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The Only Motivation Tip You’ll Ever Need
San Franciscans and New Yorkers spent years fighting to get nutrition information like calorie counts listed on menus. Â After all, if people only knew what kind of crap they were shoveling into their maws they’d surely change their behavior, right? … Continue reading
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Tagged Framing, Loss Aversion, Motivation, Persuasion
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god Is Not Great
I recently reread Christopher Hitchens’ magnum opus against religion, and thought I’d share some of the excerpts I found most interesting on this pass.  No matter what you believe in, the book is fascinating, and littered with the venomous prose you’d expect … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Quotes, Rationality
Tagged Christopher Hitchens, Clarity, Religion, Wordplay, Writing
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Kafkatrapping
Excellent way to describe this fallacy: One very notable pathology is a form of argument that, reduced to essence, runs like this: “Your refusal to acknowledge that you are guilty of {sin, racism, sexism, homophobia, oppression…} confirms that you are … Continue reading
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Tagged Critical Thinking, Kafka, Logic, Reason, Thought
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Those Crazy Anti-Authoritarians
Some fascinating thoughts about psychiatry and anti-authoritarianism: Gaining acceptance into graduate school or medical school and achieving a PhD or MD and becoming a psychologist or psychiatrist means jumping through many hoops, all of which require much behavioral and attentional … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Choice, Food For Thought, Future, Inspiration, Psychology, Quotes
Tagged Academics, Anti-Authoritarian, Authority, Education, McCarthyism, Psychiatry
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Make The Secret A Lot More Trouble Than The Trick Seems Worth
Good advice for magic, and life: Make the secret a lot more trouble than the trick seems worth. You will be fooled by a trick if it involves more time, money and practice than you (or any other sane onlooker) would … Continue reading
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Tagged Life, Magic, Penn & Teller, Secret, Story Telling, Work
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Creativity in Isolation
There’s been a lot of talk in the last few years about the benefit human interaction lends the creative process. The thinking goes that experts in one field, when interacting with experts in some other field, will find new ways … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Connect, Creativity, How to be Creative, relationships, Steve Wozniak
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What You Should Focus On
A good reminder:
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Psychology, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Control, Focus, Life, Worry
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Pursuit of Truth
The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. Â It is not possession of the Truth, but rather the pursuit of … Continue reading
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Tagged Gotthold Lessing, Life, Philosophy, Religion, Truth
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The Element of Surprise
A really insightful email from Teller, of Penn & Teller fame, where he responds to a struggling magician’s request for advice on how to develop his stage presence and style. Â A couple things to note: first, Teller is a celebrity, … Continue reading
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Tagged Drama, Element, Help, Magic, Penn & Teller, Reach Out, Story, Storytelling, Surprise
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Fear and Fire
“Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It’s like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can’t control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy … Continue reading
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Tagged Control, Fear, Quotes
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Cultivate Failure
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm†– Winston Churchill Failure is part of all entrepreneurial processes.  Even if you’re wildly successful right out of the gate, even if you’re Facebook, … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Failure, Growth
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Shut Up
Michael Bloomberg shares some excellent advice: Always ask for the order, and second, when the customer says yes, stop talking. Â I have watched more people make great presentations, whether they’re trying to sell to their family or in business or … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Negotiation, Psychology, Quotes
Tagged Advice, Communication, Negotiation, Quotes
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Authenticity
Inauthentic people are obsessed with authenticity. – Jonathan Frazen
Posted in Food For Thought, Inspiration, Psychology, Quotes, Relationships
Tagged Authenticity, Jonatha Frazen, Psychology
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The Hacker Way
As part of Facebook’s S-1 filing today, Mark Zuckerberg wrote a letter to shareholders. Â In it, he outlines the culture and process that helped make Facebook’s phenomenal success possible. Â If you notice your way of doing business, or creating art, … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century Business, Culture, Hacker, Mark Zuckerberg, Ship
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How To Write A “Fuck You” Letter
You can’t do much better than this, reproduced by the fantastic site, Letters of Note: In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdan Anderson, and requested that he come back to work … Continue reading
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Tagged Communication, Fuck You Letter, Slavery
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