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Category Archives: Advice
How To Lose Your Shirt In Vegas
I like to gamble. Actually, that’s a lie. I love to gamble. Poker and craps, mostly, but if I’m bored enough, I will literally gamble on anything. I’m fortunate in that I’ve developed a bit of skill at the games … Continue reading
Keep Your Mouth Shut
Number one piece of advice if you’re ever questioned by the police about a crime: keep your mouth shut until your lawyer gets there. Interrogation techniques are so psychologically effective, people confess all the time. Even when they didn’t do … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Persuasion, Rationality
Tagged Arrest, Do Yourself a Favor, Jail, Shut Up
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Transparency
Polished Sausage “Transparency” has been one of the hottest buzzwords in business for a few years now. Pundits and actual businessmen alike tout the advantages of full disclosure, and maybe more importantly, the ramifications of not being forthright. But, as … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Creativity, Food For Thought, Self-Improvement, Style
Tagged Mystique, Presentation, Show, Style, Trigger
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The Cult of Status Quo
Bill Simmons, who’s nicknamed The Sports Guy and writes a comical column for ESPN, shares a very insightful response to a reader’s email about why soccer will never become popular in the U.S.: “Sometimes when people become die-hard fans of … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Aesthetics, Art, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Photography, Self-Improvement
Tagged Bill Simmons, Fads, HDR Photography, Sports, The Sports Guy, Trends
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Great Decision
You know how you can tell when you’ve made a good decision? If you feel like you waited too long to make it, then it’s a good decision. [If you say] we should have done this a long time ago. … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes
Tagged 37Signals, Decision making, Rework
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Investing For Dummies
I recently wrote the following as a response to one of Sebastian Marshall’s posts about investing, in which he breaks down what he’s learning about the financial game, the reasons people shouldn’t try to pick their own stocks, and how … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Investing, Pick, Stock Market
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Get Rich?
A lot of people I know want to get rich. The problem is, most of them probably couldn’t answer this very simple question: How do you define “rich”? Is it a sequence of numbers following a dollar sign? Is it … Continue reading
Deadlines Force Creativity
Inspiration and work ethic, they ride right next to each other. When I was an upholsterer, sometimes you’re not inspired to reupholster and old chair. Sometimes it’s just work and you just do it because you’re supposed to. And maybe … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement, Style, Tips
Tagged Creativity, Deadline, Jack White, Pain, Restriction, White Stripes, Work
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Poke The Box
Not only do I think Seth Godin’s new manifesto, Poke The Box, is worth reading, I think there’s some ideas in it that are so important I’m putting them down here so I don’t forget them. The book is only … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Doing, Failure, Fear, Focus, Poke The Box, Seth Godin, Starting
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Failure Is Good
Most people are afraid of failure. I know I certainly am at times. The problem is, failure is often the best way to learn. When you succeed at something difficult or amorphous, you usually don’t know why: a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Failure, Mark Cuban, Oprah Winfrey, Richard Branson
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Ego Is Good
From Seth Godin’s Poke The Box: Somewhere along the way, ego became a nasty word. It’s not. When our name is on a project, our ego pushes us over the hump and drives us to do even better work. Ego … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Ego, Greed, Poke The Box, Seth Godin, Vanity
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If You’re Not Curious, You’re Boring
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. -Albert Einstein I really believe curiosity is everything. Those who aren’t curious about the world are boring and never accomplish anything great. I can understand how people can go through … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Albert Einstein, Curiosity, Interesting, Interestingness, Jay-Z, John Mayer, Seth Godin
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Now Is A Great Time To Be Young
It seems like every day that I hear how hard it is to be young these days. Â There’s no jobs, students are laden with debt, etc. etc. This seems like total bullshit to me. Â For example, this NY Times piece … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Future, Kids, Opportunity, Startup, Work
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Enjoying Museums
I visited the Leopold Museum by myself yesterday, because no one wanted to join me. Â The museum was very nice, and absolutely worth a visit if you’re in Vienna. Â It houses the largest collection of Egon Schiele’s work in the … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Tips, Travel
Tagged Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Leopold, Museum
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Hired Guns
When Alex Rodriguez wanted a new contract to reflect the fact that he may end up as the all time leader in HR, hits, RBIs, and runs scored, he didn’t negotiate the deal himself. Â He hired super-agent Scott Boras, who … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Negotiation, Persuasion, Self-Improvement
Tagged CAA, Deals, Movies, Negotiation, Opportunity Cost, Scott Boras, Sports
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