Hilbert’s List, Seth’s List, My List, and Your List

On December 31, 2018, Seth Godin sent a blog post called “Hilbert’s List”.  In this post, Seth cites the 23-item list that David Hilbert published in 1900.  He stated that these 23 problems were important for mathematicians to solve in the upcoming century.  Seth says that led to a focused effort, and many of those problems have been either fully or partially solved.

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So Seth made a list of his own that he believes technology should help solve.  You can see it here.

What Kind of World Do You Imagine?

Every day I get an email from Simon Sinek, called “Notes to Inspire”.  It’s got a quote from one of his books or speeches, and is meant to inspire his readers to be better leaders.  As good as the quotes are, and some of them are incredibly insightful, what I really love is what’s at the bottom of every email:  “We imagine a world in which the vast majority of people return home each day feeling fulfilled by the work they do.”

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Wow.  That’s some world, isn’t it?

A New View Changes Everything

You’re standing in your bedroom, folded clothes in hand.  You open the dresser drawer to put them in, and they won’t fit.  You stare at the clothes and then at the drawer.  And then you ask yourself, “What if I folded these clothes differently?”  All of a sudden, all the clothes fit in the same space where they didn’t fit before.  And you ask yourself,

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“Why didn’t I think of that before?”

Creativity Born of Pain

Creativity doesn’t always have to come from pain.  But last week it did in my case.  If you read Monday’s blog post, you know I had mouth surgery last week.  And it’s still painful.  And as I said, a girl's got to eat.  So, before my surgery, I made a list of foods I thought I could make and eat post-surgery.

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My plans didn’t exactly turn out as expected.