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Category Archives: Productivity
Use Oterap’s Principle To Live A Miserable Life
Pareto’s principle states that a mere 20% of the causes produce 80% of the effects. Cool, right? People like Tim Ferriss, who made his name exploiting this principle to its fullest, have shown that you can produce extraordinary results by … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Effort, Oterap's Principle, Pareto's Principle, Production, Sebastian Marshall, Work
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When To Finish
We talked last week about the importance of quitting. Now, not paradoxically, we should talk about when to finish. Mastery is important. It not only makes you a master of something, it teaches you how to learn and it builds … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Experiment, Finishing, Goal, Inspiration, Plan, Quitting
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How To Set A Goal
Most people set horrible goals. Because of this, they never even get close to reaching them. “Lose 10 pounds.” “Earn $100,000 next year.” “Spend more time with my family.” If you set goals like this, you have a 0% chance … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Accomplishment, goal setting, Goals, Happiness, Money, Success, Systems, Time
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The Necessity of No
Most people saw the iPad as a revolutionary, unexpected device. Some people thought it would never sell, or that it was a useless, stupid device. But, journalists and people on tech blogs and forums had been clamoring for Apple to … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged GTD, No, Productivity, Renaissance, Steve Jobs, Success
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Embracing Death
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Accomplishment, Death, Goal, Life, Plan, Steve Jobs
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Test Your Way To A Raise
Testing is fundamentally important to increase your odds of success. Yes, you may have been born an athletic freak. You may write a screenplay that strikes the right tone at the right time and is wildly successful. You may come … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Art, Business, Self-Improvement, Testing, Tracking
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The Single Best Technique To Understand Anything
I’ve written before about how to learn faster. It’s still great advice. And, again, learning doesn’t stop when you get handed a diploma. If you’re reading this, you probably learning something new every year, if not every month or every … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Faster, Learning, Skills
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Beat Procrastination By Being Self-Centered
If you work any sort of normal job, you’re probably forced to do a lot of stuff you’re not terribly enthusiastic about doing. Paradoxically, this work can often take longer because we tend to lose focus. We stall, we procrastinate, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Boring, Job, Procrastination, Productivity, Work
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60 Chances
If you’re really lucky, or extremely unlucky, you may realize how short your time is on this planet sometime in your teens. For most people, this revelation comes much later, but let’s be generous and use 15 years old as … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement, Time Tracking
Tagged Chances, Opportunity, Time
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Why Motivational Speakers Don’t Motivate
Dr. Jim Taylor, who has a PhD in psychology, says the “inspirational-industrial complex” is a sham. Why, you ask? Because the inspiration that comes from other people is manufactured from the outside. This “synthetic” inspiration simply can’t last long because … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Gurus, Inspiration, Motivation, Productivity
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Your Horsepower Is Irrelevant
An engine can only produce so much horsepower. If you’ve got a 300 horsepower engine, it’ll produce 300 horsepower. Sure, you can expend a lot of effort, bore those cylinders out and up the horsepower 10%, but you’re still in … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Analogies, Brain, Engine, Horsepower, Racing, Sacrifice, Work Ethic
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