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Category Archives: Productivity
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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You Are Not Too Busy
Richard Branson owns and operates more than 400 companies under his Virgin Group. He sells everything from music to trips to space. He sets world records on sailboats and hot-air balloons. He appears in movies and television shows. He writes … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Goal, GTD, Plan, Productivity, Richard Branson, Work Out
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A Plant Frequently Moved Never Grows Strong
A plant which is frequently moved never grows strong. People who spend their whole life traveling abroad end up having plenty of places where they can find hospitality but no real friendships. We place a big emphasis, and not wrongly, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged experience, Goals, Life, mastery, relationships, Seneca, Stoicism, Travel
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Hemingway’s Productivity Hack
One of the things I’ve made an effort to get good at is to do the little things as I notice them. As soon as I notice something that needs to be picked up, or put away, or moved, or … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Ernest Hemingway, Hack, Productivity, Writer's Block, Writing
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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
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Tagged Dumb, Excuses, Lazy, Rationality, Self Delusion, Seth Godin, Stupid
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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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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
The Small Change in Perception That Can Change Your Life
Who has a higher tolerance for pain: those who experience an acute injury, lots of pain at one time, or those who constantly suffer from pain? The answer is counter-intuitive, and the potential reason is fascinating. Dan Ariely has found … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Dan Ariely, Drive, Goal, Inspiration, Motivation, Rationality, Success, Upside of Irrationality
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How to Beat Procrastination, Maintain Balance and Avoid Burnout
How do Olympic athletes train for the biggest event of their lives? What separates the top tennis players in the world from those that are merely world class? A big part of it is what they don’t do. If you … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Burnout, Power of Full Engagement, Procrastination, Productivity, Techniques, Work Life Balance
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How To Meet Your Heroes and Win Mentors
Have you noticed that little kids can do just about anything they want? There’s a mountain of stories about young kids getting an audience with some business or government leader simply because they wrote a letter. Successful people, and people … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Persuasion, Productivity, Quotes, Rationality, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Communication, Hero, Language, Meeting, Mentor, Never Eat Alone, relationships, Seth Godin
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