Sean Collins sent me this note re a book written in 1908, called The Human Machine. It’s an early appreciation of systems thinking… Gutenberg.org  

My friends David Walsh and Seth Hosko visited us a couple of weeks back. We made three videos and here’s the first session. Stay tuned to Muselife for the remainder of the series and the details of getting a free download of Work the System.

Here’s a post from The Rat Race Trap.

We’ve been in the Palm Springs area for the past four days where we met some new friends. Sunday night we had the enormous privilege of having dinner at the Desert Springs Hotel with economist Stephen Moore, Editorial Board Member of the Wall Street Journal. Besides a brilliant mind, Steve’s a very cool guy. More later about all this. (It appears there are some interesting things afoot for Linda and me….)

A quote from Jim Estill, from one of his recent blog postings: “I’ve noted that in myself when I have little to do, I tend to find lots to do so as a result I tend to be busy almost regardless of what’s going on in my life. Recognizing that in myself is great, because it means I can then choose what I want to be busy on. I’ve always been very big on accomplishment and achievement so I figure if I’m going to be busy I might as well be busy accomplishing something big.”

At Centratel, how did we get to the top of Google rankings in every industry-important keyword that matters (and despite the old-school web layout)? There are six simple key elements in our SEO strategy and none of them involve hiring an SEO expert. You can go to top all by yourself and without employing Tom-foolery. What are six elements? I’m thinking of discussing the details in an upcoming post. (Andi asks, “Why would you give away THAT?” She has a point. Maybe I won’t.)

Re the Centratel site: Yes, we are moving the site content from the outdated design to something more current, via WordPress. It’s in process.

Gene Burke sent this along, a quote from the artist M. C. Escher:  “Order is repetition of units. Chaos is multiplicity without rhythm.”

I’ve posted this quote before, but it’s too good not to put up one more time:  From BF Skinner (and via Mathew Strong): When people work only to avoid losing a job, study only to avoid failure, and treat each other well only to avoid censure or institutional punishment, the threatening contingencies generalize. It always seems as if there must be something that one ought to be doing. As a result very few people can simply do nothing. They can relax only with the help of sedatives or tranquilizers, or by deliberately practicing relaxation. They can sleep only with the help of sleeping pills, of which billions are sold in the West every year. They are puzzled by, and envy, those in less developed countries whom they see happily doing nothing.

This is my quote: People say we were put on this earth for a reason. I disagree.  I believe being put here as a gift. And part of that gift is that we are free to make of life what we want.

So, don’t blow it.

Photo by See1,Do1,Reach1 via flickr used under a creative Commons License.

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