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Category Archives: Inspiration
Money Is Not Wealth
Imagine if you suddenly had the power to make anything you thought about appear in front of you. *Juicy Steak* Zap. A sizzling, pink New York with a great crust on your kitchen table. *Rolls Royce* Boom. Brand new Phantom … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Money, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Business, Capitalism, Money, Paul Graham, Wealth, Zero-Sum
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How To Befriend Anyone
When Ben Franklin was running for Clerk of the General Assembly, one of his colleagues delivered a speech to the legislature skewering him. This was a problem, because this was a guy Franklin couldn’t afford to just start a feud … Continue reading
The Joy of Swearing
It’s not necessary. As if that should stop one from doing it. It’s not necessary to have colored socks. Things not being necessary is what makes life interesting. Little extras in life. Stephen Fry Great thoughts from Stephen Fry on … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Style
Tagged Expression, Language, Speech, Stephen Fry, Swearing
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Other People’s Faults
It’s silly to try to escape other people’s faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own. – Marcus Aurelius, Book 7, ¶ 71 The ironic bit is, once you do escape some your own faults, you unthinkingly tend … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Escape, Faults, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Self-Improvement, Stoicism
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You CAN Argue With Success
Arguing with failure is pretty tough. By definition, there’s nothing left to argue with. It’s dead. You can argue about failure, who’s to blame, or what caused this or that to happen, but there’s usually not a whole lot to … Continue reading
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Tagged Dell, Failure, Inspiration, Rockefeller, Seth Godin, Steve Jobs, Success
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Self Delusion And The Dumbest Excuses Ever
You’re almost certain to get two answers if you ask any student why they’re not doing something that would benefit them, whether it’s taking more rigorous (or simply more) classes, getting an internship on the side, working out, joining an … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Dumb, Excuses, Lazy, Rationality, Self Delusion, Seth Godin, Stupid
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The Idiocy of Worrying About Your Legacy
Marcus Aurelius, the 16th Emperor of Rome, the most powerful man on earth for a time, kept a journal of thoughts and notes for himself, to keep himself grounded. The twelve “books” worth of writings cover a broad range of … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Rationality, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Goal, Legacy, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Purpose
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The Prodigy Fraud
Wolfgang Mozart was composing music at five years old. By eight, he was giving public performances as a violinist and a pianist. Before his death at age 35, he produced some of the most renowned music that has ever existed. … Continue reading
Look Better and Get Better By Culling
It’s important to go back and review your old work. Just a little time away from it and you can look at it with fresh eyes. Enough time away from it and you can look at it with someone else’s … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Photography, Self-Improvement
Tagged Bad, Creativity, Cull, Improvement, Old, Review, Skill, Work
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The Tipping Point Is Bullshit
The concept of “the tipping point” has been bastardized. People now seem use the expression to mean that there’s some sort of silver bullet or fatal flaw. If you could just do this one thing, or eliminate this one flaw, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Improvement, Incremental Change, Malcolm Gladwell, Results, Success, Tipping Point
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On Being Prolific
Picasso created somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 pieces of art during his life. If we take the low estimate and assume he starting making real art at about 6 years old, this means he had to create about two pieces … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Art, Business, Create, Creativity, Output, Pablo Picasso, Productivity, Prolific, Work
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Remember What You’re Measured By
Pointless bustling of processions, opera arias, herds of sheep and cattle, military exercises. A bone flung to pet poodles, a little food in the fish tank. The miserable servitude of ants, scampering of frightened mice, puppets jerked on strings. Surrounded … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Goal, Life, Marcus Aurelius, Purpose, Worth
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Your Brand Is Irrelevant
Branding has been tremendously valuable over the last 100 years or so. Even during the last five or ten years, pundits have been telling people to turn themselves into brands. Brands are identifiable, they stand for something, they signify quality. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Access, Art, Branding, Brands, Business, Marketing, Persuasion, Relevance
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If You Can Easily Describe What You Do, You’re Fucked
If you’re hanging out with the spouse of someone who is very successful, it’s hilarious to ask them what their spouse does. Most of the time, they have no idea. They’ll know what field he’s in, “uh… she works with … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Future, Inspiration, Money, Self-Improvement
Tagged Career, Creativity, Economy, Factory, Future, Job
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Focus On Your Core Principle to Make Decisions And Beat Procrastination
I finished reading Made To Stick last week, which is fantastic and highly recommended for anyone who does anything creative, anything that requires communication, or anything related to sales (so… pretty much everyone). One of the biggest things that’s stuck … Continue reading
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