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Category Archives: Inspiration
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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Want To Live Longer? Move
Steven Johnson, successful, middle-aged author and thinker, is moving from New York to San Francisco. His main reason for moving is to slow down time: Another old friend — my oldest, in fact — wrote an email to me after … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement, Travel
Tagged Biology, Brain, Neuroscience, Slo-mo, Slow Motion, Time, Travel
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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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Giving It Away
I’ve written before about working for free. It’s still the best way to get into positions or industries you would never have had a chance to get into if you insisted on being paid for your time. It’s still a … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Future, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged connecting, Free Work, internships, Learning, networking, TED, Working for free
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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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Time Tracking, version 3
I was turned onto time tracking a few months ago by Sebastian Marshall. Overall, I’ve found it tremendously helpful. It’s a fantastic system to not only keep you on track, but it really does increase (my) productivity. But, the my … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Productivity, Self-Direction, Template, Time Tracking
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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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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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Books Are Souvenirs
People used to read books for two reasons: to gain some knowledge or to be entertained. For a few hundred years, bound books were about the only good way to store a large amount of information. People still had voices, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Future, Inspiration, Rationality
Tagged Books, Future, Piracy, Publishing, Viral
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