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Those Crazy Anti-Authoritarians
Some fascinating thoughts about psychiatry and anti-authoritarianism: Gaining acceptance into graduate school or medical school and achieving a PhD or MD and becoming a psychologist or psychiatrist means jumping through many hoops, all of which require much behavioral and attentional … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Choice, Food For Thought, Future, Inspiration, Psychology, Quotes
Tagged Academics, Anti-Authoritarian, Authority, Education, McCarthyism, Psychiatry
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Productivity Tips, From 1932
Despite, or in fact because of, the 80 years of technological advancement, these tips are even more relevant today. Â Courtesy of Henry Miller: COMMANDMENTS Work on one thing at a time until finished. Start no more new books, add no … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration
Tagged Art, Create, Production, Productivity, Writing
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What Is The Web?
Many of us spend the majority of our lives online now. Â It’s therefore pretty important to understand just what the web is. Â One possible definition: The web is not, despite the desires of so many, a publishing medium. The web … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Uncategorized
Tagged Customer Service, Internet, Publishing
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Make The Secret A Lot More Trouble Than The Trick Seems Worth
Good advice for magic, and life: Make the secret a lot more trouble than the trick seems worth. You will be fooled by a trick if it involves more time, money and practice than you (or any other sane onlooker) would … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion, Psychology, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Life, Magic, Penn & Teller, Secret, Story Telling, Work
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Thanks, for Modernity
On April 14, 1851, Dora Dickens, the ninth child of Charles Dickens, died unexpectedly. Â The next morning, Charles wrote to his wife, who was away recuperating from her own illness. Â Dickens softens the blow, telling his wife not that she … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Dickens, Communication, Death, health, Life, Modern Life
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Creativity in Isolation
There’s been a lot of talk in the last few years about the benefit human interaction lends the creative process. The thinking goes that experts in one field, when interacting with experts in some other field, will find new ways … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Connect, Creativity, How to be Creative, relationships, Steve Wozniak
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Level of Difficulty Matters
Doing the same easy thing over and over again doesn’t usually lead to success. Â Of course, neither does taking on impossible tasks that never get off the ground. The better way is to constantly take on those things that seem … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Psychology, Self-Improvement
Tagged Hard, Level of Difficulty, Life, Push, Success
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How To Not Get Sick
I haven’t had a cold in three years. I haven’t had the flu in… I honestly don’t even know how long. I touch door handles (gasp!). I shake people’s hands all day long (swoon!). I eat stuff that falls on … Continue reading
The Passion Myth
Find something you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life. Right? Bullshit. Nobody on Earth wakes up every single day restlessly waiting to take on the world. Â Such passion doesn’t exist. Â If you’re really, really lucky, and … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Law, Productivity, Psychology, Self-Improvement
Tagged Comfort, Do The Work, Myth, Passion, Risk
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What You Should Focus On
A good reminder:
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Psychology, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Control, Focus, Life, Worry
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How To Measure A Man
Two quick shortcuts: How did his kids turn out? Â (and what kind of relationship do they maintain) How scared of him are his employees/subordinates?
A Brand
A brand is the perception that you are the only one who can solve their particular problem.
Pursuit of Truth
The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. Â It is not possession of the Truth, but rather the pursuit of … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes
Tagged Gotthold Lessing, Life, Philosophy, Religion, Truth
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The Element of Surprise
A really insightful email from Teller, of Penn & Teller fame, where he responds to a struggling magician’s request for advice on how to develop his stage presence and style. Â A couple things to note: first, Teller is a celebrity, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Marketing, Photography, Psychology, Quotes, Style
Tagged Drama, Element, Help, Magic, Penn & Teller, Reach Out, Story, Storytelling, Surprise
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On Anti-Intellectualism and Examining Both Sides
Since Al Gore made his premature concession to George Bush in November of 2000, there has been a steadily growing cry that a good half of the United States is comprised of anti-intellectual buffoons.  How else could the right simultaneously … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Negotiation, Psychology
Tagged Anti-Intellectualism, dig deeper, Question, Science
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