I had the privilege of delivering the Saturday night keynote at the JandBeyond 2013 Conference in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands (#jab13) on June 1st.
I had the privilege of delivering the Saturday night keynote at the JandBeyond 2013 Conference in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands (#jab13) on June 1st.
JandBeyond is great conference. Held every year in different cities around Europe, it's more of a developer's conference - so there are a lot of very smart people in the room. The conference was well organized and the facility was really perfect for it. The only down-side - the pizza party on the beach was cancelled due to the rain and 48F temps... no-one really felt like freezing (chickens).
Some of the resources for my talk (in no particular order):
- The idea of making every day count and counting the days we've been alive comes from this fantastic book - 20,000 Days and Counting by Robert D. Smith. I can't say enough about how much I have appreciated this short book.
- Using Our Practical Wisdom - Barry Schwartz (TED Talk)
- What Makes Us Feel Good About Our Work - Dan Ariely (TED Talk)
- Enchantment - Guy Kawasaki
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective People / First Things First - Stephen Covey
- Platform - Michael Hyatt
- Harvard Business Review - I'm an avid reader - so many ideas over time - but definitely an influence on this talk
- Triumphs of Experience - George Vaillant - The Harvard study I quoted at the end of my talk
- Story of the Zen Master - Charlie Wilson's War
- The Bible - most of the Proverbs I quoted are from the book of Proverbs (NLT)
Enjoy!