jeff marmins blog: misc. musings.

Funny that a friend, one that doesn’t know me so well, thought to post this short video clip on my Facebook wall.  Awesome scene.  Even better message. “The Pursuit of Happyness” is one of my favorite films. Will Smith is a REAL actor and Gabriele Muccino is a wonderful Director – they did “Seven Pounds” [...]

I like mindmaps and mind mapping tools [Mindmeister is a good one]. It's a natural fit for those like me with a lifehacker bent. This mindmap is of particular note, though, as it's a real user tool (perhaps as a desktop background) for managing your time effectively.

We’re proud to be associated with such a powerful message.  Who’s got your back is not just some new flavor of the month self-help book.  Our connectedness to others that are not just telling us what we want to hear, but instead telling us what we need to hear has been lacking.  This is the [...]

What a great inspirational story from CBS News Sunday Morning.  You are never too old. Watch CBS Videos Online

 Character, selflessness and focus are the reasons that the Pittsburgh Steelers are Super Bowl Champions.  Coach Tomlin: "…The standard is the standard. We don’t choose to point fingers. We stay humble in times of excellence, and achievements individually are part of a team. By the same token we don’t point the fingers as members of [...]

I had a great meeting last week with Rabbi Yossi Grossbaum, founder of Chabad Jewish Community Center of Folsom. His story is inspiring: “Rabbi Yossi was born and raised in a family of Chabad emissaries in the vibrant and friendly Jewish community of Melbourne, Australia.  He attended Yeshiva College (Melbourne) for his Elementary & High [...]

A while back I came across a company that advertised "Sisu" as a character quality they were seeking in new-hires.  Great word.  It’s what I want to think of being when I start my day. It is who I am and what I aspire to be.  As defined in Wikipedia, It is not momentary courage, [...]

More wisdom from the rebe at www.chabad.org Self-pity is nothing less than an impulse to destroy yourself. And this is its script: “This is the way you were made. These are the facts of your situation. It’s bad. Worse than anybody else in the whole world. In fact, it’s so bad, it’s impossible to do [...]

“Some people create with words, or with music, or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, “I’ve never seen anyone run like that before.”It’s more then just a race, it’s a style. It’s doing something better then anyone else. It’s [...]