Written by Belinda Luscombe
Published: time.com, Mar. 17, 2011

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Written by Daniel Goleman [more]

"Do not depend on the hopes of results. [more] When you are doing the sort of work you have taken on, essentially an apostolic work, you may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result at all, if not perhaps results opposite to what you expected. As you get used to this idea, you start more and more to concentrate not on the results but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself. And there too a great deal has to be gone through, as gradually you struggle less and less for an idea and more and more for specific people. The range tends to narrow down, but it gets much more real. In the end, it is the reality of personal relationships that saves everything."

March Song: Into The Mystic
Artist: Van Morrison [more]

Written By Ryan C. Fuhrmann, provided by Investopedia
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Published: 2011-01-24
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The hardest part of life is learning to live with ourselves and, the more we work on ourselves (versus our partners) the more progress we make. [more]

Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
Written by Matt Taibbi [more]

"Happiness is [more] neither the virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing."

Starting a good business, just like living a good life, requires planning and discipline.  I know because I struggled for many years to develop my company into a successful organization.  [more]

February Song: Peace
Artist: Norah Jones [more]