This is probably incomplete, but I really like the feeling behind it. The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away. – David Viscott It reminds me of this primary song I learned as a boy: “Give,” […]
“On December 7, 1972, NASA launched Apollo 17, a lunar mission crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt. It would be the last time humans traveled beyond low Earth orbit, the last time man landed on another celestial body, and the last time man went to the moon. The Last Steps uses rare, […]
Learning comes of the often painful experiences associated with growth.
President Ezra Taft Benson, thirteenth president of the Church, taught: “Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can. He will deepen their joys, expand their vision, quicken their minds, strengthen their muscles, lift their spirits, multiply their blessings, […]
Be careful how you judge success and failure.
“Innovation is a series of repetitive failures.” – Judah Folkman
I just found this great quote by Dee Hock, founder and CEO of VISA. I ask each person to describe the single most important responsibility of any manager. The incredibly diverse responses always have one thing in common. All are downward looking. Management inevitably has to do with exercise of authority — with selecting employees, […]
I’ve visited a lot of places around the world, but I’ve only really lived in a few places. I grew up in Redmond, Washington, the Redmond before Microsoft. The little town with one stop light on Leary Way and fields next to the Library where I would ride my BMX bike. I grew to love […]
Here’s a blast from the past. As Xcode continues to improve as the default IDE on the Mac and for the iPhone, the majority of Apple’s current developers don’t even how CodeWarrior saved Apple. With the release of the iPhone SDK, I think it’s not far fetched to imagine Apple’s WWDC attendance tripling. Someone sent […]
I just rediscovered this great quote: A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. – Max Planck I believe this doesn’t just relate to scientific truth, but truth […]
David Weiss 