mitmads

"a health system that can set prices with impunity because consumers rarely see them — and rarely shop for discounts"

Sorry, didn't know of the original post.

"Father (English), padre (Italian), pere (French), pater (Latin) and pitar (Sanskrit) are cognates" - From related article http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/lingui...

Niall Ferguson's response - http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22417231

"It’s that implicit I don’t know at the heart of Montaigne’s essays — his frankness about being a foolish, flawed and biased human being — that she thinks has endeared him to centuries of readers and exasperated more plodding, systematic philosophers."

Made me reread this article - http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news/companies/inside_trader...

So, u never save for later?

"The only rule is to sleep long enough to feel refreshed when you wake up." Totally agree with this. I guess for me it's 6.

Didn't get enough sleep in the night, so the joke escaped me :-)

Link please

"In some ways the technology is transforming us into brilliant fools" - Nice sentence !!!

"women need sponsors more than mentors. Mentors will offer advice and guidance; sponsors will actually pull women’s careers along." !!!

I agree with the fact that producers will not invest $100/$200 mn on a 25 year old. Thats the nature of the business. No connection with innovation.

"expertise is usually a pre-requisite for real innovation". May Be. But many a times, being naive (and inexperienced) may make one to see and think differently.

"The directors of the five top-grossing films of 2012 are all in their 40s or 50s" - What does this prove? Are they innovators? "But there is another reason to keep innovators around longer: the time it takes between the birth of an idea and when its implications are broadly understood and acted upon. This education process is typically driven by the innovators themselves." - I don't fully agree with this. 'typically' is a broad word.

"We need to move to a system where new drugs are priced as close to the cost of production as possible - and where innovation is paid for and rewarded separately. We need innovation and affordable access." - A challenging pricing problem that needs to be solved.

Whenever I used water fountains I thought the they called for better designs.

This - suffering comes from being attached to the outcomes.” - reminded me of a similar quote from Bhagavad Gita (paraphrased) - "Do your duty without attachment to the outcomes"

Good w/e listening for entrepreneurs

Good tips (warning) for bloggers - "The blogosphere, with its wonderful but dangerous flexibility, can ruthlessly betray an author’s attitude toward his readers. Does he respect their precious time and keep things tight? Is he sensitive to their expectations?"

Did you guys notice the author of the article? He has a strong connection with Apple/Jobs - https://www.smalldemons.com/persons/business_leaders/Jean-Lo...

I envy my dad's ability to recite Shakespeare plays that he learnt many...many years back. The more I use my gadgets, the more i am losing my memory. Need to find ways to improve my memory.

Best phrase "optimize for happiness instead of money" !!!

In sites like Amazon.com, comments and reviews have a big influence on the consumers. No wonder Yelp was built on reviews.

Thank you. I'll try them.

No. The second mod is not mine.

Done. Used the second half of that sentence to make it more appropriate.

Good post. Thanks. If you take out the 'distractions' how much time ideally you think you should have spent on the process?

Yes. I like 1-side papers. Some times i used to fold them, staple them together to make it a pocket sized notebook. I am not sure how for this is true - I remember reading somewhere that Gandhi used to use the white space on news paper borders to write.

Do you use any specific mind mapping technique?