Pablo Picasso

"Without great solitude no serious work is possible."

– Pablo Picasso

I take it ole Pablo wasn't a fan of the open plan office!?

focus : a simplicity manifesto in the age of distraction (free ebook)

Focus is about finding simplicity in this Age of Distraction.

It's about finding the focus you need to create, to work on what's important, to reflect, to find peace.

Go here (http://focusmanifesto.com/) for a free ebook (PDF format)

The Science of Spoon-Bending

What does science (or in this case, The Laws of Physics) have to say about people who claim to be able to bend spoons with only the power of their mind: 

Short answer: No way, Jose:

That’s it. We are done. The deep lesson is that, although science doesn’t know everything, it’s not “anything goes,” either. There are well-defined regimes of physical phenomena where we do know how things work, full stop. The place to look for new and surprising phenomena is outside those regimes. You don’t need to set up elaborate double-blind protocols to pass judgment on the abilities of purported psychics. Our knowledge of the laws of physics rules them out. Speculations to the contrary are not the provenance of bold visionaries, they are the dreams of crackpots.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/02/18/telekinesis-and-quantum-field-theory/

The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/08/the-disciplined-pursuit-of-less

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Why don't successful people and organisations automatically become very successful? One important explanation is due to what I call "the clarity paradox," which can be summed up in four predictable phases:

Phase 1: When we really have clarity of purpose, it leads to success.
Phase 2: When we have success, it leads to more options and opportunities.
Phase 3: When we have increased options and opportunities, it leads to diffused efforts.
Phase 4: Diffused efforts undermine the very clarity that led to our success in the first place.

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   ...Instead, we can conduct an advanced search and ask three questions: "What am I deeply passionate about?" and "What taps my talent?" and "What meets a significant need in the world?" Naturally there won't be as many pages to view, but that is the point of the exercise. We aren't looking for a plethora of good things to do. We are looking for our absolute highest point of contribution.

http://abstrusegoose.com/479

Your rewards in life...

Your rewards in life are based on the problems you have chosen to solve, the speed and accuracy at which you solve them, and for whom you have decided to solve them for.

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Debonair

debonair, debonnaire [ˌdɛbəˈnɛə]
adj (esp of a man or his manner)

1. suave and refined
2. carefree; light-hearted
3. courteous and cheerful; affable
4. having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman"

Source: The Free Dictionary.