Kristin Savage

I heard this today and liked it…

“A strength overdone can become a weakness” (Author unknown)

So true! Kinda like:

• analytical skills taken too far can make someone too particular
• a relaxed demeanor taken too far can result in, um, no results
• motivation taken too far can make for a wild goose chase
• a marketing budget taken too far can become an excuse for not focusing on making a great product

etc etc.

How smart is your Right Foot?

Try this:

1.  While sitting at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. 

2.  While doing this, draw the number ‘6′ in the air with your right hand.  Your foot will change direction!

Odd eh? But not really surprising, since the brain is pre-programmed against doing it.

… one reason why Cory Jane should not get an All Black trial this year.

This is classic!

Sonny Bill Williams might be an All Black one day.

Which position should he play?

I’m saying Number 8.

I’ve been getting increasingly impatient with my mobile phone. I’m sick of having it in my pocket. It’s become a must-carry and i’m sick of it. Bob Jones asks here about their actual worth in a business setting.

From a safety perspective, yesterday driving home from work, I saw a kid sailing along in the right-hand lane listening to his ipod via headphone, with his mobile in his hand texting. I thought that was dangerous and tooted so he awoke from his technological trance. I didn’t go as far as this guy.

It’s funny how loud cellphone use has become almost acceptable. Let’s start a revolution, where if someone nearby in public is yelling into a phone, tap them on the shoulder and give them a silent index finger to mouth ‘Sshhhhh’.

Here’s an interesting thread on the Bob Jones cellphone incident from Kiwiblog.

Being someone who constantly has ideas entering my mind, I need a filter.

A close friend of mine quoted a fellow start-up founder he’d been speaking with:

“I like to succeed quickly, and fail quickly, because it’s cheaper either way.”

With this in mind, I’m in the process of developing a semi-formal idea filter ready for when inspiration comes. It’ll help remove unnecessary head noise. I’m talking early idea conception, not so much the business planning stage, of which there are already helpful tools.

The filter currently includes:

1. Is it an idea that will need to rely on a heavy sales pitch? If so it probably already has competition.
2. Does it have a viable market? Unless it’s art or a hobby, it’ll need to be financially viable.
3. Will new technology deem it obsolete when the sun sets? (sunset tech-industries have a closer horizon)
4. Do I care enough about the space I’ll be getting into to get through the hard times?
5. Will anyone join me? What resources will i need other than my own?
6. Is the problem i’m solving real or just my obscure problem?

Of course there are hundreds more, this is a nice brief start.

I’ll be continually adding to the filter. On that note this helpful post just came along.

Please feel free to add suggestions yourself.

All ideas about ideas and idea filters aside, even if one gets through the filter, it’s a hard road executing.

Rugby Union - Complex Rules = Rugby League

This from the clever fella’s at ARC Rugby:

I’ve been thinking, there are a few common reasons excuses for someone being a voice in a particular field:

1. Passion
2. Education
3. Experience

Maybe there’s some more. Can you add to the list?

I took the Myers-Briggs test for a University paper back in 1996. I’m an ENTP.

Here is a cool site where you can save time and do the test online. There’s even 3 versions, e.g. one for speed, another more intensive version etc etc.