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Sep 24, 2011
Little Face (@Capitoline Museum) (Taken with instagram)
Aug 13, 2011
Damp and dew-dappled. (Viewed from the inside of my tent.)
Jul 31, 2011
One of my favorite summer garden things. They smell heavenly! (Taken with instagram)
Jul 9, 2011
The Gods’ Own Ruler (Taken with instagram)
Jun 26, 2011
Basil(s), Sage, Strawberry, Mint (Taken with instagram)
May 1, 2011
Spring! I spy a ladybird… (Taken with instagram)
Apr 30, 2011
Cute, cute, cute — Nash Metropolitan (Taken with instagram)
Apr 28, 2011
Don’t blame the typewriter for the misguided double-space-after-a-sentence convention. (Reading Bringhurst) (Taken with instagram)
Apr 12, 2011
In love with the sky today. (Taken with Instagram at New Seasons - Arbor Lodge)
Jan 27, 2010
Are you indispensable? | Daniel Pink (Tipped off to this gem by @bobulate, thanks!)Too many people harbor the misguided belief that humans are motivated solely by biological urges and by carrots-and-sticks. Those two drives matter, of course. But we’ve neglected that humans also have a *third* drive — to direct our own lives, to get better at stuff, to make a contribution.
Here’s an example. This weekend somebody’s going to be practicing the clarinet — even though it won’t get him a mate (the first drive) or make him any money (the second drive.) Why is he doing that? Because it’s fun, it’s interesting, it’s meaningful. Because the act is its own reward.
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Stop treating people like horses and start treating them like human beings. Instead of trying to bribe folks with sweeter carrots or threaten them with sharpen sticks, how about giving them greater freedom at work, allowing them to get better at something they love, and infusing the workplace with a sense of purpose? If we tap that third drive more fully, we can rejuvenate or businesses and remake our world.
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