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Category Archives: Advice
Psychology of Morality
At least one study shows that our default setting might be to cheat.  Only when we have a bit of time for reflection does our penchant for morality kick in: Dr Shalvi, Dr Eldar and Dr Bereby-Meyer gave each of 76 … Continue reading
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Tagged Liar, Lie, Psychology, Truth
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Plodding Wins The Race
The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. “I have never yet been beaten,” he said. Â “I challenge anyone here to race with me.” The Tortoise said quietly, “I accept your challenge.” “That’s funny,” said the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesop, Fable, Success, Work Ethic
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Create More Than You Consume
It’s very easy to consume. Â We’ve created a culture that glamorizes it. Â Television and internet access alone are unending conveyer belts, delivering as much distraction and escapism as you can possibly guzzle. Â But we also have magazines, books, movie theaters, … Continue reading
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Tagged Consume, Consumption, Create, Creativity, Time Tracking
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Happiness Obligation
Other people don’t have an obligation to make you happy. You have an obligation to those around you to be happy. Â Even if you’re not, you have an obligation to appear happy. Â Fake it, if necessary. Don’t bum out your … Continue reading
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Tagged Choice, Happiness, Life, Success
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On Luck
Luck is an interesting concept. Â Many of the successful people I know consider themselves lucky. Â Not just from a “I’m lucky to have been successful” standpoint, but from a “chance events usually seem to benefit me” standpoint. Â Part of this … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Disappointment, Luck, Opportunity
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How To Write, Part 2
John Steinbeck, in a lengthy interview with the Paris Review (all of which is worth reading)Â shares some thoughts on writing: 1. Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just … Continue reading
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Tagged Habit Building, John Steinbeck, Writing
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How To Break A Habit
We’ve talked before about building habits. Â That’s important. Â But so is breaking habits. Â Luckily, unlike forcing yourself to repeatedly do something new and scary, breaking existing habits isn’t nearly as hard. Â One of the easiest ways is simply to substitute … Continue reading
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Tagged Change, Habits
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You Can Decide To Be Happy
Good listen:
Posted in Advice, Choice, Food For Thought, Psychology, Quotes, Rationality
Tagged Choice, Happiness, Psychology, Success
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What’s the Upside?
When their money is at stake, people often ask what the downside is. Â How much can I lose? Â Then they weigh this against the upside. Â How much can I make? Strangely, when money isn’t at stake, people don’t really seem … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Relationships
Tagged Don't Be a Dick, gossip, relationships, Upside
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How Photographers Actually Spend Their Time
Note that this is true for literally every profession, especially the “glamorous” ones (click to enlarge): HT: Chase Jarvis
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Tagged Business, Career, Photography
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The Path of Aloneness
Miyamoto Musashi is regarded as the best swordsman in Japanese history, and one of the greatest warriors in history. Â He was also a devout strategist. Â Written during the week he spent preparing for his own death, a period in which … Continue reading
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Tagged Duty, Minimalism, Mushashi, Tyler Durden
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…But No One Else Is Doing It
It’s scary if you’re the only one doing something. Â The immediate thought is that you must be doing something wrong. Â Surely, if you were right, someone else would be doing it. Sometimes, that’s true. Â Nobody is selling bacon-flavored oxygen because … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Fear, Scary
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How To Write
More excellent advice from David Ogilvy, founder of one of the preeminent advertising firms in the world: The better you write, the higher you go in Ogilvy & Mather. People who think well, write well. Woolly minded people write woolly memos, woolly letters and … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Marketing, Quotes, Tips
Tagged Advertising, Copy, David Ogilvy, Writing
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Screen Real Estate, Productivity, and Idiots
Ran across these thoughts on how minimizing your screen real estate might actually boost your productivity: Having a big screen is a good excuse to stick a Twitter client here, mail client there, have list of files pane constantly open, … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Idiots, Internet, Productivity, Screen
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Fear Breeds Superstition
Superstition, then, is engendered, preserved, and fostered by fear. Â If anyone desire an example, let him take Alexander, who only began superstitiously to seek guidance from seers, when he first learnt to fear fortune in the passes of Sysis (Curtius, … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Benedict de Spinoza, Fear, Rationality, Superstition
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