January 2010
35 posts
"A Master In The Art Of Living..."
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing...
“Living well is the best revenge.”
– George Herbert (via emilyposts)
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark. In the hopeless...”
– Ayn Rand (via minilaarni)
Disaster Relief; The New Intangible Celebrity... →
This was a joint effort in the gofg offices after discovering a couple of us knew people going to Haiti that perhaps weren’t qualified to be going. Most had declared on their facebook walls that they were headed into the disaster zone. I hope it sparks some discussion. When getting to these disaster zones takes a certain degree of money, power and connections, the intentions of certain...
Tip Us And We'll Tip You! →
$100 per tip to be precise!
Saturday Morning Phone Calls
Simko: Do you remember Nik from our Helicopter ride to the hamptons?
Me: OMG yes. Did you run into him last night!?
Simko: No, but I was just listening to my voicemails and there is a very formal one from his mother regarding the helicopter I wanted to charter last night.
Me: hahahaha
This Was The Most Fun I've Had All Day →
Chiara Atik. FTW.
“It you don’t help them get ahead, they won’t...
“She only met with her because she deemed her “important enough”
Or
“He was talking to me but moved on when blank walked in, who was more valuable to him.”
I hear similar things to this all.the.time. I am sure I have been guilty of saying them myself. I have been also guilty of wondering (and caring) if people thought this of me. It’s going to stop today. Here’s what I think. At this stage in...
“I’ve always been crazy but it’s kept me from going insane.”
– Waylon Jennings (via jessicachu)
Taken From "Let My People Go Surfing," A Must...
H.D. Thoreau: Simplify, simplify.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in response: One "simplify" would have sufficed.
“This is the midnight attraction”...
Power of Two. Click to Hear →
Still know all the words. Reminds me of you, Renee. “And if we ever leave a legacy, It’s that we loved each other well.”
On Mentors....
Rachelle,
I love speaking to you because your mind is sharp and fast and you are passionate about what you do.
You are close…stay with it…I believe in your ability. Best. S.
Email today from Stan Myserson, a mentor. I randomly had two others email me and two more send text messages. All today. They must know I have a new project brewing that I am anxious and nervous about?...
“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via withinwithout)
“Top results are reached only through pain. But eventually you like this pain....”
– - Juha “the Curel Vaatainen.
Going to run. Just thinking about how similar the experience of running is to that of trying to run a company. I like it.
Guest of a Guest: The Socialite Name Chart →
caro:
My “socialite name” is Tippy Casiraghi, but allow me to note that one of the other female first-name options is Caroline.
Unfortunately the men who plug their names into the chart and happen to have a first name that starts with an H and a last name that starts with a W will come out with “Spencer Spencer.” It’s one of those magical names that can work as a unisex first name (yes, in...
Hey Foster! Take That! →
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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want...”
– Albert Einstein (via libraryland)