It’s Sunday — Be Happy :-)

I now understand why Jonathan Haidt's The Happiness Hypothesis is the number #1 ranked book in "Brain Pickings Blog's" Happiness Must Read List. In an nutshell it's "Happiness 101". It definitely put a good wrapper around the happiness and neuroscience books that I've recently read. Most of the negative reviews on Amazon are about lack...

Happy Valentines Day <3

Hugh MacLeod @gapingvoid has a ton of art that works for Valentines Day. "love is embedded" is one of my favorites ❤

Lots to Read on the Web – @achiu, @martinertl, @ericries, and @vancouvergolf

Lotsa good reading in blog/twitter land this past week. @achiu has two tweets this week that I really liked. The first tweet links to an FT article discussing how entrepreneurship programs are becoming more important in MBA programs. Innovation and creativity move to the heart of the curriculum. I find this interesting because many people...

Happiness Part Deux – Matthieu Ricard

I really enjoyed this book. It's written in an easy reading style, but it's not one that can be read quickly. The ideas are "subtle" and require time to digest. It's similar to Howard Cutler's "The Art of Happiness" and I think it's better to read this after that book. This book is much deeper...

Commenting on other “Blank vs Jobs” Comparisons

I'm one of many using Steve Blank's Four Steps to the Epiphany when teaching entrepreneurship at MBA school. Jeffrey Bussgang has a great post on "Steve Blank vs Steve Jobs". The comments stream is like a FAQ of customer development. I like it. Adds stuff like Eric Ries view that "We're not listening to customers,...