QUOTE OF THE DAY
You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the industrious out of it.
You don’t multiply wealth by dividing it.
Government cannot give anything to anybody that it doesn’t first take from somebody else.
Whenever somebody receives something without working for it, somebody else has to work for it without receiving.
The worst thing that can happen to a nation is for half of the people to get the idea they don’t have to work because somebody else will work for them, and the other half to get the idea that it does no good to work because they don’t get to enjoy the fruit of their labor.
– Adrian Rogers, Ten Secrets For A Successful Family (p. 1138), 1996
Lest you think this is solely a political message, substitute “leadership” for “government” in the third sentence and “organization” for “nation” in the last paragraph.
From an organizational perspective, we wouldn’t dare to think any other way, would we?
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There’s so much great stuff in this video that I couldn’t not post it. (And Lefsetz is right; that quote about Ashton and Ellen on Twitter is incredible.)
I have to say, though, that I don’t think the video looks deep enough. Yes, social media/networking is a fundamental shift in the way we communicate — but my question is what’s causing that shift in the first place? It’s partially technology, but as Clay Shirky says:
“A revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new tools; it happens when society adopts new behaviors.”
More on this idea is coming soon.
Your thoughts go here:
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I just watched an incredible and insightful video on the oft-impossible weight of creativity from Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat, Pray, Love) at TED this year.
If you consider yourself to be a creative person, or know someone who does, please take 20 minutes to watch this video.
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