A little perspective
Here's a quote I overheard this week about the economy in the US:
"You have to close your laptop because you can't stand to look at your retirement fund any more."
Let's think about this for a second. This one sentence is very indicative of many of the situations I hear people in. This sentence indicates a few things:
1. You have power in your house (ie, it's warm)
2. You have internet connectivity
3. You have a portable supercomputer ON YOUR LAP that is connected to a global network of computers that allows unlimited communication with almost anyone in the world
4. We assume that if you have the 3 above, you have some sort of food.
For you, it's not THAT bad. You're smart. Really you are. DO SOMETHING. Invent something new. Start that novel you keep saying you're going to write. Solve the world's energy problems. Pick something and DO IT.
And while you're at it. help your neighbor out, I know you know someone who has lost their job and might not eat tonight but would never tell anyone. That is a real problem.
Your retirement will bounce back. And if it doesn't, you're not starving, so keep that in mind.
Quote of the day
The cost of failure is the principal barrier to innovation. - Cory Doctorow
Quote of the day
My Nephew Xander looked at his mom (my sister) with a serious face this morning and said, “Mommy……Jesus had a DVD player.”
Awesome.
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The lovely @pamslim who does Escape from Cubicle Nation had Gary Schoeniger on the podcast today.
Here's a real gem from him that stuck with me all day:
"Entrepreneurs look for problems, the don't run from them"
Quote of the day
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.
- Neil Gaiman













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