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ChipConley

  1. Stop Stress and Live Free. Check out this course from my friend Jed Diamond ow.ly/b8wH7 via @MenAliveNow
  2. Managers focus on getting people to do the work right. Leaders focus on getting people to do the right work.
  3. w/Gavin Newsom for his TV show on Current. He's nervous because we'll talk about Emotional Equations & Gavin's not a big fan of his emotions
  4. The 12 Hottest Start-ups in Silicon Valley. The next Google or Facebook? read.bi/Js4vaq
  5. The 25 Young Silicon Valley CEOs who need to be under surveillance (because they've got potential) read.bi/IEWmGB
  6. Nice to see Burning Man principles highlighted in SF Chron OpEd about why corporate promos are forbidden on the Playa. bit.ly/KN43FX
  7. All kinds of companies say that they "innovate" so that the word has lost its meaning. Nice WSJ article. on.wsj.com/LavwEJ
  8. The Beatles' Hierarchy of Needs (Maslow would be proud). bit.ly/JrBSRw
  9. Over to Boston's Children's Hospital to give a speech today. The same week "House" had its last episode on Fox. No more Dr House's please.
  10. 'The customer is always right,' but only when he has you by the balls. Don't let your customers have a grip on your private parts.
  11. "If we know money doesn't buy happiness, why are we optimizing for money?" Adam Kraemer, Facebook Happiness Project
  12. John Mackey (Conscious Capitalism conf): "Love needs to come out of closet in companies...find ways to show love/appreciation to each other"
  13. Human beings are built to care. Our institutions either magnify or degrade our capacity to care. (Professor Dutton)
  14. Clueless hoteliers. @HyattHouse. No body lotion. Front desk person tells me they have free lotion there to be used. Get naked at front desk?
  15. @WorkFromWithin Thanks so much, Susan...really excited to see ArtPad become a phenomenon and create so much joy for people...
  16. "Work is love made visible." How can you honor Khalil Gibran's powerful quote this week? On a bad workday, ask, "Where is the love in this?"
  17. Mucho art for past 4 days at ArtPad. What a crossroads for creative people, just like I'd imagined 25 yrs ago when I bought the seedy motel.
  18. Last chance to experience ArtPad 2012 at The Phoenix Hotel (artpadsf.com). Great art, warm pool, delicious brunch, cool people.
  19. Mark Zuckerberg had quite a week: 28th b'day, largest IPO in history pegging his wealth at $20 bil, & then a wedding. tcrn.ch/K1qBWu