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Category Archives: Advice
No Adjectives
A tip to improve your writing: Use adverbs instead of adjectives. Abstractly, this is simple. Â Difficult in practice. Â Instead of describing something’s attributes, you’re forced to either craft each sentence around a verb, or go the Bob Dylan route and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adjective, Adverb, Copywriting, Writing
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Those Crazy Anti-Authoritarians
Some fascinating thoughts about psychiatry and anti-authoritarianism: Gaining acceptance into graduate school or medical school and achieving a PhD or MD and becoming a psychologist or psychiatrist means jumping through many hoops, all of which require much behavioral and attentional … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Choice, Food For Thought, Future, Inspiration, Psychology, Quotes
Tagged Academics, Anti-Authoritarian, Authority, Education, McCarthyism, Psychiatry
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Productivity Tips, From 1932
Despite, or in fact because of, the 80 years of technological advancement, these tips are even more relevant today. Â Courtesy of Henry Miller: COMMANDMENTS Work on one thing at a time until finished. Start no more new books, add no … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Create, Production, Productivity, Writing
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Make The Secret A Lot More Trouble Than The Trick Seems Worth
Good advice for magic, and life: Make the secret a lot more trouble than the trick seems worth. You will be fooled by a trick if it involves more time, money and practice than you (or any other sane onlooker) would … Continue reading
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Tagged Life, Magic, Penn & Teller, Secret, Story Telling, Work
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Level of Difficulty Matters
Doing the same easy thing over and over again doesn’t usually lead to success. Â Of course, neither does taking on impossible tasks that never get off the ground. The better way is to constantly take on those things that seem … Continue reading
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Tagged Hard, Level of Difficulty, Life, Push, Success
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The Passion Myth
Find something you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life. Right? Bullshit. Nobody on Earth wakes up every single day restlessly waiting to take on the world. Â Such passion doesn’t exist. Â If you’re really, really lucky, and … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Law, Productivity, Psychology, Self-Improvement
Tagged Comfort, Do The Work, Myth, Passion, Risk
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What You Should Focus On
A good reminder:
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Psychology, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Control, Focus, Life, Worry
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The Element of Surprise
A really insightful email from Teller, of Penn & Teller fame, where he responds to a struggling magician’s request for advice on how to develop his stage presence and style. Â A couple things to note: first, Teller is a celebrity, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Marketing, Photography, Psychology, Quotes, Style
Tagged Drama, Element, Help, Magic, Penn & Teller, Reach Out, Story, Storytelling, Surprise
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Selfish Expression
Certain words or phrases, or demeanors, or attitudes convey certain things. Â Your every action makes an expression, either bolstering or betraying you. Â Stand up straight, look people in the eye, speak clearly and without hesitation, and people are inclined to … Continue reading
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Tagged Greed, Open, Secrecy, Selfishness, Share
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Fear and Fire
“Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It’s like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can’t control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy … Continue reading
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Tagged Control, Fear, Quotes
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It Will Be There Later
A quick tip on preventing procrastination: Whatever it is you want to do, whether it’s check email or facebook, or read the news, or play a game, or whatever, recognize that it will be there later. The news will always … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Productivity, Self-Improvement, Time Tracking, Tips
Tagged Procrastination, Productivity, Time Tracking, Tips
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Cultivate Failure
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm†– Winston Churchill Failure is part of all entrepreneurial processes.  Even if you’re wildly successful right out of the gate, even if you’re Facebook, … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Failure, Growth
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How Do I Improve?
Someone wrote to me today asking how to improve their photography. Â I wrote back a short reply, and realized it is in no way limited to photography: Hi S., Thanks very much! My advice to you would be to look … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Photography, Self-Improvement
Tagged Better, Craft, Goals, Improve, Skill, Work
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Sustained Charity
Most people think of charity is something to be done weekly, monthly, or yearly. Â A tithe, or a purged closet to Goodwill, or serving Thanksgiving meals to the homeless. But charity can be practiced on a more immediate, more constant … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Choice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Psychology, Relationships
Tagged Charity, Communication, Positive, relationships
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The Tim Ferriss Falacy
We’re now deep into the fourth generation of the self-help guru.  This generation shares much with its predecessors, including fondness for the shortcut.  People like Tim Ferriss have  made their name on finding and exploiting these shortcuts, or “hacks” as … Continue reading
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Tagged Fallacy, Skills, Success, Tim Ferriss, Work
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