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Author Archives: AJ Kessler
Don’t Waste It
There’s roughly 6 billion people on the planet who would trade places with you in an instant. They wouldn’t even have to think twice. There’s an unlimited buffet in front of us, with anything we could possibly imagine, right there … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Opportunity, Seth Godin, Waste
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There Are No Shortcuts
If you searched for diet books right now on amazon, how many results do you think you’d get? Diet books are pretty popular, remember. Definitely more than a couple hundred, right? I would have guessed a couple thousand. I would … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Photography, Self-Improvement
Tagged Four Hour, Shortcut, Tim Ferriss
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Keeping It Real: People Want Sincerity, Not Honesty
For almost all of hip hop’s existence, rappers and artists were judged, at least to some degree, on how “real” they were. “Real”, of course, didn’t mean honest or sincere, but was specifically defined as having “the right type of … Continue reading
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Tagged Honesty, John Mayer, Keeping It Real, Sincerity
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The Purpose Of Life
I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. – Dalai Lama This quote has been dredged up again recently, floating around the internet for the last few weeks drawing criticism. Many people, especially, it seems, minimalists, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, Dalai Lama, Happiness, Life, Meaning, Philosophy, Purpose
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Choose Your Friends Wisely
Who has a bigger influence on the person you turn out to be: your parents or your friends? Since at least the days of Freud, psychologists believed parents were the overwhelming factor in how their children turned out. But, it … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Decision, Failure, Friends, Goal, Life, Losers, Mentors, Success, Winners
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The Best The World Has To Offer?
Most people are satisfied with the best the world has to offer. There’s actually quite a bit of social pressure to be satisfied by the best. I’ve eaten with people at some of the world’s best restaurants who refuse to … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Best, Cesar Ritz, Satisfied, Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, World Class
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For Granted
It’s dark out. Your windows are steamed over, caused by the temperature differential between your warm bedroom and the cold morning. Your alarm clock trips, and your favorite song blasts from it speakers. You wake up, stumble out of bed, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Cynicism, Diogenes, Invonvenience, Modern Life, Poverty, Stoicism, Take for granted, Thanksgiving
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Wax-On, Wax-Off
In The Karate Kid, Mr. Miyagi has Daniel-San spend his first four days of training waxing his cars, sanding his floors, and painting his house. As Daniel-San is about to quit in frustration, Mr. Miyagi reveals that what he’s really … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Basics, Fundamentals, Karate Kid, Seth Godin
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It’s Not Persistence, It’s Commitment
What would you do if you got rejected, not once or twice, or even a dozen or two dozen times? What would you do if got rejected 60 times? Kathryn Stockett decided she was going to succeed, no matter what: … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Author, Commitment, Ends, Goal, Inspiration, Perseverance, Persistence, Writing
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The World Was Built By People No Smarter Than You
When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is, and your life is just to live your life inside the world; try not to bash into the walls too much, try to … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes
Tagged Art, Business, Change, Creating, Inspiration, Steve Jobs, World
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What Scares Us Most
There is no child on the planet who is afraid of the dark. They’re afraid of not being able to see what’s around them. They’re afraid of the unknown. We all are. While fear of pain drives us to act … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Fear, Perception, Religion, Scare
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Life Is Always About Starting At The Bottom
Remember when you were in 8th or 9th grade? King of middle school? Big man on campus? Remember what happened just a short year later? Back to the bottom of the totem pole. You were no longer bigger than all … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Bottom, Hierarchy, Hustle, Life, Work
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30,000 Days, If You’re Lucky
You only get about 30,000 days, if you’re lucky. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably got less than 20,000 days left. That’s if you’re lucky. You might get cancer; you might have a heart attack or a stroke; you might … Continue reading
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Tagged 30000 Days, Age, Death, Goal, Life, Planning, Time
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Plans Are Good, Goals Are Better
Plans, the individual steps you think you’re going to take to accomplish something, are good. But, plans have this nasty tendency to fail pretty regularly. One of the steps just wasn’t feasible, or other people don’t do what they’re supposed … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Goal, Planning, Seth Godin
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Anxiety Comes Only From Within
Today I escaped from anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions — not outside. – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Book 9 ¶ 13
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Tagged Anxiety, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Perception
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