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Category Archives: Productivity
Most Of Your Stuff Is Worthless
I’ve written about the benefits of eliminating clutter before. I’ve made a conscious effort to only buy stuff I actually need and am going to use. I’ve gone through several rounds of getting rid of stuff I own. That said, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Travel
Tagged Clutter, Declutter, Lifestyle, Minimalism, Money Lifestyle, Objects, possessions, Stuff, Things, Unclutterer, Zen
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Reclaim Your Mornings With An Automated Wardrobe
It can take my girlfriend 20 minutes to decide what she’s going to wear on a given morning. Â That’s 20 minutes not spent enjoying breakfast, or the news, or sportcenter, or working out, or extra working time, or whatever it … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Productivity, Style, Tips
Tagged Clothes, Clothing, Forethought, Morning, Planning, Routine, Wardrobe
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Fake It ‘Til You Make It: Physiologically Sound
From Psychology Today: The great surrealist artist Salvador Dali was described by his fellow students at the Madrid art academy as “morbidly” shy according to his biographer Ian Gibson. He had a great fear of blushing and his shame about … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion, Productivity, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Body, Brain, Emotion, Mind, Physiology, Psychology, Rationality
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Don’t Shop When You’re Hungry
You’ll end up buying more than you want. Make plans when you’re fresh, not at the end of the day when you’re exhausted. Set goals when you’re on a roll; don’t undermine them after a failure. The hard part isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Goals, Guidelines, Plans, Rules, Seth Godin
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Why Procrastination Is Good
Very interesting thought from Cal Newport: The evolutionary perspective on procrastination, by contrast, says we delay because our frontal lobe doesn’t see a convincing plan behind our aspiration. The solution, therefore, is not to muster the courage to blindly charge … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Productivity, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Cal Newport, Evolutionary Psychology, Procrastination
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Why Economists Are Wrong, or How Specialization Makes Us Unhappy
We generally understand how specialization and competitive advantage make us all richer. Lawyers particularly, and I imagine other highly paid hourly workers, understand that the best use of their time is spent lawyering. For this reason, these professionals have an … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Productivity, Quotes, Rationality, Video
Tagged Comparative Advantage, DIY, Do It Yourself, Rationality, Specialization
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How To Reduce Stress And Look Like You Have Your Shit Together
If you’re reading this, you probably aren’t anxious or stressed out about where your next meal is going to come from, whether something or someone is going to harm you in the very near future, or where you’re going to … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Creativity, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Adam Carolla, Anxiety, Batching, Just Do It Now, Life, Stress, Together
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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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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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If You’re Gonna Cheat, Cheat
Some particularly limiting diets build in a “cheat day”. One day a week of utter gluttony where you can shove any and every substance you want into your face. What kind of diet would do that? Well, if you’re on … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Cheat, Cheat Day, diet, Productivity, Tim Ferriss, Work
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Get 38x Better in One Year
Can you imagine being 38 times more productive? More outgoing? More competent? More anything? All it takes is getting 1% better each day, for a year. Just 1%. Top of the to-do list should read: “How can I improve 1% … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged 1 Percent, 1%, Improvement, To-Do
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Motivation
I’ve been studying for the bar for nearly two straight months now. It’s now less than two weeks away, I still have lots to learn, but motivation is low. Even things like time tracking are less effective these days. What … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Letters to a Stoic, Marcus Aurelius, Mediations, Motivation, Philosophy, Senaca
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How To Be Creative
Sebastian Marshall was kind enough to let me guest post about how to be creative over on his blog. It’s a technique I’ve used successfully for many years, and I imagine many other luminaries and creatives have used this, or … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Photography, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement, Tips
Tagged Awareness, Creativity, Curiosity, Growth, How to be Creative, Ideas, Success
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Kill Yourself, For Two Weeks
Killing yourself can be a useful thing to think about. But, instead of using it is a mid-to-long term form of regulation, what if you shortened it and made it immediately actionable? What if you had two weeks to live? … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Art, Create, Creation, Kill Yourself, Legacy, Productivity
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