"被信任"的價值, 遠超過我的想像

從Joe寧願選擇他弟弟當工程師這件事情開始, 我體認到"信任" 可以做成一筆大生意, 也可以是回絕一筆生意的原因。

Quotebook

真正熱愛一樣事物，就去享受它所帶給你的美好感受，然後和他人分享，而不是去與他人競爭，因為能夠奪取這份快樂的人，只有你自己而已，同樣地，能夠讓這份快樂持續下去的人，也只有你自己。

原文網址: 《靈魂衝浪手》失去了手臂，卻學會用心去擁抱更多人 | 　火行者的電影部落格　 | firewalker | NOWnews 部落格 http://blog.nownews.com/article.php?bid=156&tid=1545224#ixzz2bGZcv93D

Eight Surprising Rules That Will Get You The Job

http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/05/30/eight-surprising-rules-that-will-get-you-the-job/?utm_source=followingweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20130603&ss=change-agents

1. Stop looking for a job. 
The only time you should send a résumé is when you’ve established there is a real job at a company for which you’re being considered, or a headhunter is trying to fill an open position and requests one. Instead of presenting yourself as an out-of-work job seeker, come across as a resource. Let people know you can solve problems. Approach your job hunt as a search for quality relationships. 

2. Stop working on your résumé.
Your résumé should be clean, clear, simple and no more than two pages. It makes sense to update it when you’ve made a major accomplishment, like increasing sales by 75% in your department or in journalism, writing a cover story. But you should be able to make those fixes in a few minutes. Do keep your LinkedIn LNKD -1.44% profile up to date.

3. Hold your elevator speech.
“After 20 seconds, no one can remember your elevator speech,” contends Ellermeyer. Instead, he recommends telling a story about yourself that runs for 60-90 seconds. “People remember stories,” he says. “Nobody wants to hear facts and figures.” You should come up with a short, possibly humorous moniker for yourself. Ellermeyer calls himself a “connector.” One of his clients branded himself “rent-a-CFO,” and then told a story about how he had gone from project to project over the last year, and how he had found success at each job. Other possible short-hand titles: IT Problem-Solver, Deal Finder, Resource Solution-Finder.

4. Don’t talk about yourself. 
Instead of leading a conversation with the latest news about your life, says Ellermeyer, “find out how you can serve other people.” Be inquisitive about others and when you learn about them, try to suggest a book or article they may want to read or an event they might want to attend. Many people think that networking requires that they list their accomplishments. But it can be much more effective to ask others about their interests and needs.

5. Don’t go to networking events.
Instead try hosting them yourself. Form your own breakfast group of eight or ten people. In other words, create your own network with people you hand-select. Though it’s tempting to sit at your computer and meet virtually, make the effort to get together face-to-face.

6. Take breaks.
7. Don’t say you’re unemployed.

Instead of presenting yourself as an out-of-work executive, hand over a business card. Remember, you’re not out of work. You’re just between jobs.

8. Avoid headhunters.
Headhunters only handle roughly 10% of the available jobs. Also, they’re working for companies and not for you. After you’ve made sure your résumé is in their database, move on.

寫作技巧

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/05/writing-tip-say-it-backwards.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+%28Seth%27s+Blog%29

Writing tip: say it backwards

If your writing feels like nothing but easily defensible aphorisms, as if you're saying things that are obvious, it's entirely possible that no one is going to eagerly keep reading. Your real estate brochure or the ad copy you've written--if it's merely posturing or bragging, better to not say it at all. We already know you think you did something great.
Consider the alternative. Say the opposite. That your condo isn't right for everyone. That your software might be overpriced. That this new model car is in fact quite difficult to use.
And then tell us why. We'd love to know how you're going to wriggle out of that. And along the way, if your story is a good one, we might even give it a try.

Quote from Linuxs founder Torvalds

http://upstart.bizjournals.com/entrepreneurs/hot-shots/2012/06/19/linuxs-inventor-gently-mocks.html?page=all

I loved going to a startup,” said Torvalds. “If any of you ever get the chance—startups that are early in their startup career, when they’re still doing the early technical stuff, and they really do not see where it’s going, and everyone is really gung-ho—are an absolutely wonderful work experience.”

“And when the IPO was getting closer, it changed to not being so much about the technology, and all of a sudden you had to worry about customers and money and IPO issues, and it wasn’t fun anymore,

Medium.com

跟小全聊到 https://medium.com/

看似簡單的平台, 他說這個平台超前台灣15年

超前的原因有:

1. Sophisticated contributor
2. Business Model: the page view in the US is $0.3 while that in Taiwan is $0.03.
    Page view in Taiwan is too low to motivate corporations to build up this kind of platform.
3. Industry Maturity: Internet business maturity.

Quote from Frederick Buechner

You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you. - Frederick Buechner