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      16 Mar 2012

      Food Politics » New books on farming, urban and not

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      Particularly interested in the Urban Agriculture focused books. Sustainable measures for better health in cities.

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      1 Mar 2012

      Prioritize for Sanity

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      In the grand scheme of things, there are few things/people in life that warrant your tears, sweat, stress, unending love & friendship. Identify them and place them at the top. Everything below will shuffle along, have highs/lows and eventually won't be of consequence.

      The things we have got going on today that keep us constantly sipping coffee, popping medication and staying constantly glued to a screen often times don't belong at the top. 

      Everything is not important. Because if that were the case, nothing would be important. Marinate.

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      25 Feb 2012

      Dickens, Twain, Kerouac, Warhol: 400 Years of New York Diaries | Brain Pickings

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      Fascinating. Makes me think more about the importance of journaling my experiences.

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      22 Feb 2012

      Ira Glass on Storytelling

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      Real talk. Great thoughts from Ira Glass on getting through the next phase in creative work process.

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      22 Feb 2012

      Full Spectrum Reading List: 7 Great Books by TED 2012 Speakers | Brain Pickings

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      20 Feb 2012

      Want People to Return Your Emails? Avoid These Words [INFOGRAPHIC]

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      Fascinating insight into where we are with email today. I've recently begun using Baydin's "The Email Game" to help me sift through my inbox. It's been helping tremendously - mainly because it's fun and it's great to know that you are cleaning stuff out. It really gets you into the process of ACTION based emailing.

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      17 Dec 2011

      VIP Corner: Mary Ellen Iskenderian on being a smart philanthropist | SmartBlog on Leadership

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      Giving money away is great but being really sure that the organizations you are supporting are leading the way in changing those specific problems areas is when philanthropy is successful. Great tidbit to keep in mind.

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      5 Dec 2011

      Make it Good

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      5 Dec 2011

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      1 Dec 2011

      December = Batcave Mode

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      You know how Batman had his lair where he had a supercomputer and was able to think about his "cases"? He was able to lay out details, do research on his enemies and situations and come up with some sort of solution.

      He also probably got some tea from Alfred, but that's besides the point.

      The year has flown by and it has been absolutely full of some spectacular experiences. Launching the Pulse + Signal Job Board and executing an idea I had - the FastForward Health Film Festival. Smaller events included some great personal development moments and connecting with people that believe in me (and realizing my own potential).

      Now that December is here, I'm planning on cutting back on the insane stream of information, sharing and media that I'm used to exposing myself to on a daily basis. If there is one thing I learned this year, is that things get done when...you do them. Not when you think about them, talk about them or getting advice from other people.

      Hence, Batcave Mode for the month of December. This month I will be planning for 2012, reviewing what went well and what went wrong in 2011 and getting in some much overdue book reading time. Time to reflect and absorb. Emails will be minimized - so don't be alarmed if you see some sort of message pop up if you send me an email letting you know about my general absence.

      2012 is going to be pretty epic.

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