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Category Archives: Inspiration
Recognize When You’re Being An Asshole
There are some instances when I can’t stand wasting time. If someone’s driving 10 mph under the speed limit on a one lane road, I’m infuriated. If the one guy behind the counter at the post office is moving at … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Asshole, Betterment, Calm, Fury, Inconvenience, people, Rage, Zen
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Being Interesting Requires Being Interested
Seth Godin with another pithy post: Interesting and Interested . . . it helps to be both. These are the two ways you earn attention. If it’s so obvious, why is it so difficult? Everybody wants to be interesting, to … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Rationality
Tagged Interested, Interestingness, Life, Seth Godin
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Pay Attention To Get Rich
Being aware of the world around you is important. It makes life more interesting. It’s the foundation for creativity. It can also make you rich. I’m reminded of this fact by Sam Farber, founder of OXO. How did Sam, a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration
Tagged Art, Awareness, Business, Curiosity, Inspiration
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Appreciation
Nobody appreciates having clear nostrils and sinuses or a smooth throat until they have a cold. Nobody appreciates bending over until they throw their back out. Nobody appreciates sitting in the sun, or drinking a glass of wine, or eating … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Inspiration, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Appreciation, Body, Family, Mind, Thankful, Thanksgiving
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Only Scientists Are Successful
I’ve touted the importance of awareness and curiosity before, and I stand my belief that without those two traits, your chance of success is basically at the lottery level. Every successful person I know possesses these traits in abundance. But, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Science, Scientific Method, Scientist, Testing
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How To Seem Good At Everything: Stop Doing Stupid Shit
I read this post today, which does a great job of laying out one of the best pieces of advice I had ever been given: Back in college, one of my best friends was a prodigious chess player. He’d won … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Dumb, Habits, Mistakes, Stupid Shit
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It’s Always Easiest To Quit At The Beginning
When I was a freshman in high school I decided to join the water polo team. Mind you, I had never played water polo, and I was never on a swim team or anything, but it looked like fun and … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Perseverance, Quitting
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Fuck It Money
Not to be confused with “fuck you money” (which is the amount it would take you to be able to say “fuck you” to anybody at any time), “fuck it money” is something everybody can, and should have. “Fuck it … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Money, Self-Improvement
Tagged Ben Casnocha, Finance, Fuck It Money, Life
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Who Are You?
I’ve been posting a lot of quotes lately, mostly because I’ve been incredibly busy studying for and taking the bar, and partly because the extra motivation helps. Some of my favorite ideas have come from Marcus Aurelius and his “book” … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Future, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Personal Manifesto, Self Improvement
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Endurance
Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it’s endurable, then endure it. Â Stop complaining. If it’s unendurable . . . then stop complaining. Â Your destruction will mean its end as well. Just remember: you can endure anything … Continue reading
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Tagged Endurance, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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Relentless Self-Criticism
I was reading Architectural Digest, of all things, this evening. Cool article and photo spread about a house down in St. Barts. The architect who designed it undertook the project even though he was battling advanced esophageal cancer. Shortly before … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Better, Charles Gwathmey, Creativity, Criticism, Self Improvement
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Aspire To Be The Grapevine
Some people, when they do someone a favor, are always looking for a chance to call it in. And some aren’t, but they’re still aware of it – still regard it as a debt. But others don’t even do that. … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Inspiration, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Giving, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Selflessness
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Litmus Test
Does it make you happy? Does it make you money? If not, don’t bother. – Adam Carolla This is a great litmus test for things you’re thinking about doing and it’s especially handy when you’re angry. It’s short, easy to … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Adam Carolla, Advice, Happiness, Life, Money
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Recipe for a Breakthrough
From the always succinct Seth Godin: The two best ways to break through a rut and to make an impact: Find things that others have accepted as the status quo and make them significantly, noticeably and remarkably better. Find things … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Break through, Innovation, Self Improvement, Seth Godin, Unbetterable
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