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Category Archives: Art
Recipe for a Breakthrough
From the always succinct Seth Godin: The two best ways to break through a rut and to make an impact: Find things that others have accepted as the status quo and make them significantly, noticeably and remarkably better. Find things … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Break through, Innovation, Self Improvement, Seth Godin, Unbetterable
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If You’re Gonna Cheat, Cheat
Some particularly limiting diets build in a “cheat day”. One day a week of utter gluttony where you can shove any and every substance you want into your face. What kind of diet would do that? Well, if you’re on … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Cheat, Cheat Day, diet, Productivity, Tim Ferriss, Work
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The Best Investment Advice You’ll Never Get
We had a guest lecturer come speak to our Corporate Finance class one day. Frank Partnoy, my professor, introduced him as a hedge fund guy who knew his shit. So well, Partnoy added, that he once simply donated the 9 … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Money, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Advice, Big Wins, Brokers, Index Funds, Investment, Manage, Robert K Jafek, Small Wins, Stock Market, Wall Street
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Get 38x Better in One Year
Can you imagine being 38 times more productive? More outgoing? More competent? More anything? All it takes is getting 1% better each day, for a year. Just 1%. Top of the to-do list should read: “How can I improve 1% … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged 1 Percent, 1%, Improvement, To-Do
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How To Be Creative
Sebastian Marshall was kind enough to let me guest post about how to be creative over on his blog. It’s a technique I’ve used successfully for many years, and I imagine many other luminaries and creatives have used this, or … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Photography, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement, Tips
Tagged Awareness, Creativity, Curiosity, Growth, How to be Creative, Ideas, Success
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Kill Yourself, For Two Weeks
Killing yourself can be a useful thing to think about. But, instead of using it is a mid-to-long term form of regulation, what if you shortened it and made it immediately actionable? What if you had two weeks to live? … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Art, Create, Creation, Kill Yourself, Legacy, Productivity
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Best TED Talk Ever
So many takeaways: Passion Hans Rosling is incredibly passionate about statistics. He’s passionate about the underlying work he’s doing and the analysis and insights his data is generating, but he’s also passionate about just accessing and sharing data in general. … Continue reading
Posted in Aesthetics, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion, Quotes
Tagged Attitude, Data, Design, Presentation, Statistics
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The World’s Most Valuable Skill
It’s not the ability to pick stocks or spot market trends. It’s not the ability to sniff out which wells will produce oil or which methods will cure cancer. It’s not the ability to mange people or leverage their talents … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Law, Negotiation, Photography, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Art, Awareness, Cooking, Curiosity, Photography, Self Improvement, Skill, Valuable, Value
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Passion Does Not Cause Success
Nearly everyone I went to law school with was there because they hadn’t figured out what they wanted to do with their lives. It wasn’t that they were passionate about law, or putting bad guys away, or freeing the innocently … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Cause and Effect, Passion, Passionate, Rationality, Success
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How To Make Good Decisions
There are a lot of people who seem to have miserable luck and tough lives. They end up with significant others that cheat on them or leave them. They make bad investments or get caught up in scams. They have … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Rationality, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Decision making, Happiness, How to be Happy
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Violently Execute
A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week. General George S. Patton Most successful people spend a lot of time planning. But, at a certain point, your plan is good enough. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Data, Efficiency, Metrics, Patton, Productivity, Time Tracking
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When Precision Is Detrimental
Precision is generally good. It generally feels good. I’ve used camera lenses that have been precisely machined and mated to particular camera bodies. They’re about as perfect as can be and they were a joy to use. Peter Drucker famously … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Peter Drucker, Precision, Shipping, Vibrations
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Entrepreneurs: Learn From Artists; Artists From Entrepreneurs
A lot of artists have problems shipping work, myself included. It’s scary. An artist’s work is the most intimate reflection of his own taste, views, and values. Putting work out into the world leaves an artist vulnerable to critique, criticism, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Photography, Self-Improvement
Tagged Art, Artists, Creation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Shipping
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Entrepreneurs are Artists
How did Michaelangelo sculpt the Pieta? How did a deaf Beethoven compose his famous 9th Symphony? How did Van Gogh paint Starry Night? Where did these things come from? According to Steve Blank: They’re visions. And founders do the exact … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Artist, Entrepreneur, Founders, Steve Blank
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