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For medium - term data, teachers created three assessments that challenged students to express the main idea of a story in writing.

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You see, I was from Los Gatos, Calif., and everybody there knew the story of how Dahl came up with the million - dollar idea in a bar.

But we also told plenty of clunker stories, made lots of mistakes, and tried bad ideas, especially in the early days, so I don't blame folks for snickering.

The moral of this story is that the ideal situation could be to study and learn the things you desire in a higher education institution while still pursuing, scheming and building your entrepreneurial ideas.

In his best - selling book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, Donald Miller is consumed with the idea of storIn his best - selling book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, Donald Miller is consumed with the idea of storin a Thousand Years, Donald Miller is consumed with the idea of story.

In his new book, The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation (Penguin), Jon Gertner vividly tells the story of the transistor, as well as the dozens of other innovations that rolled out of Bell Labs.

Synopsis: The story of how Zuckerberg, as a student at Harvard in 2003, developed an idea to create an online social network for college students.

«You know, personally, I think the idea that fake news on Facebook — it's a very small amount of the content — influenced the election in any way is a pretty crazy idea,» he told Techonomy founder David Kirkpatrick, author of «The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company that is Connecting the World.»

With millennials consuming more and more of their media through mobile devices and social platforms, executives at Indigenous Media bet that Snapchat users would warm quickly to the idea of following a narrative story posted in regular installments to social media, as opposed to the traditional theatrical experience.

The duo also scored a lot of free publicity in Atlanta by playing up the «local boys make good» angle of their story as well as the idea of a gay couple starting a company together.

These Silicon Valley giants are taking part in the annual expression of hedonism to get creative and discover their next big ideas, according to a story published by Fast Company.

«I think a lot of producers sit in story meetings and have ideas, but I don't think they are quite as good as Nina's.»

The Jacobin story pooh - poohs the idea of indies being the answer to the industry's labour woes, but that's an attitude that doesn't acknowledge how business works in today's world.

What matters, in these cases, is that someone on your team is brave enough, vulnerable enough, to use a sentence that starts with, «The story I'm making up right now is...» The idea is to reach the truth as quickly possible, instead of wandering around with your made - up explanation, which more than likely consists of your own shame triggers, and has little relation to reality.

The following classes are all taught by accomplished, award - winning writers who have decades of experience in communicating ideas, telling stories, and captivating their audiences.

«You hear so many stories about that «one great idea» where someone lucked out and identified a gap in the market, or created something that no one had ever thought of before,» says Rubio.

Big Idea: Expanding the Perry production and performance franchise beyond funny and inspirational stories of faith and perseverance among African - Americans that has made him one of the highest - paid people in the entertainment industry.

With a clear four - step methodology to help readers move from idea to action, templates for readers to map out their problems and the opposing ideas for solving them, and with practical and memorable stories, from music mogul Jay - Z, to the founder of Vanguard Group, Creating Great Choices was written with MBA students, business managers, non-profit and government agency leaders, teachers, and even elementary school students in mind.

[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?

In our story, Core spreads fear of any and every business in the Bitcoin space that decides to accept Bitcoin Cash, labels them scammers or criminals, and pushes the false idea that they are colluding to destroy Bitcoin CorIn our story, Core spreads fear of any and every business in the Bitcoin space that decides to accept Bitcoin Cash, labels them scammers or criminals, and pushes the false idea that they are colluding to destroy Bitcoin Corin the Bitcoin space that decides to accept Bitcoin Cash, labels them scammers or criminals, and pushes the false idea that they are colluding to destroy Bitcoin Core.

This story fits in so well, what you said Stalin did, was exactly what Blockstream people did, they all kicked out the real people that supported and promoted the actual original idea and system (in this case Bitcoin system) and then using censorship, propaganda and army of USEFUL IDIOTS to fight their dirty wars, try to take out the original idea, and replace the system with some other shit that will benefit them.

Startup Rising is contrarian, as are many great entrepreneurs: His stories of people, innovation, and ideas in the Middle East are cautiously hopeful — a contrast to the grim news stories.

Each interview gives color on the personal stories behind the ideas, which helps make the process of engaging in social good less intimidating and more attainable.

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Survivors, students, and parents of victims of past school shootings — including the most recent massacre in Parkland, Florida, where a gunman murdered 17 — gathered at the White House to share their stories and ideas for protecting students from gun violence.

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It's never a good idea to criticize a former customer in the public light; however, be sure to explain your side of the story without being defensive (as this will create the feeling that you are trying to compensate for a mistake you made).

David Meerman Scott coined the term in his 2011 book titled, «Newsjacking: How to Inject your Ideas into a Breaking News Story and Generate Tons of Media Coverage».

Your ideas might be big, however your ability to present all that information in a coherent «story» that grabs the attention of the investors, along with informing them about the critical information they need to know to make their decision is the most crucial element in the startup journey.

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In short, startup marketers must tap into the «Story Button» part of the brain; an idea coined by advertising agency Innocean, and neuroscientist Paul Zak.

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«The big success stories — Facebook, Zynga and Twitter — are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing,» said Eric Lefkofsky, a founder of Groupon who also runs Lightbank, a Chicago - based venture fund with a $ 100 million coffer.

Newsjacking is the process of capitalizing on the momentum of a news story by injecting your ideas or angles into the story in order to amplify your organization's sales and marketing success.

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When we chose oil as the subject of this month's cover story, we had no idea how fast and dramatic the drop in oil prices would be...

The term was popularized in David Meerman Scott's book Newsjacking: How to Inject Your Ideas into a Breaking News Story and Generate Tons of Media Coverage.

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They also have ideas that don't pan out, and an overall lack of cohesion — the main characters seem sequestered in separate story lines that don't really mesh.

On the influencer side, the insights that you get with linking and tagging brands in Stories shows you how many people clicked on the link so you have a better idea of how much of an impact you're generating for brands and if I'm linking to a blog post (another way I drive traffic to my blog) then I can see how many people clicked on the link from my sStories shows you how many people clicked on the link so you have a better idea of how much of an impact you're generating for brands and if I'm linking to a blog post (another way I drive traffic to my blog) then I can see how many people clicked on the link from my storiesstories.

«We're more about illuminating people about the creative process behind great music and the idea of the Grammy Award that signifies excellence is center stage in the story we tell in the museum.»

I find this an odd thing to say (although I certainly agree with the idea), because there is no discussion of sex at all in the creation story (not till after the fall), only companionship.

Chris: Darwin was fearful of his big idea because he still believed in the existence of the Christian god, and was extremely uncomfortable coming up with something that went against a literal interpretation of the creation story (I think.

But I also want to say, if you had been here (I'm in Birmingham) and read some of the stories of people's kids being killed by this storm (so many had lost power already by earlier storms and had no idea F4 and F5 tornodoes were about to hit, and their kids were at friends» houses... and then those friends» houses were totally destroyed, and several parents lost all of their kids - I also know of several people who lost their wives AND all of their kids because they were at work while their family was at home)... anyways, if you could read some of these stories, who are you guys to tell them that their loved ones are not going off to a better place?

In a time when stories were passed on verbally and people had no idea of how the world worked and so wanted their «god» to be bigger and better than the next man's god, the stories just got better and bigger and more far fetched.

So the story proceeds, in a vein of pure imagination, stripped of all puerile fancies, to evoke the idea of a God who «spake and it was done».

It's a testament to how fresh and real a story can feel when Hollywood opens up to the idea of diversity in the director's chair.