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Category Archives: Advice
The Tyler Durden Self Help Method
Who is Tyler Durden? All the ways you wish you could be, that’s me. I look like you wanna look, I fuck like you wanna fuck, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways … Continue reading
More Shit Won’t Make You Happy
We often hear that having money doesn’t make you happy. I don’t think most people really believe that though. Maybe it has something to do with the source. Most people that say that seem to either not be rich, or … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Future, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Adam Carolla, Happiness, Meaning of Life, Money
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Conquering Fear
Most people have irrational fears of some sort. Whether it’s of flying, or confined spaces, or water, or people, the best method is always facing those fears head on. Click here for an amazing write up of someone who overcame … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Band-Aid technique, Decency, Fear, good, Humanity, people
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Don’t Be Awesome, Be Decent
My girlfriend was telling me a story about her friend while we were driving in the car today. Some unknown person asked the friend for a favor, which she granted. “What an awesome thing to do!” I said. In this … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Ask, Decency, Don't Be a Dick, Favor, Humanity
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More Hours ≠More Results
Energy, the capacity to work, is not a finite resource. I really want to believe this. I often get exhausted though, or sick of working on something, or drained, or just lazy. My capacity to work seems fluctuates all over … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity
Tagged Capacity, Grow, Harvard Business Review, Productivity, The Energy Project, Work
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Giving It Away
I’ve written before about working for free. It’s still the best way to get into positions or industries you would never have had a chance to get into if you insisted on being paid for your time. It’s still a … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Future, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged connecting, Free Work, internships, Learning, networking, TED, Working for free
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Time Tracking, version 3
I was turned onto time tracking a few months ago by Sebastian Marshall. Overall, I’ve found it tremendously helpful. It’s a fantastic system to not only keep you on track, but it really does increase (my) productivity. But, the my … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Productivity, Self-Direction, Template, Time Tracking
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Games > Music
In Delivering Happiness, Zappo’s CEO Tony Hsieh recounts how he, and every other Asian kid he knew, was forced to practice multiple instruments, often for hours each day. No TV, no playtime, no games, until homework was finished and music … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Bobby Fisher, Brain, Chess, Development, Garry Kasparov, Kids, Mind
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How to E-mail
E-mail is the single greatest time-waster in modern life. –Tim Ferris Tim Ferris, of Four-Hour Workweek and Four-Hour Body fame, is on a one-man mission against e-mail. Check out some of the results for a search of “Tim Ferris e-mail”: … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Productivity, Quotes, Tips
Tagged Gary Vaynerchuk, Help, Never Eat Alone, Reach Out, Tim Ferris
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How To Get Smarter
For years, people thought intelligence was genetic. It was thought that your intelligence potential was more or less fixed at birth, that at best, you could make yourself dumber by huffing paint or drinking booze. This was actually confirmed by … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Brain, Fluid, Get Smart, Intelligence, IQ, Mind, Working Memory
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Being Frugal Makes You A Loser
I’m all for saving money. I get as much pleasure watching my bank account grow as I do from buying things or taking trips. But, people often take frugality too far. I don’t care if you’re poor, and if you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Tips
Tagged Cheap, Do Yourself a Favor, Live Rich
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That’s Not Fair
What revolves around the Earth? “Henri looked down in concentration as the answer choices were read aloud: (A) The moon, (B) The sun, (C) Mars, (D) Venus. Henri reread the question out loud and mulled the choices over in his … Continue reading
Why Poker Is Like Business
In Tony Hsieh’s Delivering Happiness, he discusses life after being bought out of LinkExchange for $265 million, of which his share was around $20 million. While searching for what he was going to do next, he became intensely focused on … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Inspiration, Quotes
Tagged Delivering Happiness, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Hold 'em, Poker, Texas, Tony Hsieh, Zappos
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Why Their Offer Sucks and You’re Always Right
Following yesterday’s post, I thought I’d share a bit more about irrational behavior. The following attributes won’t help as much at the tables in Vegas, but they can save, or make, you more money in a lot of other situations. … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Negotiation, Persuasion, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Diagnosis Bias, Irrational Behavior, Sway, Value Attribution
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