This whole Spitzer hullabaloo has me thinking about legacy.  The New York Times put up an interactive timeline, “Milestones in an Ambitious Career,” that curtly sums the New York Governor’s key career moments into a few pictures and captions.  Here’s the headlining snippet:
“Eliot Spitzer’s journey from Harvard Law School to […]

There’s a curiously engaging book called How Proust Can Change Your Life, written by Alain de Botton, that looks at Marcel Proust’s life and works (novels) in the context of universal life lessons. Chapter 2, entitled “How to Read for Yourself,” conveys the notion that Proust believed in novels as “a […]

There’s a lot I like about career discovery startup Path 101’s intended trajectory. As I wrote last week, the company is “tackling 3 million+ publicly posted resumes on the web (and any others the company can get its hands on) and working on organizing that information.” Such work could hold exceptional […]

How cool!  Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a post called “Letter to a Young(er) Professional” which covered core recommendations for folks early on the career path.  I hit off with the following:
First, know your options.  If there’s one tool I wish I was given in college it would be a […]

709f092603 Newport, Point Word in Yellow, originally uploaded by Pixel Packing Mama’s photos
At lunch yesterday I had the pleasure of hearing National Review Editor-at-Large and Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute John O’Sullivan speak about his new book The President, The Pope, and The Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World.  […]

the early bird get’s [sic] the worm, originally uploaded by thomas23
Here’s a piece of marketing copy from the not too distant future: “Tired of Early Birds Getting the Worm? Try <insert treatment here>!” The thought hit me while reading Brad Feld’s recent post on morning routine; he writes:
Some people […]

New York Taxi, originally uploaded by r12a
Those of you who know me personally know that I enjoy chatting with taxi drivers. The position affords such a unique perspective on a city, its people’s behavior, and more superficially (but important nonetheless for the directionally challenged), of course, on travel shortcuts. […]

After watching An Inconvenient Truth last Friday, I couldn’t sit still.  Two very disparate thoughts were coursing through me. 
First - rarely does the public witness such a positive reboot of a public figure (Gore).  Michael Ray’s wonderful book, The Highest Goal, came to mind.  In it, Ray describes a binary […]

What’s funny about “social networking” is that it emphasizes the fact that few of us are gifted socializers, though we’re often ferocious networkers. LinkedIn, the “put on your good suit, good manners, and good networking skills” social network is interestingly, no exception. Sure, it lacks the lascivious photos and […]

I think of Ben Casnocha as a “life lessons prodigy.” He’s received recent attention as one of BusinessWeek’s “Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25″ but he’s been riding high on the blogosphere buzz-train for some while now. And deservedly so. You can read about his accomplishments here, but what […]