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Category Archives: Food For Thought
Slow Heroism
Some people risk their lives in briefs act of heroism. They pull a fellow soldier to safety during a gunfight, or land a plane in the Hudson after it loses both engines, or chase down the guy who stole an … Continue reading
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Tagged Change, Goal, Heroism, Inspiration, Nathan Myhrvold, Passion, Slow, Work
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The Secret To Success Is Failure
Dominic Randolph is the headmaster at an elite New York prep school. His clientele is made up of offspring of New York’s elite, a group of rich and powerful people who fork over $38,500 for pre-kindergarten. These kids, you might … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Character, Ethics, Failure, Fortitude, Grit, Morals, Self-Improvement, Success
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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
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Rationality
Tagged Decision making, Dream Job, Evaluation, Goal, Priorities
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Test Your Way To A Raise
Testing is fundamentally important to increase your odds of success. Yes, you may have been born an athletic freak. You may write a screenplay that strikes the right tone at the right time and is wildly successful. You may come … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Business, Self-Improvement, Testing, Tracking
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Should I Go To Medical School?
A lot of bright young people consider going into medicine. Like any profession, it has its downsides, but, at least to me, it was pretty obvious that those downsides were much bigger than in many other fields. But, not having … Continue reading
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Tagged Doctor, Mecial School, Medicine, Physician, Question
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Relationship Rot
More pithiness from Seth Godin: Most partnerships don’t end up in court. Most friendships don’t end in a fight. Most customers don’t leave in a huff. Instead, when one party feels underappreciated, or perhaps taken advantage of, she stops showing … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Appreciation, Recognition, relationships, Seth Godin
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The Scary Truth About Happiness
Unfortunately, you can’t buy happiness, because happiness doesn’t come from doing things that make you feel good. Happiness doesn’t come from laying on the beach, or vacationing in Europe, or shopping, or eating, or drinking, or partying, or fucking. Happiness … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Happiness, Pride, Principles, Work Ethic
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Liars, Damn Liars, and Quotes
Quotes and quips and one liners and zingers are fantastic. The best ones can encapsulate a lifetime of wisdom into a single sentence. But, the worst ones can be terribly misleading. The trouble is separating the good from the bad. … Continue reading
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Tagged Danger, Fallacy, Marketing, Quotes, Sergey Brin, Seth Godin
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Hope Is Bad
Hope is disappointment, delayed. If you need something done, craft a plan, and make it happen. Don’t sit around and hope it’s going to turn out the way you want it to. It won’t. Hope is what’s left after you’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Hope, Inaction, Plan, Prayer
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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
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Advice, Criticism, Ego, Quotes
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60 Chances
If you’re really lucky, or extremely unlucky, you may realize how short your time is on this planet sometime in your teens. For most people, this revelation comes much later, but let’s be generous and use 15 years old as … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement, Time Tracking
Tagged Chances, Opportunity, Time
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Why Motivational Speakers Don’t Motivate
Dr. Jim Taylor, who has a PhD in psychology, says the “inspirational-industrial complex” is a sham. Why, you ask? Because the inspiration that comes from other people is manufactured from the outside. This “synthetic” inspiration simply can’t last long because … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Gurus, Inspiration, Motivation, Productivity
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Priorities
Power is out. Pretty much everywhere south of Los Angeles. Our entire operation shut down immediately. Even in an office where everyone basically just reads and writes all day, a loss of power is totally crippling. There was nowhere to … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Church, Meditation, Priorities, Reevaluate
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