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?

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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."

Nick Graham the designer story

Nick Graham asks  "Is there really anything different in men’s fashion today compared to 2003, 1993 or 1983?"

Now you know, what Emotional Gross Margin is and its role in making a product succesful.

Other crazy stuff done by Nick Graham

Popular Science Now Quarterly

Popular Science

In Jan 2016, Popular Science magazine was bimonthly and now its quarterly. Its an interesting history. The magazine wasnt printed during the war. It is said that arts and literature flourish during the war. What about science, busy with deploying all the technologies on the forefront. But scientific literature seems to take a different track.

A claim-by-claim analysis of a climate denial 'news' story

Rivet Mid-Century Open Back Swivel Office Chair, 24" W, Marble

Westelm identifies Mid-century furniture with its "signature lines are architectural and utilitarian, transforming pieces of furniture into works of modern art. This style is known for blending dramatic and durable materials such as wood, metal and glass with sleek, almost geometric shapes." If you look at a few examples, you start to realise that four tapered sleek wooden legs are identifying features of mid-century furniture. They stick out like the antennae of Aliensbut to the ground.

Design features 

• Opening in the back. According to Bellacor , "Open backed chairs bring subtle character in a small and cozy space, while well-defined chairs are perfect for larger rooms."
• low-slung arms. 
• Tall solid-wood legs with an espresso finish.

Other places for unique midcentury modern furniture

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

What do you do with a classic to make it relevant?

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Add infographics. That is the makeover of this book.

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle Mcnamara wife of Patton Oswalt, who I thought I didnt know until now but I realise that I heard her husband react to her death, on the radio.

Its a small world even in the news.

In hunt for golden state killer investigators uploaded his dna to genealogy site

Fashion Satin Turban Headband

Orchid Row Women's Fashion Satin Turban Headband 

Even though Orchid Row suggests "Dress this satin turban up with a bohemian kimono or down with a fun graphic tee and leather jacket- either way you'll make a bold fashionable statement"

You can even wear the Turban with a jean jacket and sport this look.

A stole for Night and Day

Orchid Row Women's Reversible Faux Fur and Sequin Party Special Occasion Pull Thru

This Orchid Row Women's Reversible Faux Fur and Sequin Party Special Occasion Pull Thru has two sides to it - a fur and a sequin side. "Wear it fur side out with outerwear for an elegant touch and transition into night by bringing out the sequins to match all your sparkling accessories"

Pull through scarves are easy to adjust and stay put.

Who doesnt want some decision making mojo

The johari window model is a "is a psychological tool created by Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham in 1955. It’s a simple and useful tool for understanding and training"

John Whitmore's Grow model is similar to the problem solving approach where after you have brainstormed the possible solutions for a problem, you choose which is the best implementation, keeping your goal in mind.

The rubber band model used to help you out in dilemmas, is similar to the Force-field analysis where you weigh the causes working in and against your favor.

Verizon Untethered

Professor Ram Charan is co-author of this book Verizon Untethered along with the Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg. I really enjoyed Charan's Leadership Pipeline. Seidenberg's long term vision is praised in another recent book 'Go Long'.