Interviewer: ‘How come Norwegians write so much software?”
Kid: ‘We have very long winters in Norway’
Interviewer: ‘Don’t you have girlfriends here?’
Kid: ‘Yes, but they program too’

What a star.

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.

3. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, ‘My purpose is to __________ today.’

4. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

5. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli , almonds & walnuts.

6. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

7. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control.
Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

8. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

9. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

10. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

11. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

12. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

13. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.

14. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

15. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

16. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will this matter?’

17. Forgive everyone for everything.

18. What other people think of you is none of your business.

19. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

20. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch!!!

21. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

22. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements:
I am thankful for __________.
Today I accomplished _________.

23. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

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But i also don’t think we as a connected society should be quick to dismiss the perception that one could easily take away from this example. Hence this article.

Like it or not, Dare’s one of the spokes in Microsofts Corporate Vehicle. As such the same rules should apply to his stupidity in judgement as they do when he is recognized for his successes.

Corporations are the sum of their employees. Likewise, employees of organizations are representatives of that institution 24 hours a day. So when your most well known employees run off at the mouth, it’s hard to overlook the reflection it has on that company.

Perception is reality. Regardless if it’s right or wrong.

I would venture to say that if Derek Jeter had a well known personal blog where he criticized Top Baseball industry bloggers, not only would the media/industry bloggers jump all over it, but a lot of poeple would be quick to judge the character of the Yankees and their choices in team members.

As MA pointed out, you can put all of the legal disclaimers you want on these things. But at the end of the day, it doesn’t make one bit of difference in the courtrooms of society.