More about Make Meaning

If you do a Google search, you get 79,500 for Make Meaning in just 0.25 seconds.

• Google returned a site that really wasn't pertinent, but nevertheless, it's a cool site to check out for definitions: Think Exist.


• "Purposeful Leaders Make Meaning." --Jim Clemmer.


• "Making meaning, understanding the world, gives us control over our lives and empowers us to make good decisions, to be the kind of people we would like to be. Understanding is always good. Meaning, by definition, is useful." --http://lightshedder.com/learning*life/WritingProcess/meacom.html.


• “Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.” —GuyKawasaki.


• "Guy, you have a Top Five list of things an entrepreneur must accomplish. At the top of that list is Make Meaning. What does that mean, and why is it so important? Kawasaki: It means that if you start a company to "make money" then you'll probably fail. Great companies start because the founders want to change the world ... not make a fast buck. Call me a romantic, but I think entrepreneurs should try to change the world. This comes from working at Apple ... old habits die hard ... However, if you make meaning, you'll probably make money. If you make money, you might not make meaning. At the end of one's life, hopefully you've done more than simply make money." Forbes Q&A with Guy Kawasaki.


• "The most important thing in creating any venture is to make meaning. Have you ever fallen in love with someone without sharing a meaningful experience with that person? Of course not. It just doesn't happen. Kawasaki says by making meaning, entrepreneurs will be inspired by what they're creating as they're creating it, virtually falling in love with it, ensuring the venture's success." http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/12/201610.php.

Resolve to Make Meaning Your One Decision

I haven't yet stated any of my resolutions for 2005 in this forum, but will share a few quotes that I found which, to quote a Meatloaf song, "You took the words right out of my mouth..."

• Here's a great quote that I found on www.anchorsaway.us:

"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant flame than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time." --Jack London.

• Anchors Away is all about US! 

• "This year, make a 'One Decision' ... your commitment to living a life of MORE ... To make lasting change in our lives, we need to commit to one way of living versus another. This is not just a decision. It is the One Decision that determines the quality and direction of our life ... By making a One Decision, you choose to pursue the greater MORE in life: more connection, meaning, fulfillment and satisfaction. And along the way you find more time, money and energy." --Judith Wright

Get Blog Inspired

Thinking about starting your own blog and want to get some ideas on what to write about? Are you making meaning with your blog?

Check out these Blogs for some blogging inspiration:

• A VC
• Engage
• VC Ball
• Blog.org
• Blue Sun
• eblogsky
• Beyond VC
• Amy Jo Kim
• Jeff Nolan
• Madeleines
• Clay Shirky
• David Allen
• TJ's Weblog
• Section One
• Trader Mike
• CorporatePR
• Media Culpa
• PR Opinions
• Common Craft
• Mathemagenic
• Susan Mernit
• Venture Blog
• Dave Pollard