I’m on track with my goal to finish reading The Bible in 100 days (4 days in, I’ve read 4% of The Bible). Today I finished reading the Book of Genesis, and tomorrow I’ll start Exodus.
So far, life and death seems to be a major theme, a reminder that no matter what we do on this Earth we all face a certain death (from dust to dust), as does the circular nature of life, passing on from one generation to the next. Genesis was indeed filled with interesting stories from Noah’s Ark to Abraham’s covenant to Jacob & his sons to Joseph, Egypt and his interpretation of dreams. The women of this book are also fascinating, particularly Sarah.
I’ve shared four verses (one each day) that stood out to me on Tumblr here. Look forward to continuing on.
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UPDATE: The Bible In 100 Days
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The Bible In 100 Days: What This Is All About
Here we go… my new project. via thebiblein100days:
I’m starting a new challenge: To read the Bible in its entirety.
I’ve never read the entire Bible, but I’ve often thought about giving it a try. What better time than the present?
My goal: read 1% of the Bible each day, meaning I’ll finish the entire book in 100 days. Thanks to technology, I can…
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Incredible video via crookedindifference:
The Most Astounding Fact by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is his answer.
(via theatlantic)
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Decades of research have consistently shown that brainstorming groups think of far fewer ideas than the same number of people who work alone and later pool their ideas.
— Keith Sawyer, a psychologist at Washington University, on brainstorming and group thinking via The New Yorker -
Don’t forget you’re alive. ‘Cause sometimes when you walk around the city and you’re in a bad mood, you can think, hey, wait a minute, I’m alive! We don’t know what the next second will bring and what a fantastic thing life is. Don’t forget you’re alive, that you’re not dead, for that is the greatest thing.
— Joe Strummer(Source: fyjoestrummer, via nslayton)
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I have my own theory about why decline happens at companies like IBM and Microsoft. The company does a great job, innovates and becomes a monopoly or close to it in some field, and then the quality of product becomes less important. The company starts valuing the great salesmen, because they’re the ones who can move the needle on revenues, not the product engineers and designers. So the salespeople end up running the company. John Akers at IBM was a smart, eloquent, fantastic salesperson, but he didn’t know anything about product. The same thing happened at Xerox. When the sales guys run the company, the product guys don’t matter so much, and a lot of them just turn off. It happened at Apple when Sculley came in, which was my fault, and it happened when Ballmer took over Microsoft. Apple was lucky and it rebounded, but I don’t think anything will change at Microsoft as long as Ballmer is running it.
— Why great companies decline according to Steve Jobs — they stop focusing on the product, innovation & user experience, and obsess over profits instead -
I was just thinking…
There’s no greater feeling than “click”.. It all makes sense now.. When thoughts fit together like puzzle pieces.. The ‘Aha!’ moment.
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There’s a temptation in our networked age to think that ideas can be developed by email and iChat. That’s crazy. Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings, from random discussions. You run into someone, you ask what they’re doing, you say ‘Wow,’ and soon you’re cooking up all sorts of ideas.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s 6 Ingredients For Success
Success = ambition + vision + execution + persistence + luck + timing; the first 4 things you can control and the last 2 you cannot.
[SOURCE: TechCrunch]
