New Year's Resolutions, 2010, Part I: Less Is More

Tony Haile was my gracious host last week for a short visit to Betaworks in Manhattan's meatpacking district.  Fascinating conversation (Thanks Tony!), more about that in a separate post to follow. 

Across the street from Betaworks' offices was this sign:

 

Hit me like a ton of bricks (no irony).  My gold standard for trying boil down what I'm doing -- and for that matter what anyone else I'm working with is doing:

• Clarity -- it's veal.
• "Promise" -- not just veal: quality veal.
• Accountability -- got a beef?  Talk to Dave.
• Brevity -- more questions?  Knock on #425.

Probably not the same epiphany for you as it was for me, and Seth Godin's got nothing to worry about to be sure, but nonetheless a high signal-to-noise moment for me given what's been on my mind.  Hope to use it to full effect in the new year.