Thought provoking

Brand is another word for image, which is another word for reputation. And that’s a lesson in how you build a brand. You take the truth and deliver it in a surprising, creative way.

The French have a term: déformation professionnelle. It’s the way your profession influences the way you see the world. Clem’s mum Jamanda, for instance, is a radiologist. She looks at a lot of X-rays and scans and tries to see if there’s anything wrong. In a scan, there is a regular appearance and an irregular appearance for all the things she mig

Often I encourage people to try this exercise: First, go around and pick up the most inspirational book in your house, or a recording, a podcast, an audiobook—whatever you find inspirational, that challenges your thinking, and is positive and something you like. Sit down for ten minutes and read/listen. You don’t have to be listening for anything i

The first axiom is: it is impossible not to communicate. In other words, we don’t just communicate when we choose to speak or send out a message; in fact, we don’t only communicate when we intend to communicate. You can see the truth of this if you consider, for example, how you might interpret someone else’s failure to return a phone call – especi

If you want to learn something for the long run, you have to write it down. If you want to really understand something, you have to translate it into your own words.

Advocate Pragmatic Climate Policies

• Policymakers should adopt a pragmatic, long-term approach acknowledging climate warming as inevitable.


• Investing in engineering and mining revenue is critical to develop affordable green technology and transition energy systems.

Plato's Cave and The Matrix

• The Matrix is based on Plato's cave analogy.


• In the analogy, a prisoner chained in a cave interprets the world solely through shadows cast on the wall.


• Plato argues we need to unchain ourselves and leave the cave, just as Neo leaves the Matrix's false world by taking the red pill.


• Today's technology may create a superficia