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Category Archives: Food For Thought
Advertising Works On You
Advertising makes you buy things. It makes you like things. It can even makes you remember things. Things that never actually happened to you: It turns out that vivid commercials are incredibly good at tricking the hippocampus (a center of … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Advertising, Communication, False Memories, Implant, Memory
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The Tyler Durden Self Help Method
Who is Tyler Durden? All the ways you wish you could be, that’s me. I look like you wanna look, I fuck like you wanna fuck, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways … Continue reading
You’re Always Gonna Be Scared
We’re all scared. The difference is whether you’re gonna keep moving. An inspiring talk about fear by Merlin Mann: (starts slow, but it’s worth pushing through) What are you scared of?
Posted in Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Creating, Fear, Making, Moving, They Can't Eat You
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More Shit Won’t Make You Happy
We often hear that having money doesn’t make you happy. I don’t think most people really believe that though. Maybe it has something to do with the source. Most people that say that seem to either not be rich, or … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Future, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Adam Carolla, Happiness, Meaning of Life, Money
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Conquering Fear
Most people have irrational fears of some sort. Whether it’s of flying, or confined spaces, or water, or people, the best method is always facing those fears head on. Click here for an amazing write up of someone who overcame … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Band-Aid technique, Decency, Fear, good, Humanity, people
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Don’t Be Awesome, Be Decent
My girlfriend was telling me a story about her friend while we were driving in the car today. Some unknown person asked the friend for a favor, which she granted. “What an awesome thing to do!” I said. In this … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Ask, Decency, Don't Be a Dick, Favor, Humanity
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More Hours ≠More Results
Energy, the capacity to work, is not a finite resource. I really want to believe this. I often get exhausted though, or sick of working on something, or drained, or just lazy. My capacity to work seems fluctuates all over … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity
Tagged Capacity, Grow, Harvard Business Review, Productivity, The Energy Project, Work
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Invite, Don’t Sell
Windows and Orbitz provide totally open experiences: you can have whatever you like, anything is possible, but you’re going to have to work for it. Apple and Abercrombie & Kent chose a different direction: both provide totally tailored, curated experiences. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion
Tagged Advertising, Apple, Marketing, Microsoft, Persuasion, Sales, Selling
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Games > Music
In Delivering Happiness, Zappo’s CEO Tony Hsieh recounts how he, and every other Asian kid he knew, was forced to practice multiple instruments, often for hours each day. No TV, no playtime, no games, until homework was finished and music … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Bobby Fisher, Brain, Chess, Development, Garry Kasparov, Kids, Mind
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Why Creativity is Scary
What is creativity? Is it spawning new ideas from whole cloth? Is it wild discovery and clear innovation? Where does creativity come from? Is it that Eureka moment, that flash of inspiration that comes out of the ether? Is it, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Fear, Mark Cuban, Steve Jobs
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You’ll Never Be Rich
How much money does it take to feel rich? Throw out a number. Ten million dollars? Fifty million dollars? One Hundred million dollars? Interestingly, when you ask people that have actually made that much money, the average answer seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Framing, Perception, Psychology, Wealth
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How To Get Smarter
For years, people thought intelligence was genetic. It was thought that your intelligence potential was more or less fixed at birth, that at best, you could make yourself dumber by huffing paint or drinking booze. This was actually confirmed by … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Brain, Fluid, Get Smart, Intelligence, IQ, Mind, Working Memory
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Being Frugal Makes You A Loser
I’m all for saving money. I get as much pleasure watching my bank account grow as I do from buying things or taking trips. But, people often take frugality too far. I don’t care if you’re poor, and if you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Tips
Tagged Cheap, Do Yourself a Favor, Live Rich
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That’s Not Fair
What revolves around the Earth? “Henri looked down in concentration as the answer choices were read aloud: (A) The moon, (B) The sun, (C) Mars, (D) Venus. Henri reread the question out loud and mulled the choices over in his … Continue reading
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