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Saturday, May 5, 2018

Frosty Affair face treatment



15% off on CUVGET Protective Day Cream

In "Frosty Affair" protagonist Redford washes his face with ample snow outside. Maybe there is something to the Skincare from the Arctic which is the tagline of Cuvget. Cuvget's Collagen Boosting Serum has been touted as one of the winter skincare must haves


Rita Hazan- True Color Conditioner


Rita Hazan says, "I am not afraid of changing an entire look. I thrive on that". Think about it, we are so invested in one aspect of our look that it takes a while to get ok with the new look. I have had short hair for a long long time with a little bit of "Maggies cuts her hair" from Mill on the floss into the mix. To grow my hair out now after 15 years feels like a big thing but I know I can come back to my short look. Very Oliver Twisty The gift of the Magi way, when i am ready to sport a new look, I have premature grey hair.  To color or not to color is the donkey situation of being between two stacks of hay. Look at the warnings on the hair color bottles that it may explode. Thats enough to make anyone run a mile away.  I once heard a TV host explain why she doesnt color her premature grey hair. It is a reminder of the ticking time.

Lets say you get past this like the butcher doing the killing for non vegetarians, you get your hair colored at a salon and there is the incessant root hairs growing in their original color. I thought a root concealer, whoever conceived of it, is cool. But a coverup, like getting old is wrong somehow.  Rita Hazan took four years to create a root concealer. There will be days when one needs that convenience.

The situation calls for a poem.

Allowance

"A peeny
for each white hair I pull" - James Masao Mitsui.

James Masao Mitsui is my first poet professor.


What are your thoughts, preferences and experiences for short, long, color or not, grey hair?





Friday, May 4, 2018

Pantene, Rescue Shots Hair Ampoules Treatment, Intensive Repair of Damaged Hair, Pro-V, 0.5 fl oz (3 Count), Twin Pack



Pantene gold series sulfate free shampoo is an improvement over the last year's offerings. Wow, 4a/4b hair. I should have known that if chili spice has a number, hair curls would have too.

Curly Hair classification is another one in the cataloguing annals.


Rituals The Ritual of Ayurveda Gift Set + The Ritual of Sakura Foaming Shower Gel






If you are familiar with India or Japan, you might be familiar with Ayurveda and or Sakura. Imagine those centuries old tradition knowledge in your tub in an elegant set. Now transport yourself back to those centuries and a sense of calm and life from those times. Do you feel timeless?

In Ritual: Perpestives and Dimensions, author Catherine Bell talks about six categories of ritual action - rites of passage, calendrical and commemorative rites, rites of exchange and communication, rites of affliction, rites of feasting, festivals and political rituals.

When you change rituals, you feel powerful and in control. For example, if you can mimic your mind into thinking Thursday is the new Friday or the 40s are the new 30s, how energetic and young you feel.







Thames & Kosmos Drop it Family Strategy game




As a Toastmasters member I have heard a lot of stories on how board games got families together and made good memories for life. I myself can get very competitive in games. Since board games can bridge generation gaps, they are handy to have when you do not know the exact age of the people all around. They are good icebreakers.

A friend said that he has spent about ten grand over a period of a kid to adult transformation. I heard from him about the card sleeves to protect the cards in the games.



Well other things games seem to do is veer a person off topic. Back to the game.




                                                If you remember all these rules you are going to be a whiz.




Thursday, May 3, 2018

Sell it Like Serhant



Sell it Like Serhant

"A successful salesperson is a conscientious follow-upper". With his Mantra of hardwork, being organized to manage many balls in the air, Ryan Serhant shows how he has been able to accomplish all the great things he did like becoming a great real estate man. The more shots you take, the more you are likely to win echoing the winning through hardwork ethos of Michael Jordan in

 "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

I havent heard of Ryan Serhant before or seen his TV show. I do like the human and artistic side of his persona through his acting passion which urges you to try creative ways of getting your things done like using improv to get comfortable putting yourself out there.

I couldnt get enough of the sale stories. I wanted more. Serhant is all about working productively to reach the goals. He adds a creative touch to his marketing activities. Glow-in-the-Dark party is a great idea for a place with low natural light for dark lovers. Creating Bowtopia for a customer is an example of paying attention to the uniqueness and happiness of a customer.






Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Adaptive Space



Adaptive Space

The author Michael Arena shows that between the Financiers and Doers, there is a bridge of enablers in the Adaptive Space that can be tapped in for enormous success. In this VUCA world, that is the only way to reinvent self and organization. No wonder that this book deals with the power of networks and hence refers works of many sociologists. I read of the 'third place' here first and then Starbucks made it popular.
Examples of Pixar, Qkr, Motorola Razr, P&G Connect have been shown to use adaptive space for their innovations.
You learn how to unleash these connections that will propel your organization's agility.
MIT's Stata center is shown how physical assets can be used to open up collaboration. You learn amazing social theories that show you how good ideas stay behind or come forth.
Energy Factor





Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Blitzscaling



Blitzscaling

If you are familair with growth hacking, you will love reading this book.

At first the theory of Blitzsaling is laid down along with different examples for each way of doing it. They are brought together as a whole with the author's own example of how the network effects worked for Linkedin, Amazon,  Google, Facebook.

You will learn a lot about how to grow a business in extreme detail and how to change it depending on the stage of the business. At the end of the book is  a list of essays by students who took a class on Blitzscaling in Stanford.





Girl in Dior



Girl in Dior had a lot of references to places, people I did not know. I pinned my searches.



Boats for Papa



My friend told me about this book Boats for Papa by Jessixa Bagley.
Its a touching story. I thought I was prepared to cry but didnt in the end. The illustrations are lucid. The seagull on the rooftop is so clear and so are the boat designs. The ocean is huge.


Prime book box

Prime book box by invitation only.

Prime book box FAQ


The Domino Project book by Seth Godin




The Domino Project

Seth Godin is always in the news for what he does. Here's a new revamped offering.

Monday, April 30, 2018

Dior



The Designer

Christian Dior has been referred to as Designer of Dreams




Duals
Siamese twin of himself and the designer
A real dog next to a statue
Two light blue color trains leaving in the opposite directions


Sunday, April 29, 2018

This July 4th



Toland Home Garden Home of the Brave 18 x 30 Inch Decorative Patriotic Floor Mat USA Firework Doormat


Made in USA, with 100% recycled material and Floorscore certified.

I am appalled that there is no book on doormat history.

Coastal Blue, Amazon's Fashionable Swimwear



When has swimwear looked this cool irrespective of your body size?

Amazon's Prime-exclusive swimwear, Coastal Blue  "was designed with construction and support as an emphasis, not an afterthought."