Strong Opinions @marksbirch

Random fact for the day, what you and most people outside Thailand know as the city called Bangkok, actually has an official name that is quite different and longer than name we have come to know...

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“Happiness is not about the achievement of pleasure, but about the lack of desire. Happiness is the state you enter when you no longer want to change your state.” Profound thoughts on habit...

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“HE WHO HAS A WHY TO LIVE FOR CAN BEAR ALMOST ANY HOW.” Friedrich Nietzsche Passion is not optional, it is everything.

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“IF YOU HAVE SPENT EVERY WAKING MOMENT WORKING ON YOUR BUSINESS, HOW WILL YOU FEEL AFTER YOU SELL THE COMPANY?” -James Clear, Atomic Habits The existential question for every startup found...

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It has been a long while since I did anything in this space, but it’s time to dust off this old page and start a new chapter. Over the years, I have written a lot of stuff. Mostly a few newsl...

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The Strength in Diversity : In the last Enterprise Sales Forum newsletter I addressed my feelings on recent events roiling our country. “I have been deeply saddened by the events of this p...

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Tech’s Responsibility to Fight Racism : There are two Americas. The first is the one white people experience. Then there is the other America, the one hyphenated Americans experience. The...

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heretechs : > EPISODE #1  >  > Co-hosts JUSTIN ARBUCKLE and MARK BIRCH welcome guest AMANDA BARKUS > of Metlife to discuss building diversity into technology teams. >  >...

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“Well, as far as I’m concerned, I’m not here to live a normal life. I’m sent here on a mission.” - Howard Finster

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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.” - James Neil Hollingworth, otherwise known as Ambrose Redmoon

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Five years seems like an eternity these days.  So much changes in a short about of time, at least from where we sit now. In any other era of human history, the difference in five years never r...

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EREBUS by SHADES OF BLACK - Some early morning crunchy djent to get one going.  There is a belief that there is only one band worthy of djent, but even Meshuggah is over it, and so should you. �...

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This is not me speaking in metaphors.  I will be running in an actual marathon this year.  I signed up for an event down in South Carolina and December 10th is my day of reckoning.  So what is...

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METAL MONDAY: VINLAND by SIG:AR:TYR - I might be accused of having a thing for Viking metal.  I pledge no allegiance to Viking kind and I have no obvious ancestry to explain the affinity for bro...

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“Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.” - David Ogilvy Describes quite well the way many B2B tech companies talk about themselves in their...

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“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” - Dale Carnegie Same in sales...

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METAL MONDAY: PLEIADES’ DUST by GORGUTS - Back in 2013, I said that Colored Sands was one of my favorite albums.  It is still on rotation and it remains one of my favorite albums of the decade...

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I listen to my fair share of podcasts, which at some point I will talk about more.  One of my favorites though is NPR’s Planet Money, which manages to be both entertaining and informative.  A...

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“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory t...

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“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” - Henry David Tho...

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