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Sometimes it's valuable to look back at where and when you first learned something. My first contact with the ideas of David Allen were in the pages of Fast Company magazine. He took a lot of things in my life which didn't make sense and helped me sort them out. Fast Company: Don't Manage Time,…

This bit of wisdom applies even to oneself. If you want to change your behavior, first change your frame. Fast Company: Change or Die, 05-May, by Alan Deutschman (Book) The big challenge in trying to change how people think is that their minds rely on frames, not facts. "Neuroscience tells us that each of the concepts…

Advertising Age: At 90, Direct-Marketing Legend Wunderman Looks Forward…, 2010-Jul-26, by Rance Crain Lester acknowledges that competition, on all levels, is becoming much more intense, including the competition to get information the other guy doesn't have access to. "And therefore to hit the right target at the right moment and the when — the right…

We are still trying to figure out just how we can profit from the 'long tail,' but there's no denying Chris Anderson recognized a shift in the marketplace. Wired: The Long Tail, 2004-Oct, by Chris Anderson Hit-driven economics is a creation of an age without enough room to carry everything for everybody. Not enough shelf…

If you’re not listening to your dreams, you’re missing out on one of the most delightful, natural, and biblical ways that God works in our lives to teach us and to help us to grow. via highcallingblogs.com

Lay's is kicking off a nationwide experiential tour featuring the company's potato farmers. via www.mediapost.com PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division is sinking a lot of money into this program, but it looks sensible. I don't enjoy wearing potato chips on my middle-aged hips, but I really appreciate Frito-Lay focusing on the community. They're also donating plants to…

From Hugh Macleod's Ignore Everybody (2009) So if somebody wants to rip my idea off, go ahead. If somebody wants to overtake me in the business card doodle wars, go ahead. You’ve got many long years in front of you. And unlike me, you won’t be doing it for the joy of it. You’ll be…

David Siegel has a new book out, The Power of Pull, and I haven't read it yet, but reading about it made me nostalgic for the early days of Fast Company magazine, where I read this excerpt of this book, "Futurize Your Enterprise: Business Strategy in the Age of the E-Customer" (Wiley, 1999) The Web…

I've always appreciated Peg Bracken. She wrote wonderful prose about leaving housework behind for 'real life.' Fifty years ago Peg Bracken sat down and did a revolutionary thing. She wrote a cookbook for women who hated to cook. She was on to something. It became an American classic. Three million copies later, the book is…