Jorge Fusaro

Month: March 2009

  • Focus: The Secret Weapon of Winners

    As a personal coach, one of the main areas I get to work with people is to develop and monitor the ability to “focus” in their lives and career. Coaching can help you stay in focus, week after week. Are you easily distracted by trivial sounds, someone walking by, or by new thoughts that cross…

  • Reducing annual consumption of plastic bags

    Did You know…? * The average American uses between 300 and 700 plastic bags per year. If everyone in the United States tied their annual consumption of plastic bags together in a giant chain, the chain would reach around the Earth 760 times! * The world’s largest landfill can be found floating between Hawaii and…

  • Connect with *this* moment!

    Wherever you are and whatever you find yourself doing know, be! Connect with yourself, with what you are doing, with who you are with, your surrounding, your purpose. Don’t rush into the future, focus on the here and now. ‘Do not worry about tomorrow,’ Jesus reminds us, ‘for tomorrow will have its own worries. Let…

  • Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

    If you have not yet seen Randy Pausch’s last academic lecture, you are in for an inspiring, thought-provoking, and possibly life changing experience. In academia, the last lecture is a tradition where lecturers (before retiring or leaving the institution) give one final presentation that encapsulates what matters to them the most. It’s the professor’s last…

  • VIDEO: Did You Know?

    Mind boggling facts and cultural trends on technology, education, and society that will challenge you to think about your present and future. These are the BIGGER things that are happening while we are busy, distracted, or simply living our lives. Great stuff!

  • Bruce Lee, the Philosopher?

    I have always been an admirer of martial arts. As a kid, I wanted to grow up and become a ninja.  I am thrilled by the techniques, syncopated movements, quick reflexes, and unreal forms and combinations found in the martial arts. Surfing the web, I found an interesting video from Bruce Lee.  But this time,…

  • MLK on Peace and Justice

    I am a big fan of Martin Luther and recently found some fave quotes in my notes: Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. -Martin Luther King Jr. “The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are…

  • One task at a time tool! (Nowdothis)

    Brilliant idea! Do you need to focus on ONE TASK at a time? Let your web browser tell you what to do and when! http://www.nowdothis.com I have found this tool really helpful in keeping me focused on one task at a time rather than falling in the endless trap of multitasking that does not work…

  • Ten Commandments for Difficult Conversations

    Ten Commandments for Difficult Conversations Michael Zigarelli Click here for a printer-friendly (original source) of this article. I. Pray for Inner Peace “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God” -(Philippians 4:6) II. Don’t Assume Their Motivation “The purposes of a man’s heart…