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Does Going Back To School Make Sense?
I get asked a lot if I think it’s a good idea for someone in the workplace to go to graduate school. The long answer is, maybe. Like any other decision, you’re going to have to decide what outcome you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged Back to School, Education, Self improvement is masturbation
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Appreciation
Nobody appreciates having clear nostrils and sinuses or a smooth throat until they have a cold. Nobody appreciates bending over until they throw their back out. Nobody appreciates sitting in the sun, or drinking a glass of wine, or eating … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Inspiration, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Appreciation, Body, Family, Mind, Thankful, Thanksgiving
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How To Reduce Stress And Look Like You Have Your Shit Together
If you’re reading this, you probably aren’t anxious or stressed out about where your next meal is going to come from, whether something or someone is going to harm you in the very near future, or where you’re going to … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Creativity, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Adam Carolla, Anxiety, Batching, Just Do It Now, Life, Stress, Together
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Why Meaningless Assignments Might Be Important
One of the aims of military boot camp is to break a person down so that they can be rebuilt in the way the military desires. This might sound insane, but it’s pretty important to know that your soldiers are … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Boot Camp, Break Down, Bruce Lee, Mental, Mind, Rebuild, Training
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Only Scientists Are Successful
I’ve touted the importance of awareness and curiosity before, and I stand my belief that without those two traits, your chance of success is basically at the lottery level. Every successful person I know possesses these traits in abundance. But, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Science, Scientific Method, Scientist, Testing
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How To Seem Good At Everything: Stop Doing Stupid Shit
I read this post today, which does a great job of laying out one of the best pieces of advice I had ever been given: Back in college, one of my best friends was a prodigious chess player. He’d won … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Dumb, Habits, Mistakes, Stupid Shit
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It’s Always Easiest To Quit At The Beginning
When I was a freshman in high school I decided to join the water polo team. Mind you, I had never played water polo, and I was never on a swim team or anything, but it looked like fun and … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Perseverance, Quitting
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Obvious To You, Amazing To Others
I love this old video from Derek Sivers. It’s always easy to forget:
Posted in Advice, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Quotes
Tagged Brain, Creativity, Derek Sivers, Insight, Mind, Thought Process
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Don’t Take This The Wrong Way…
Once, when I was very small, I was walking through the airport with my grandfather when a man began running towards us. When he finally reached us, a bit out of breath, he extended his hand and thanked my grandfather … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Negotiation, Persuasion, Relationships
Tagged Communication, Effective, Neuro Linguistic Programming, NLP
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Fuck It Money
Not to be confused with “fuck you money” (which is the amount it would take you to be able to say “fuck you” to anybody at any time), “fuck it money” is something everybody can, and should have. “Fuck it … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Money, Self-Improvement
Tagged Ben Casnocha, Finance, Fuck It Money, Life
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Who Are You?
I’ve been posting a lot of quotes lately, mostly because I’ve been incredibly busy studying for and taking the bar, and partly because the extra motivation helps. Some of my favorite ideas have come from Marcus Aurelius and his “book” … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Future, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Personal Manifesto, Self Improvement
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Endurance
Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it’s endurable, then endure it. Â Stop complaining. If it’s unendurable . . . then stop complaining. Â Your destruction will mean its end as well. Just remember: you can endure anything … Continue reading
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Tagged Endurance, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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Relentless Self-Criticism
I was reading Architectural Digest, of all things, this evening. Cool article and photo spread about a house down in St. Barts. The architect who designed it undertook the project even though he was battling advanced esophageal cancer. Shortly before … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Better, Charles Gwathmey, Creativity, Criticism, Self Improvement
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Aspire To Be The Grapevine
Some people, when they do someone a favor, are always looking for a chance to call it in. And some aren’t, but they’re still aware of it – still regard it as a debt. But others don’t even do that. … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Inspiration, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Giving, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Selflessness
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