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Category Archives: Creativity
How to Beat Procrastination, Maintain Balance and Avoid Burnout
How do Olympic athletes train for the biggest event of their lives? What separates the top tennis players in the world from those that are merely world class? A big part of it is what they don’t do. If you … Continue reading
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Tagged Burnout, Power of Full Engagement, Procrastination, Productivity, Techniques, Work Life Balance
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The Problem With Beginning
The problem with starting any new creative endeavor is that you’re going to suck at it. Even when you become a professional, depending on your field, most of your work is still going to suck. There’s a terrible irony at … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement, Style
Tagged Finishing, Ira Glass, Produce, Quitting, Taste, Work
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Yes, It Matters, Even If No One Sees
For the first thirty years of your life, you make your habits. For the last thirty years of your life, your habits make you. – Old Hindu Proverb We tell kids that their homework is important, even when we know … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Character, Habit, Priorities, Proverb
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Quit
Stephen Dubner, author of Freakonomics, also runs podcast by the same name. He recently put out an episode titled “The Upside of Quitting” that was full of interesting thoughts. Full transcript here, and my favorite quote below. “A quitter never … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Aptitude, Choice, Life, Path, Quitting, Sunk Cost Fallacy, Talent
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How to Earn Their Trust and Stop the Nagging
There’s generally a big lag time between the time you make a change and the time that change is recognized. You undoubtedly noticed this as a child. You demonstrate you know something, or know how to perform some task, but … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Goal, Growth, mastery, relationships, Skill, Trust, Wow
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Embracing Death
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Accomplishment, Death, Goal, Life, Plan, Steve Jobs
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Minimum Viable Personality
Excellent thoughts here on cultivating personality in your products. Note that just about everything can be thought of as a product. If you produce reports for a living, the report is your product. You can create a brand out of … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Business, Creativity, Personality, relationships
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On Being Too Good
When Roger Bannister broke the 4:00 barrier, a wave of runners suddenly poured through the hole he had smashed. Before Bannister, a sub four minute mile was unthinkable. After Banister, well, who cares if you ran a 3:59? So did … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Business, Creativity, mastery, Practice, Technique
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Selling Out Your Dream For $140 A Week
You’ve got two job offers: Option 1 is a job at a fantastic company, with great people, doing something you want to be doing. Option 2 is a job at a good company, with good people, doing ok work. But, … Continue reading
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Tagged Decision making, Dream Job, Evaluation, Goal, Priorities
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The World’s Second Most Valuable Skill
Awareness is vital. If you can’t pick up on the things going on around you, you’ll almost certainly never be phenomenal at anything. Curiosity isn’t far behind. You can be aware of everything at all times, but if you’re not … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Accomplishment, Dream, Goal, JSK, Perseverance
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On Handling Critics
Anyone who produces art, or voices opinions, or does anything publicly, will have critics. Guaranteed. I wrote a post about frugality that got a tiny bit of attention on the web and was bombarded with insults. Did I care? Well, … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Criticism, Ego, Quotes
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Mark Zuckerberg Isn’t Mark Zuckerberg
I can’t say this more succinctly than Seth Godin, so I’ll just copy it here: “Mark Zuckerberg” has become a codeword for the truly gifted exception, the wunderkind freak of nature for whom traditional rules don’t apply. Well, sure, Mark … Continue reading
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Tagged Genius, Mark Zuckerberg, Seth Godin, Work
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How Important Is Boredom?
A thought provoking article by Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, in the Wall Street Journal: If you have a smartphone in your pocket, a game console in the living room, a Kindle in your backpack and an iPad in the kitchen, … Continue reading
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Tagged Boredom, Meditation, Reflection
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Appreciation For Inaptitude
To the Gods: [Thanks] That I wasn’t more talented in rhetoric or poetry, or other areas. If I’d felt that I was making better progress I might never have given them up. – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 1:17 You hear … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Aptitude, Life, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Plans
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