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Auckland, New Zealand
Joined April 2007
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You can fix who's in the room, coach self-awareness, model & demand transparency. But you can't out-system ego. High-performing teams ask "Did we get the best answer?" not "Did my idea win?"
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I'm grateful as ever to play a part on the Aspen team. When life forced remote work, the team put lessons to use. What took shape is Playspace—a platform that combines digital collaboration tools with shared spaces. Work's more fun when it's play. More at play.space
When so much in the world feels ominous, I’d like to channel this conductor’s vibes at the 7:38 mark, take a deep breath, and march on. ✌🏽
youtu.be/ltOge9h_Ffk?t=436
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In our family we teach “I want” statements—not to raise bossy kids, but people who know what they want, learn to communicate what they want, are open to being reminded of higher desires over impulsive reactions, and do all of this in the context of others.
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Quality insights here from @johannhari101 youtube.com/watch?v=MB5IX-np…
"Your depression is not a malfunction—it's a signal... There are very real biological contributions to depression and anxiety, but... you're not a machine with broken parts."
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I'm lucky to work with amazing people—the kind who streamline feelings of empowerment, creativity, and collaboration. How? Among other things, a dogged commitment to improvement, transparency, follow through, and respect. 1/3
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Before gadgets controlled our attention and busyness was revered what did we do with our time? Daydream more often...
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I bask in the simple, descriptive writing of E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web. Bedtime reading with my kids has never been more fun.
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Curiosity requires both an emotional hook and baseline knowledge. 6seconds.org/2017/08/03/lear… via @eqjosh
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Regardless of one's politics, this is a message worth supporting and I'm grateful it was advanced with a female presidential nominee. xitter.cf/HillaryClinton/status/…
Hello, rural America. I thought I kinda knew ya, but I don't. I'll try to know you better from now on.
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A tremendously constructed tweet xitter.cf/marketwatch/status/768…
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Via @nprbooks: A Neuroscientist Explores The Illogical Behaviors Of The Mind In 'Idiot Brain' n.pr/2afTU8l
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Tremendous headline xitter.cf/sfgate/status/71410017…
Jony Ive on focus and prioritization is my highlight from recent interview with @charlierose youtu.be/CrPS4ca1tgg?t=36m49…
Ever a problem child, in 5th grade I was allowed to leave class to run myself ragged, then return. Changed my life. xitter.cf/jimkchin/status/712314…
"Sustained passion is the hallmark of mastery." Nice piece in @OutsideMagazine by @BStulberg: bit.ly/1MxhcDd
An interesting snapshot at U.S. income tax rates and brackets over the past century. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income…
"Consciousness can cultivate choice and change... we can conceive new ways of thinking, feeling and behaving." xitter.cf/mashable/status/708660…
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Time will the market size for high-end workout apparel, but @tracksmith speaks to its audience with this vid: bit.ly/20uED8q