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Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.
One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat [...]
Merlin Mann, over at 43 Folders has unearthed the Rosetta Stone of Project and Next Action verbs
Project verbs
Finalize
Resolve
Handle
Look into
Submit
Maximize
Organize
Design
Complete
Ensure
Roll out
Update
Install
Implement
Set-up
Next-action verbs
Call
Organize
Review
Buy
Fill out
Find
Purge
Look into (Web)
Gather
Print
Take
Waiting for
Load
Draft
Email
Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.
Her father, a chef, took her to [...]
“I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot and missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why, I succeed.”
- Michael Jordan