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A Plant Frequently Moved Never Grows Strong
A plant which is frequently moved never grows strong. People who spend their whole life traveling abroad end up having plenty of places where they can find hospitality but no real friendships. We place a big emphasis, and not wrongly, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged experience, Goals, Life, mastery, relationships, Seneca, Stoicism, Travel
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Hemingway’s Productivity Hack
One of the things I’ve made an effort to get good at is to do the little things as I notice them. As soon as I notice something that needs to be picked up, or put away, or moved, or … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Ernest Hemingway, Hack, Productivity, Writer's Block, Writing
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There Are No Shortcuts
If you searched for diet books right now on amazon, how many results do you think you’d get? Diet books are pretty popular, remember. Definitely more than a couple hundred, right? I would have guessed a couple thousand. I would … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Photography, Self-Improvement
Tagged Four Hour, Shortcut, Tim Ferriss
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Choose Your Friends Wisely
Who has a bigger influence on the person you turn out to be: your parents or your friends? Since at least the days of Freud, psychologists believed parents were the overwhelming factor in how their children turned out. But, it … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Decision, Failure, Friends, Goal, Life, Losers, Mentors, Success, Winners
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The Best The World Has To Offer?
Most people are satisfied with the best the world has to offer. There’s actually quite a bit of social pressure to be satisfied by the best. I’ve eaten with people at some of the world’s best restaurants who refuse to … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Best, Cesar Ritz, Satisfied, Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, World Class
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Wax-On, Wax-Off
In The Karate Kid, Mr. Miyagi has Daniel-San spend his first four days of training waxing his cars, sanding his floors, and painting his house. As Daniel-San is about to quit in frustration, Mr. Miyagi reveals that what he’s really … Continue reading
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Tagged Basics, Fundamentals, Karate Kid, Seth Godin
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It’s Not Persistence, It’s Commitment
What would you do if you got rejected, not once or twice, or even a dozen or two dozen times? What would you do if got rejected 60 times? Kathryn Stockett decided she was going to succeed, no matter what: … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, Commitment, Ends, Goal, Inspiration, Perseverance, Persistence, Writing
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The World Was Built By People No Smarter Than You
When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is, and your life is just to live your life inside the world; try not to bash into the walls too much, try to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Business, Change, Creating, Inspiration, Steve Jobs, World
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Life Is Always About Starting At The Bottom
Remember when you were in 8th or 9th grade? King of middle school? Big man on campus? Remember what happened just a short year later? Back to the bottom of the totem pole. You were no longer bigger than all … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Bottom, Hierarchy, Hustle, Life, Work
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30,000 Days, If You’re Lucky
You only get about 30,000 days, if you’re lucky. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably got less than 20,000 days left. That’s if you’re lucky. You might get cancer; you might have a heart attack or a stroke; you might … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged 30000 Days, Age, Death, Goal, Life, Planning, Time
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Plans Are Good, Goals Are Better
Plans, the individual steps you think you’re going to take to accomplish something, are good. But, plans have this nasty tendency to fail pretty regularly. One of the steps just wasn’t feasible, or other people don’t do what they’re supposed … Continue reading
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Tagged Goal, Planning, Seth Godin
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Thanksgiving
It’s nice that Americans (and Canadians) have a holiday dedicated to giving thanks. But, it would be nicer still if we made an effort to do this more than once a year, especially if we could do it without being … Continue reading
The Long View
In Amazon’s first shareholder letter, published in 1997, the first subsection was titled, “It’s all about the long term.” Jeff Bezos explains why: If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you’re competing against a … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Food For Thought, Future, Inspiration, Quotes
Tagged Amazon, Dedication, Goals, Jeff Bezos, Long View, Long-Term, Planning, Vision
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The Problem With Old People
They’re afraid of breaking shit. Put some technology in their hands, and they’re afraid to do anything. “I don’t want to break it.” “What if I mess something up?” So, of course they never learn how to use it. You … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Break, Break through, How it Works, Kids, Learning, Old People
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The Danger of Being Self-Deprecating
Being self-deprecating can be extremely useful, especially if you wield any sort of power or authority. Making fun of yourself, or belittling your own skills, can put other people at ease, can make people like you, and strangely enough, make … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Arrogance, Criticism, Deprecation, Humor, Pride, Self-Deprecating, Skill
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