January 2010
7 posts
“In leaving Idol, Cowell walks away from an unspeakably well-compensated job, one...”
– Why Simon is Quitting Idol by Richard Rushfield, on The Daily Beast
The mind reels. I suppose this just proves that money really - REALLY - can’t buy some people.
Either that or Simon Cowell values nursing a grudge at far more than $50 million.
I have a feeling it’s probably the latter.
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“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive...”
– Howard Thurman, courtesy of reader Alana (via juliaallison)
“He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening...”
– Thomas Jefferson on intellectual property (via tmblg)
“We are not always aware of the forces that ultimately move us. While focusing on...”
– Bill Damon, The Moral Advantage: How to Succeed in Business by Doing the Right Thing (via juliaallison)
Fill in the Blank Resolutions for 2009!
juliaallison:
Again, thanks to Mary Schmich for the below call to resolve in the New Year, originally published in the Chicago Tribune. Be an overachiever and fill both out!!
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At the dawn of each year, in the fresh air of each new resolution season, my head hums half the time with a line from an old Paul Simon song: “The thought that life could be better is woven...
Here They Lay: My 32 Resolutions for 2009 ... →
juliaallison:
Did I succeed perfectly? Of course not! But isn’t that always the case, with resolutions, and with life?
I did made serious progress on many fronts. On others, uh … not so much.
But that’s okay! This New Years, if you didn’t adhere perfectly to last year’s resolutions, absolve yourself of guilt, of the pervasive feelings of failure. It’s a NEW YEAR. That’s the whole point. ...
“Maybe you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.”
– the inimitable Carrie Bradshaw (via juliaallison)