wolf sifts through the tea leaves for clues to what you’ll be eating in the year ahead.
Sounds great to me!
Work hard stay humble.
Non-Bike Related:
Really good Vibes in the video! Very Humble dude!
Thefoodhug ltd
So there it is. The name of my little food biz. I whent through tons of ideas but thefoodhug was one of the first names that was thought of and just found myself returning to it over and over again.
I think it sums up the style of food we’ll offer really well (comfort food) and hopefully in some way portrays the uniqueness and individuality that’ll be expressed in everything we’ll do.
So we’ll be serving the working people of Bedford made on the day soups and other food as soon as everything is done and ready (aiming for mid May)
Take care, see you soon :)
Change coming to the High street?
What happens to the high street when I can buy those same things online and get it delivered the same day for the same price or less?
Consider that Amazon are growing at 30% a year and adding a further 3 new fulfilment warehouses to the UK in 2011. How many will it be in 2012? 5? 10?
Its seams pretty inevitable that Amazon will get to the point when they have enough fulfilment warehouses to cover same day deliveries to most areas of the UK right?
Now I don’t know about you but I can easily imagine seeing Amazon vehicles in every major town and city making there multiple daily deliveries. And when I can buy the things I dont like buying but need to buy, and buy them for the same price or less and have them delivered that same day… that’s going to change the way I shop.
And much like the years surrounding the world wars the high street wont be filled with shops that sell rubbish and have poor customer service but instead will be filled with people that are focused on not only your overall experience but also on your relationship to that company and that store.
It pretty clear that most people and businesses are just getting comfortable with the internet’s lively injection into our lives over the past 10 years but I think the next 10 years might just be the most exciting. When the internet and its diverse array of offerings is available both in one click (mobile payments) and can be delivered the same day… that’s going to make huge ripples to the way a lot of people shop.
Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…
Three topics I like, cycling, computers, Steve Jobs.
