Highest Paid Profession.

Mindset.

From "The 4 Disciplines of Execution.

Why Utah Has Become America’s Economic Star.

Great article in The Wall Street Journal: From taxes to education to the business climate, the Beehive State has its house in order.

Click here to read full article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-utah-has-become-americas-economic-star-11575676394?redirect=amp&fbclid=IwAR2o61OmVa_1ZFuRxB33W6tYvVKTxBTyFJl7xsH2pnYeo38D1mqy6OJ8XDk#click=https://t.co/40sxLkT2in

Not So Funny Friday

will.i.am and gary.i.am --- seeing i to i.

https://www.economist.com/open-future/2019/01/21/we-need-to-own-our-data-as-a-human-right-and-be-compensated-for-it?fbclid=IwAR0AJTIo8UzRC5Jw9hk__SN6ZN-RztYApmaHgltSCjYhRyIg5hJY6yQ0b8Q Please share your thoughts on the final sentences of his article, "Tomorrow’s entrepreneurs will create virtuous companies that honour people’s data. They will make use of my data with my consent but I will always own it."

The Secrets of Successful Female Networkers

Just read this article in the Harvard Business Review (I like to know women's secrets too 😉) and listened via the "Listen To This Article" feature, and sped it up a few notches.

Learn the four characteristics that distinguish the networking behaviors of more-successful women from those of their peers. In some cases those matched the behaviors of high-performing men; in others there were subtle but important differences.

Entire article: https://hbr.org/2019/11/the-secrets-of-successful-female-networkers?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3hxuFoNbWpmb_DMvsY0-qxBOmemwBOsF8X6_KIlrsM_0R98I9W_irpmak

Drastic Change.

From $500,000 to $.02?!!

Ever Heard The Saying, "Practice What You Preach?"

“A story is told of a woman who was upset that her son was eating too much sugar. No matter how much she chided him, he continued to satisfy his sweet tooth. Totally frustrated, she decided to take her son to see a wise man who he respected. She approached him humbly and said, ‘Sir, my son eats too much sugar. It is not good for his health. Would you please advise him to stop eating it?’

The wise man listened to the woman carefully, turned, and said to her son, ‘Go home and come back in two weeks.’ The woman was perplexed and wondered why he had not asked the boy to stop eating so much sugar. She took her son by the hand and went home. Two weeks later she returned, son in hand. The wise man motioned for them to come forward. He looked directly at the boy and said, ‘Boy, you should stop eating so much sugar. It is not good for your health.’ The boy nodded and promised he would not continue this habit any longer. The boy’s mother turned to the wise man and asked, ‘Why didn’t you tell him that two weeks ago?’ The wise man smiled, ‘Two weeks ago I was still eating too much sugar myself.’ This man lived with such integrity that he knew his advice would carry power only if he was following his own counsel.” — Story told by Elder Jorge M. Alvarado (pictured below)

This lesson shared by Elder Alvarado is one we can all apply: It’s best to practice what you preach.

It’s not that we can’t give advice to someone without following what we’re advising others to do, but it sure does bring credibility to the advice being given. Plus, the person giving the advice feels much more certain and, to an extent, authoritative if he or she is, in fact, practicing what they preach.

AI Cannot Do Without The Human Mind.

AI cannot compete with the human intelligence that connects symbols and objects.

AI cannot do without the human minds that provide it with symbol systems and languages; programs it; structures the information it absorbs in training, whether word patterns or pixels; provides and formulates the big data in which it finds numerical correlations; and sets up the goals and rewards schemes and target sequences that allow it to iterate, optimize, and converge on a solution.

AI cannot think at all. Thinking is conscious, willful, imaginative, and creative.

I'm a big fan of computer technology, advanced AI and computer learning, just remember, speed of iteration is not the same as intelligence!

With 2020 on the horizon, 

do you think presidential candidates should be talking about their stance on data rights? 

Is there a way to be more aware of how our data is being used to sway our votes this time?

You can’t make people change, but...

"Leaders create the conditions where people choose new actions.

The choices are voluntary. They’re made by people who see a new landscape, new opportunities and new options.

You can’t make people change. But you can create an environment where they choose to."

-Seth Godin

New book. Quick read. Very enlightening!