Tom Hempel’s Blog

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Selling the book

In the meantime we’ve got our book in hardcover on Amazon and Barnes&Noble, as well as the Kindle version.  So having published it we need to publicize it.  We got an initial order of 256 from the printer, which arrive one afternoon on my driveway as a mountain of boxes. My wife was immediately skeptical [...]

Mindfulness considered, every day

I was just reading a wonderful post on Zen Habits entitled The Mindfulness Guide for the Super Busy: How to Live Life to the Fullest that really captures a theme I’ve been exploring a lot lately, which is the importance of being mindful.  Many of us spend much our time not noticing where we are, [...]

My book is published!

After two years of work, Leading and Managing in Silicon Valley has been published! We’re so excited!

I belong to a group called the VPE/CTO Community of Practice, which is an organization for Engineering VP’s/CTOs/directors whichg gathers on a monthly basis to listen to speakers, exchange ideas, and eat and drink fine wines.  We decided [...]

The Power of Simplicity

I’ve beenr really inspired by Leo BaBauta’s blog Zen Habits (http://zenhabits.net) lately. There’s a handful of books and the like that have moved me over the years, such as Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and Buckminster Fuller’s Critical Path, that have profoundly moved me. Leo’s writings are also having a big impact [...]

Knocking the cobwebs loose

I find it’s always important to reach out to a broad set of outside influences to keep your mind fresh, alert and nimble. Really your mind is like any other part of your body.  You have to give it regular workouts so it gets strong and fast with plenty of endurance.  You also have to [...]

How to get what you want – an inspirational classic

I’ve been reading a true classic of inspirational literature, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Although written half a century ago, it’s basic message is completely timeless.  He tells us that if we want to accomplish something, we have to follow a very simple process:

Be very clear and explicit about what we [...]