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Category Archives: Quotes
Real Art Doesn’t Use Crutches
The other day I talked about how Christopher Nolan masterfully used the “mystique” trigger to propel The Dark Knight to rake in over $1 Billion at the box office, worldwide. In that post, I asked: So, since the archetype of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, Inspiration, Quotes, Style
Tagged Art, Ending, Gimmick, M. Night Shyamalan, Movies, Sixth Sense, Twist
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Children: Master Behavioral Economists
People like Dan Ariely and BJ Fogg have made careers studying and explaining behavior and how to influence it. People who master these skills have massive success. Dealmakers like Scott Boras and Richard Lovett have made hundreds of millions of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Quotes, Rationality
Tagged Anchoring, Customer Service, HBR, irrationality
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Four Steps To Hacking Anything
Great insights from an interview with Tim Ferris, all-around life hacker and author of the The 4-Hour Workweek and The 4-Hour Body. These are the four steps he follows to figure out how to get meaningful results without spending what … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Hacking, Productivity, Tim Ferris
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How To Make $1 Billion In One Summer And Get Whatever You Want
The lights dim, just a little bit, in that cavernous, air-conditioned hall. This is my favorite part. There’s so much promise and intrigue. It’s impossible to feel let down. That familiar lime-green image flickers to life, letting the audience know … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion, Quotes, Style
Tagged Batman, Fascinate, Hollywood, Mystery, Mystique, Psychology, Reveal, The Dark Knight
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Your Midsize Ego Will Ruin You
Ego can be a very good thing. But we’ve all seen, or been, the guy with no ego who seems to constantly get stuck in the friend-zone. We’ve also witnessed the the downfall of many a politician, done in by … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Amazon, Bravery, Courage, Ego, Pixar
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You’re Always Gonna Be Scared
We’re all scared. The difference is whether you’re gonna keep moving. An inspiring talk about fear by Merlin Mann: (starts slow, but it’s worth pushing through) What are you scared of?
Posted in Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Creating, Fear, Making, Moving, They Can't Eat You
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Want To Live Longer? Move
Steven Johnson, successful, middle-aged author and thinker, is moving from New York to San Francisco. His main reason for moving is to slow down time: Another old friend — my oldest, in fact — wrote an email to me after … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement, Travel
Tagged Biology, Brain, Neuroscience, Slo-mo, Slow Motion, Time, Travel
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More Shit Won’t Make You Happy
We often hear that having money doesn’t make you happy. I don’t think most people really believe that though. Maybe it has something to do with the source. Most people that say that seem to either not be rich, or … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Future, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Adam Carolla, Happiness, Meaning of Life, Money
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How to E-mail
E-mail is the single greatest time-waster in modern life. –Tim Ferris Tim Ferris, of Four-Hour Workweek and Four-Hour Body fame, is on a one-man mission against e-mail. Check out some of the results for a search of “Tim Ferris e-mail”: … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Productivity, Quotes, Tips
Tagged Gary Vaynerchuk, Help, Never Eat Alone, Reach Out, Tim Ferris
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Why Creativity is Scary
What is creativity? Is it spawning new ideas from whole cloth? Is it wild discovery and clear innovation? Where does creativity come from? Is it that Eureka moment, that flash of inspiration that comes out of the ether? Is it, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Fear, Mark Cuban, Steve Jobs
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Why Poker Is Like Business
In Tony Hsieh’s Delivering Happiness, he discusses life after being bought out of LinkExchange for $265 million, of which his share was around $20 million. While searching for what he was going to do next, he became intensely focused on … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Inspiration, Quotes
Tagged Delivering Happiness, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Hold 'em, Poker, Texas, Tony Hsieh, Zappos
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What America Said
“What made America great was her ability to transform her own dream into hope for all mankind . . . America did not tell the millions of men and women who came from every country in the world and who … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes
Tagged America, France, Greatness, Nicolas Sarkozy, Opportunity, United States of America, USA
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Great Decision
You know how you can tell when you’ve made a good decision? If you feel like you waited too long to make it, then it’s a good decision. [If you say] we should have done this a long time ago. … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes
Tagged 37Signals, Decision making, Rework
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