on disruption

find the convention, the status quo, and defy it.
Find the negative and give it a positive spin.
How can I apply this to my everyday life?
Smile to that annoying classmate, sleep with the enemy.

on fascination

just another thought following the perfect spaghetti sauce quest idea... a different orchid for a different bug.



The point is ... that every one of these flowers has a specific relationship with the insect that pollinates it. There’s a certain orchid [that] looks exactly like a certain insect. The insect is drawn to this flower, its double, its soul mate, and wants nothing more than to make love to it. After the insect flies off, it spots another soul mate flower and makes love to it, thus pollinating it. And neither the flower nor the insect will ever understand the significance of their lovemaking.

How could they know that because of their little dance, the world lives? But it does. By simply doing what they are designed to do, something large and magnificent happens. In this sense, they show us how to live. How the only barometer you have is your heart. How when you spot your flower you can’t let anything get in your way.

Laroche, Adaptation

on research

There is not such thing as "the perfect spaghetti sauce". There are, however, perfect spaghetti SAUCES. Beacuse every person is unique and everyone likes his or her spaghetti sauce in a certain way. That is essentially the charm of life and the pursuit of happiness, the search for a spaghetti sauce that is perfect for each of us.



Malcom Gladwell at Ted.

This guy is amazing! Great communicator, great insights on marketing and on life. Love it!!!!! Note to self: MUST MUST read his books.