Quote of the Day

80/20 wisdom is to choose a basket carefully, load all your eggs into it, and then watch it like a hawk.

- Richard Koch in The 80/20 Principle

Celebrate Westerns

Quick Look

The trailer for "1984."

A List of Simple Rules

Here's an assignment. Take some time out and write a list of simple rules that you believe leaders and managers should follow. Try to get more than three and - ideally - limit your list to both sides of an index card.

I'll be doing the same and we can compare our lists next week.

The process itself should be helpful.

Great Book Titles

Quote of the Day

Productivity is never an accident.

- Paul Meyer

Secret to Living Longer

The World Economic Forum has a secret to living longer that is both easy and enjoyable.

Viewpoint Diversity

Jacques Berlinerblau on why there are so few Republicans in the humanities. An excerpt:

This imbalance is insanely pronounced in the humanities. It is really, really hard to find a Republican art historian, or a pro-life women’s studies scholar, or an English professor in favor of open carry policies for guns on campus, or a French cinema expert who touts free market values. At an elite school—the type of joint that sits high and lofty atop the U.S. News & World Report rankings—you’re far more likely to encounter a Maoist vegan. Probably a few Maoist vegans.

Music Break

From Fiddler on the Roof: "If I Were a Rich Man."

Lenin in Seattle

GeekWire on the Lenin statue in Seattle.