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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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Curiosity, or How Elon Musk Thinks
ELON MUSK: I think, generally, their {other people’s} thinking process is too bound by convention or analogy to prior experiences. So it’s very rare that people try to think of something on a first principles basis. They’ll say, “We’ll do … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Critial Thinking, First Principals, Thought Process
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Stalin Was Right
One death is a tragedy. One Million is a statistic. This fundamental deficiency in our humanity, as it has been called, is a weird phenomena. Why can we be so emotionally moved by an individual’s story, and yet so unmoved … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Inspiration, Quotes, Relationships
Tagged Customer Service, Groups, Humanity, Individual, Quote, Stalin
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Appreciation For Inaptitude
To the Gods: [Thanks] That I wasn’t more talented in rhetoric or poetry, or other areas. If I’d felt that I was making better progress I might never have given them up. – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 1:17 You hear … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Advice, Aptitude, Life, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Plans
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I Don’t Know
My friend Richard Feynman said, “I don’t know.” I heard him say it several times. He said it just like Harold, the mentally handicapped dishwasher I worked with when I was a young man making minimum wage at Famous Bill’s … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Quotes, Rationality, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Answer, Honesty, I Don't Know, Question, Response, Truth
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Don’t Judge Me, Bro
Judgment is a basic animal process. A dog’s brain instantly processes hundreds of data points of sounds, smells, visual cues and behavioral phenomena to determine which animals are friendly and which are not. The reactions are so quick because these … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Persuasion, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Brain, How We Decide, Impression, Johnah Lehrer, Logos, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Mind, Perception
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Why Meaningless Assignments Might Be Important
One of the aims of military boot camp is to break a person down so that they can be rebuilt in the way the military desires. This might sound insane, but it’s pretty important to know that your soldiers are … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Boot Camp, Break Down, Bruce Lee, Mental, Mind, Rebuild, Training
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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
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Tagged Dumb, Habits, Mistakes, Stupid Shit
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Obvious To You, Amazing To Others
I love this old video from Derek Sivers. It’s always easy to forget:
Posted in Advice, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Quotes
Tagged Brain, Creativity, Derek Sivers, Insight, Mind, Thought Process
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Endurance
Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it’s endurable, then endure it. Â Stop complaining. If it’s unendurable . . . then stop complaining. Â Your destruction will mean its end as well. Just remember: you can endure anything … Continue reading
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Tagged Endurance, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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Relentless Self-Criticism
I was reading Architectural Digest, of all things, this evening. Cool article and photo spread about a house down in St. Barts. The architect who designed it undertook the project even though he was battling advanced esophageal cancer. Shortly before … Continue reading
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Tagged Better, Charles Gwathmey, Creativity, Criticism, Self Improvement
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Aspire To Be The Grapevine
Some people, when they do someone a favor, are always looking for a chance to call it in. And some aren’t, but they’re still aware of it – still regard it as a debt. But others don’t even do that. … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Inspiration, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Giving, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Selflessness
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Litmus Test
Does it make you happy? Does it make you money? If not, don’t bother. – Adam Carolla This is a great litmus test for things you’re thinking about doing and it’s especially handy when you’re angry. It’s short, easy to … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Adam Carolla, Advice, Happiness, Life, Money
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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
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Tagged Break through, Innovation, Self Improvement, Seth Godin, Unbetterable
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Television Wisdom
Television gets a bad rap, which is ironic because there’s never been better things on television than there is today. A lot of people take pride in not watching TV. I’ve heard many people say “I don’t own a television”, … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Food For Thought, Quotes
Tagged Chuck Klosterman, Entourage, Grantland, Philosophy, Plato, Television
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