Have you seen the "Searching for Bobby Fischer"? I've watched it several times, and have found it to be an inspiring movie. Here is a small clip:

The story is loosely based on Josh Waitzkin's life story. Here is a two part interview Josh Waitzkin had on ABC News regarding his latest book The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance

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Joe McNally is the author of the The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters, who is one of the greatest photographers of our times.

Here, he gives a presentation/speech at the Google Headquarters. Although this is a long video, but I feel it's well worth watching.

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In China it is known as the “sacred doctrine” and it has become one of the country’s bestselling books. Yet it has nothing to do with the thoughts of Chairman Mao and its teachings have been in conflict with the forces of Communism for generations.

Amazon today announced its long-anticipated wireless Kindle e-book reader.

The Kindle,Amazon's first foray into making its own hardware, weighs 10.3 ounces, can contain up to 200 books, has a keyboard, and uses electronic ink display technology.

Kindle operates without ever connecting to a PC. Instead, the device can download books--any of 90,000 at launch--directly via the built-in EvDO radio connection to Amazon's new Whispernet service.

Books take less than a minute to download, and their price varies, but new releases and New York Times bestsellers cost $9.99.

The service runs on the Sprint EvDO network; it carries no service charges or contracts--that's all covered in the background by Amazon.

In addition to books, Kindle can automatically download newspapers and blogs, in a return of "push" technology. The device also has a dictionary and Wikipedia access.

The Kindle service also includes newspapers, magazines, and blogs. Publications that you subscribe to are delivered directly to the device. Choices include The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Houston Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, Time, Fortune, The Atlantic Monthly, Le Monde, and Slate.

More than 300 of the most popular blogs with their full content also are available. You subscribe to the blogs you want, and they're updated throughout the day.

Frank Warren of PostSecret has created a new trailer video clip about his new book.

PostSecret publishes homemade postcards that people mail in with their secrets. Some of them funny, some are inspiring and touching. All make an amazing sum.

This is becoming one of the better books I've read in a while. Give it a try. It's been an eye opener for me.

Persepolis on the Big Screen at Cannes 2007

I've read three of her books and can't wait for the movie.

This is a great read. It is Reclaim Your Life: A Two-Week Challenge to Help You Regain Time, a 17 pages free downloadable pdf manifesto which is well worth reading.

If you've decided to start 2007 learning and using the Getting Things Done methodology, good for you! Then you should visit Lisa Peake's 10 Beginner Behaviors. GTD can take some getting used to, but Lisa, who manages GTD Connect at David Allen's company, has 10 really good starter points in her post.

Anything you have allowed into you psychological or physical world that doesn't belong where it is, but for which you haven't yet determined the desired outcome and the next action step.

we need to transform all the "stuff" we're trying to organize into actionable stuff we need to DO! (from: Getting Thing Done)