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My colleague is very much into personal effectiveness the last few months. He started with reading Stephen R. Covey’s ‘First Things First‘ (‘Prioriteiten‘ in Duth), then got into websites like Zen Habits and Unclutterer. We laugh about it, but the effects are great: he truly became very effective and organized. Because he is doing this, it has a positive effect on me as well. It is inspiring to see someone learn and develop. So, thanks Erik!

Anyway, maybe because of the above, my eye caught this wonderful presentation on Time Management by Randy Pausch (click the video below, slides here) on the web. I watched it, it energized me, and I learned a few things too. He is remarkable, have a look, you will enjoy!

If you like the video above, have a look at this other impressive video: Randy’s “Last Lecture“.

Interesting to see: The Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2007: ‘A DNA Driven World’ by Dr. J. Craig Venter. Aired: December 4, 2007 on BBC 1

A transcript of his lecture can be found here. The century ahead will be fundamentally shaped by advances in biology, Venter says. His current aim: Design an organism capable of creating energy.

Edit:

Later, in February 2008, Craig did this talk ‘On the verge of creating synthetic life’ at TED:

Famed geneticist creating life form that turns CO2 to fuel