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What I read?
Starbucks have started a web site to collect suggestions from customers.
Where did I read it from?
Hey, Starbucks, how about coffee cubes?
Jeff Jarvis
BusinessWeek 15 Apr 2008
What sense did I make out of it?
Companies are experimenting to connect closer to customers. They are beginning to understand that customers can help them to innovate.
One of the things I observe on remarkable people like Buckminster Fuller ( Bucky ) is that they influence people with their ideas. Their ideas can through time lag become artifacts ( products ), services or improved versions of the ideas.
Bucky have inspired Stewart Brand to create the Whole Earth Catalog ( WEC ). It is a catalog of learning resources for an individual to take his own initiate to do his own learning. I recently watched a video ( time - 1hr 46 mins ) on the legacy of the Whole Earth Catalog.
What I found interesting in the video:
The impact of the WEC is that it created a culture of learning through making.
The WEC change Kevin Kelly's life as he realize that he did not need to go to collage after reading the catalog.
Stewart Brand was inspired by Bucky to create WEC as a tool to enable people to create change.
What did you found interesting in the video?
Date: 22 Apr 2008
Place: Yosemite National Park, CA, United States
Experience: mountains, trees, water falls, wild life, area of outstanding beauty
Date: 19 - 29 Apr 2008
Place: around San Francisco, CA, United States
Experience: Interesting
Date: 16 - 19 Apr 2008
Place: Portland, OR, United States
Experience: bookshops, cafes, parks, river, hanging out, walking
Date: 8 - 10 and 14 - 16 Apr 2008
Place: around Seattle, WA, United States
Experience: Beautifull
Date: 10 - 14 Apr 2008
Place: around Victoria, BC, Canada
Experience: accessible, natural, beautifull city
1. Parents, friends, teachers, mentors, colleagues and students
2. Have fun
3. Never lose the child-like wonder.
4. Help others
5. Loyalty is a two way street.
6. Never give up.
7. Get people to help you.
8. You can’t get there alone.
9. I believe in Karma.
10. Tell the truth.
11. Be earnest
12. Apologize when you screw up.
13. Focus on others, not yourself.
14. Brick walls let us show our dedication.
15. Don’t bail, the best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap.
16. Get a feedback loop and listen to it.
17. Show gratitude
18. Don’t complain, just work harder.
19. Be good at something. It makes you valuable.
20. Work hard
21. Find the best in everybody, no matter how you have to wait for them to show it.
22. Be prepared. Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.
Source:
Found Paulo Coelho mentioning meditation in his manual of the warrior of light.
The warrior of light needs time to himself. And he uses that time for rest, contemplation and contact with the Soul of the World. Even in the midst of a battle, he manages to meditate.
Occasionally, the warrior sits down, relaxes and lets everything that is happening around him continue to happen. He looks at the World as a spectator, he does not try to add to it or take away from it, he merely surrenders unresistingly to the moment of life.
Little by little, everything that complicated begins to become simple. And the warrior is glad.
What is a warrior of light?
A warrior of light is someone capable of:
understanding the miracle of life
fighting to the last for something he believes in
Source:
Manual of the warrior of light
Paulo Coelho
Page 183 & 184
HarperCollins
ISBN: 000715
I am currently reading Paulo Coelho's manual of the warrior of light. He is the author of the alchemist. The book is like a Brazilian version of the Chinese art of war. I like to share 2 pages in the book that I found interesting.
All the World's roads lead to the heart of the warrior; he plunges unhesitatingly into the river of passions always flowing through his life.
The warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires and he makes these decisions with courage, detachment and sometimes with just a touch of madness.
He embraces his passions and enjoys them intensely. He knows that there is no need to renounce the pleasures of conquest; they are part of life and bring joy to all those who participate in them.
But he never loses sight of those things that last or of the strong bonds that are forged over time.
A warrior can distinguish between the transient and the enduring.
What is a warrior of light?
A warrior of light is someone capable of:
understanding the miracle of life
fighting to the last for something he believes in
Source:
Manual of the warrior of light
Paulo Coelho
Page 4 & 5
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0007156324
