12/28/07 - What I Learned
Mark Cuban: My New Facebook Strategy and the FB Power Level
1st layer: my real friends
2nd layer: people who I have tangential connections to (i.e. live in Dalls Fort Worth, Mavs, MMA, movie fans, or in groups I'm in)
3rd layer: "The Power Layer" - one shot layer. If you have an idea or thought, you get 1 shot, per year to get their attention.
Lakers' youth starting to develop
o Kobe Bryant: “Hi, I’m Kobe Bryant and I want to win a championship.”
o Farmar about Kobe: "He has done a lot better job being a teammate,” Farmar said. “He’s been great this year. His focus is with us on the planes, going out to dinner, and practicing more when he could be resting up. He’s a member of the team, not bigger than it. He wants us to be great.”
LA Times: On Magic Johnson
o Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you've got.
Mark Cuban: The maverick
o Cuban: "When I die, I want to come back as me.
o Cuban: About Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead: "It's about the strength of the individual, of a person's spirit. You define yourself by yourself, not how other people see you."
Raphael Kang