Did today matter? Why or why not?
Author Archives: Darren
The Mathematics of Gift
Gifting has an exponential ripple effect.
On Waking Up Late
When I’m not living my perfect day, I’ve learned to examine the context surrounding my behavior, and question the assumptions behind not only my perfect day but what conventional wisdom says is good, right and acceptable. Most of all I’ve learned to forgive myself.
Let’s Crush “Crushing It”
Before using ready made phrases I’ll pause and think: do they expand or shrink the listener’s worldview? Do they invite or mute conversation? What worldview do they enforce? Better yet, I won’t use them at all.
Who Is More Important: Achiever or Believer?
How powerful are the narratives that we hold others in? And that others hold us in?
Drucker on Marketing by William Cohen
Marketing begins with the questions: “What does the other party want? What does it value? What are its goals? What does it consider results?”
Movie Theaters: Endgame
The age of distraction-free movie going is over
Outsmart Waste by Tom Szaky
To outsmart waste we need to eliminate the very idea of waste.
Where to Donate Clothes (and Other Stuff) in Saigon
Consider the Shop of Hope or your local pagoda.
Living Zero Waste in Saigon
Your guide to refusing, reducing, reusing, recycling and rotting in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Find zero waste communities and zero waste vendors here.