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Category Archives: Inspiration
You’re Not Unique
Most of the things you experience are universal. Â Every emotion you’ve ever felt has been felt by just about everybody else. Everyone is scared. Those who succeed had, and have, the same fears as you. Â But they do it anyway.
The First Thing You Do When You Sit Down At The Computer
What’s the first thing you do? Â Check your email? Â See who needs you? Â Whose problems need solving? Â Maybe you “warm your brain up” by checking news, or gossip, or sports, or playing a game. (hint: you’re really warming your brain … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement, Time Tracking
Tagged First Principals, Fresh, Productivity, Seth Godin, Ski
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Avert Disaster: Use Checklists
Van Halen epitomized 80’s bands. Â They were loud, fast, and big. Â Their hair was big, their sound was big, their fans were big, and their shows were big. Â Really big. Â So big, that their contract rider spanned a dozen pages, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement, Time Tracking, Tips
Tagged Atul Gawande, Checklists, David Lee Roth, Error, Pilot, Problem, Van Halen
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Productive Procrastination
Everyone needs a mental break at some point during the day. Â It’s biological: mammals are programmed to experience two intensely sleepy periods during the day, the first between 2 and 4 am, and the second between 1 and 3 pm. … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Psychology, Self-Improvement
Tagged Body, Brain, Hack, Nap, Physiology, Procrastination, Productivity, Time Tracking
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It’s Never Easy, Even For The Great Ones
David Ogilvy was the “Father of Advertising”.  In 1962,  Time magazine called him “the most sought-after wizard in today’s advertising industry”.  He, and his eponymous advertising firm, were responsible for some of the world’s most iconic advertising campaigns, like “Don’t leave … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Marketing, Persuasion, Productivity, Quotes
Tagged Advertising, Copywriting, Editing, Persuasion, Work
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Make Life Easier By Not Deciding
When starting something, whether it’s an exercise routine or a new sleep schedule, or quitting something, like cigarettes or whiskey, conventional wisdom says to do it slowly. Â Cut back, or build up, gradually. Â Eat 100 less calories each day, or … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Goal, Quitting, Starting, Systems
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Bad Career Advice: Just Network!
If you’ve ever looked for a job, you’ve undoubtedly been advised that the best way to get a one is through your network. Â If you don’t have a network, all experts agree you need to get out and build one. … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Law, Marketing, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Advice, Career, Dream Job, How to get a job, Marketing, networking
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The Trouble With Expertise In Complex Fields
Fresh out of law school, it’s easy to forget that, compared to the general population, you are already something of an expert. You have the tools to search for, read, and understand just what the hell that legalese actually means. … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Law, Psychology, Quotes, Rationality
Tagged Confusion, Expertise, Lost, mastery, Question, Quora, Quotes
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Information Age
The term gets thrown around a lot, almost in an ironic, joking way today. People used to scale mountains to listen to the wise man speak. Â They used to wander through countryside to have their questions answered by the swami … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Inspiration
Tagged connecting, Hope, Internet, Knowledge, Web
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The Wise Man
The wise man is content with himself. The wise man lacks nothing but needs much, whereas the fool needs nothing but lacks everything. This isn’t as highfalutin as it sounds. The fool needs nothing, because he doesn’t know how … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Relationships
Tagged Quotes, Seneca, Wisdom, Zen
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Racing To Not Fall Behind
Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries, and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries. – Blaise Pascal, 17th Century We have now, as a society, reached a point of near constant and total … Continue reading
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Tagged Contemplation, Empty, News, Pascal, Quiet, Race, Reading, Reflection
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Front-Running
Why does it matter who wins the South Carolina primary next week? Â Why, after votes in only two other states, would a win for Mitt Romney make him the prohibitive favorite? Â It’s an interesting psychological question that reaches far beyond … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Marketing, Persuasion, Rationality, Relationships
Tagged Influence, Marketing, Persuasion, Psychology, Rationality, Seth Godin, Social
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You’re Not A Perfectionist, You’re Just Scared
Why was Steve Jobs so good at what he did?  Not because he was a perfectionist. For all the talk of Steve Job’s perfectionism in the weeks and months after his death, most people tended to gloss over the cornucopia of shit products … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Art, Business, Perfectionism, Ship, Steve Jobs
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A Million Little Decisions
Why does the Mandarin Oriental cost five times as much per night as the Holiday Inn three blocks away? Â Why is a BMW three times as much as a Ford? Â Why is dinner at Cut ten times more expensive than … Continue reading
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Tagged Decisions, Details, Mandarin Oriental, Small
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Questions
Spend any time with a 7 year old and you’ll enjoy a never ending series of whys and hows. Â Why does that happen? How does that work? Â Why can’t we do this? Â How can that be? But somewhere around 13 … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Advice, How, Question, Success, Why
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