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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) … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion, Psychology, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Life, Magic, Penn & Teller, Secret, Story Telling, Work
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It’s The People Who Realize “I Don’t Know Anything” Who Succeed
In every good piece of legal writing, there is a narrative. It’s a plain, easily digestible story that the writer wants you to follow. It cuts through jargon and pomp and circumstance and clues the judge in to what the … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Rationality
Tagged Dan Ariely, Narrative, Rationality, Story Telling, Success, Tyler Cowan
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How To Tell A Story People Can’t Turn Away From
Great video from Ira Glass about how to turn even the most mundane story into something compelling:
Posted in Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes, Style
Tagged Communication, Compelling, Ira Glass, Speech, Story Telling, Writing
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Start at the Bottom
I’ve always said that talent is overrated. Most people can become really good at most things given enough deliberate practice. These photos by Stanley Kubrick, just a lowly photojournalist for Look magazine in 1949, began to show the sort of … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Aesthetics, Art, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Photography, Self-Improvement, Style
Tagged 1949, Advice, Chicago, Cinema, mastery, Photograph, Stanley Kubrick, Story Telling
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