Quit Managing Your Time and Start Managing Your Attention
Lee J. Colan & David Cottrell – “The myth of time management never dies. Many people enroll in ‘time management’ classes and learn techniques like making to-do lists. That’s fine. Lists can be useful, even satisfying. It’s great to experience that rush—Ahhhh!—as we check something off the list. However, by the end of the day,...
Happiness
Are you in a happy mood? Take a look at this World Database of Happiness, a great scientific & inspirational directory for everything from a selection on valid measurement to a state happiness ranking. Heard about Bhutan’s policy to measure ‘Gross National Happiness‘ instead of the traditional economic measure of GDP? Or watch Goldfrapp’s ‘Happiness’,...
This is SCHOOL
Lovely concept, great design. ‘This is SCHOOL’ is a t-shirt that’s a counterpoint to all the negative sentiment the Beijing Olympics has been stirring up. And it is also a reminder that the Olympics is all about UNITY, which the shirt shows by featuring every single competing nation in a yummy word track. Read more...
2008 most liveable cities
The Monocle Global Quality of Life Index may one day graduate to adopt a scientific methodology that considers a larger spectrum of cities around the world, but I’m happy to settle for their current coverage and play the my-city-is-better-than-yours game, using the tidbits of quick facts they’ve compiled. For those who don’t buy the magazine...
The Girl Effect
Beautiful! The Girl Effect. Thanks to Anothercompany. People who looked at this item also looked at… The world’s water future 2009 60 Years Horizon Related items Donate Your Space Quit Managing Your Time and Start Managing Your Attention HOME: It’s Too Late To Be A Pessimist Elkouria “Rabab” Amidane wins student peace prize Tackling Climate...
The One Flag
Adbusters invite everybody to create a flag – free from language and well-worn clichés – that embodies the idea of global citizenship. A symbol that triggers pride and cohesion, whether worn on a backpack, displayed on a door, or flown on a flagpole. A symbol for anyone to declare membership in a growing and vital...
Donate Your Space
How do people make the Millennium Goals visible for themselves in a creative way? Donate Your Space is such an idea, where people can use ribbon or stickers to ‘donate a space’ for one of the Millennium Goals, be it fair world trade, or clean drinking water for everyone. Go and take a look –...
Authentic
Where are you going? ‘Do you treat life as a journey, with a destination or as a stroll, with no particular objective? If you do see life as a journey – what is your destination, where are you going? ‘ Neill Crofts is founding father and the brain behind a great new concept: Authentic Leadership...
Virtual Water
Here’s another great website which shows you the ‘virtual amount of water’ used to produce certain foods. Check it out. Theory behind the concept of »virtual water content« [excerpt from waterfootprint.org] Virtual water content – The virtual-water content of a product (a commodity, good or service) is the volume of freshwater used to produce the...
