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Category Archives: Video
Why Your Food Doesn’t Look Like The Ad
Great marketing from McDonald’s, showing exactly how they get their food to look so good in photos: Instead of ignoring the question, avoiding it, or getting defensive (by say, comparing their products to other fast food chains’), McDonald’s opens up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Marketing, Photography, Video
Tagged Food, Marketing, Photography
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Taking Control of Your Life: Concierge Medicine
Dr. Solis was on the edge of burnout after 21 years of running a traditional medical practice. Trying to see between 30 and 40 patients a day, keeping track of a roster of over 3,000 patients, and dealing with endless … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Choice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Marketing, Video
Tagged Choices, Control, Life, Medicine
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Possibilities
We have more tools available than ever before to accomplish whatever it is we want to accomplish.  And technology changes so fast that you can expect to have access to tools you might not have even dreamed of every few years. Just … Continue reading
The Most Astounding Fact About The Universe
You may have seen Neil deGrasse Tyson’s quote about what he considers to be the most astounding fact about the universe, but it’s even more impressive when mashed up by Max Schlickenmeyer:
Posted in Art, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Psychology, Quotes, Rationality, Video
Tagged Humanity, Life, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Space
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How To Break A Habit
We’ve talked before about building habits. Â That’s important. Â But so is breaking habits. Â Luckily, unlike forcing yourself to repeatedly do something new and scary, breaking existing habits isn’t nearly as hard. Â One of the easiest ways is simply to substitute … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Choice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion, Productivity, Psychology, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement, Video
Tagged Change, Habits
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Why Taking Time Off To Figure It Out Is A Mistake
Most people I know don’t really know what they want to do with the rest of their lives. Â This includes most really successful people I know. Â My grandfather, at 80 years old, used to say he didn’t know what he … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Rationality, Video
Tagged Al Pittampalli, Decision making, Goals, Life, Passion, Quit, Time
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Why The First “Follower” Is The Most Important
A great lesson on how movements start, explained in this video in under three minutes, by Derek Sivers: It’s the first follower that turns a lone nut into a leader. Â When you find a lone nut doing something great, have … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement, Video
Tagged Derek Sivers, Follower, Henry Ford, Leader, Movement
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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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Fuck You. Pay Me.
Though there’s some stuff in here I don’t necessarily agree with, a worthy watch for any creative: 2011/03 Mike Monteiro | F*ck You. Pay Me. from San Francisco Creative Mornings on Vimeo.
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Law, Photography, Psychology, Quotes, Video
Tagged Fuck You, Law, Photography
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HOME (documentary)
Just stumbled across this gorgeously shot enviro-doc (LINK) The essence of it is well captured in the first two lines of its description: “We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the … Continue reading
Posted in Aesthetics, Inspiration, Photography, Video
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