Comments for thesquigglyline.com http://thesquigglyline.com/blog Business isn't linear anymore - It's squiggly! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Success is more than intellect and energy – Warren Buffett by Doug Hopkins http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/uncategorized/success-is-more-than-intellect-and-energy-warren-buffett/#comment-1149 Doug Hopkins Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:46:00 +0000 http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/?p=726#comment-1149 Interesting view Steve. The question is how do you prove integrity? In a job interview some time back (within the govt sphere) that involved providing information to a parliamentary committee l got questions about honesty and integrity. I must say l found them difficult to answer not just because no one had ever asked me directly about morals and ethics etc before in a job interview but mainly because the evidence l might give could not be corroborated. Just to answer, "l always have shown integrity, just ask anyone l know" does not cut it really. A lot of job activities can be corroborated. Most job interviews are behavourial based e.g. tell us about a time when......Maybe the interviewer gains an insight into you in how you tell the relevant story on "integrity" and not the facts themselves. I don't know. Your blog prompts me to review my notes from the interview which l made as l tried to answer my own question raised here. I think integrity is a strong characteristic l have to "sell", just how do l prove it?    Interesting view Steve. The question is how do you prove integrity? In a job interview some time back (within the govt sphere) that involved providing information to a parliamentary committee l got questions about honesty and integrity. I must say l found them difficult to answer not just because no one had ever asked me directly about morals and ethics etc before in a job interview but mainly because the evidence l might give could not be corroborated. Just to answer, “l always have shown integrity, just ask anyone l know” does not cut it really. A lot of job activities can be corroborated. Most job interviews are behavourial based e.g. tell us about a time when……Maybe the interviewer gains an insight into you in how you tell the relevant story on “integrity” and not the facts themselves. I don’t know. Your blog prompts me to review my notes from the interview which l made as l tried to answer my own question raised here. I think integrity is a strong characteristic l have to “sell”, just how do l prove it?   

]]> Comment on What will your life become? by stevehopkins http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/uncategorized/what-will-your-life-become/#comment-1148 stevehopkins Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:29:00 +0000 http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/?p=723#comment-1148 Lol Lol

]]> Comment on What will your life become? by John B http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/uncategorized/what-will-your-life-become/#comment-1147 John B Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:26:00 +0000 http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/?p=723#comment-1147 Hopefully getting there was so exhausting you're too buggered to worry about such things. Hopefully getting there was so exhausting you’re too buggered to worry about such things.

]]> Comment on What will your life become? by Alex http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/uncategorized/what-will-your-life-become/#comment-1145 Alex Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:09:00 +0000 http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/?p=723#comment-1145 What do you do with the existential angst after you've achieved your big goal and you realise it hasn't diminished at all? What do you do with the existential angst after you’ve achieved your big goal and you realise it hasn’t diminished at all?

]]> Comment on What will your life become? by Mei http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/uncategorized/what-will-your-life-become/#comment-1144 Mei Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:35:00 +0000 http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/?p=723#comment-1144 That's a good one!! That’s a good one!!

]]> Comment on My brother, the Starcraft player by Doughopkins http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/uncategorized/my-brother-the-starcraft-player/#comment-1142 Doughopkins Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:32:00 +0000 http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/?p=707#comment-1142 For chrissakes Steve don't encourage him! Dad For chrissakes Steve don’t encourage him!

Dad

]]> Comment on What are the experts concerned about? by Ross Hill http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/uncategorized/what-are-the-experts-concerned-about/#comment-1141 Ross Hill Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:15:00 +0000 http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/?p=714#comment-1141 That last quote is a great one. Puma were one of the first companies to do  environmental impact accounting and they measured their impact at EUR145m in 2010 http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/articles/puma-completes-first-ever-environmental-accounting-brand-wide-impact-eur-145. TEEB are reporting on the global economic impact on trillions of dollars of environmental capital being spent each year http://www.teebweb.org/ which is described in plain English in this Yale course http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2HFbjGQyZ8.  That last quote is a great one. Puma were one of the first companies to do  environmental impact accounting and they measured their impact at EUR145m in 2010 http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/articles/puma-completes-first-ever-environmental-accounting-brand-wide-impact-eur-145. TEEB are reporting on the global economic impact on trillions of dollars of environmental capital being spent each year http://www.teebweb.org/ which is described in plain English in this Yale course http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2HFbjGQyZ8. 

]]> Comment on My brother, the Starcraft player by stevehopkins http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/uncategorized/my-brother-the-starcraft-player/#comment-1139 stevehopkins Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:06:00 +0000 http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/?p=707#comment-1139 Hey Alex, thanks for the great post. Particularly, I love this bit.  "I think rather than begging for respect from people who aren't interested, the community is banding together to create a scene from the grass roots, and in a way that's more satisfying and interesting than anything." I love how you describe that they have an innate feeling for the game and understand how a small economic lead can result in a combative win. I will be watching more closely next time! Hey Alex, thanks for the great post. Particularly, I love this bit. 

“I think rather than begging for respect from people who aren’t interested, the community is banding together to create a scene from the grass roots, and in a way that’s more satisfying and interesting than anything.”

I love how you describe that they have an innate feeling for the game and understand how a small economic lead can result in a combative win. I will be watching more closely next time!

]]> Comment on Choosing between progress and the planet by stevehopkins http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/uncategorized/choosing-between-progress-and-the-planet/#comment-1137 stevehopkins Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:33:00 +0000 http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/?p=710#comment-1137 I might just do the same :)  I might just do the same :)  

]]> Comment on Choosing between progress and the planet by stevehopkins http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/uncategorized/choosing-between-progress-and-the-planet/#comment-1136 stevehopkins Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:33:00 +0000 http://thesquigglyline.com/blog/?p=710#comment-1136 I might just do the same :)  I might just do the same :)  

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