Good morning!  

In my reading this week, I found this short piece by John Baldoni.  In it he talks about the foundational importance of importance and suggests that you can nurture it by "inviting them to look up," by "letting them see you sweat," by "learning from your mistakes," and by "radiating hope."

Enjoy..............jim

In the February 23rd and the March 16th issues of the Point Lookout

email newsletter, Rich Brenner and the staff at Chaco Canyon Consulting

<http://www.ChacoCanyon.com> present two helpful pieces on "Recovering

Time."  Given that all of us scramble to find more time for our work,

I thought that I would share their ideas with you.

..........jim

As I was reading the current issue of Fast Company, I ran across a

longer column reporting on a conversation with Joe Kraus on what he

now knows.  Kraus was a founder of Excite that in 1996 became one of the

biggest tech IPOs ever.  At 33 he is not starting Jotspot, a hosted

Internet service that allows anyone to create and edit Web pages.

I thought you might find his lessons instructive.