Month: November 2010
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The Quick, 12-Step Guide to Quitting That @#$%ing Job You Hate
Guess what, it’s Monday! And you’re still at that job you hate. Nice. 1. 9am. Get to the office. Go straight to the coffee machine. Hang out there for 10 minutes before heading to your desk. Dread the workweek. 2. 9:10am. Check Facebook and email, despite having just done so on your iPhone 15 minutes…
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How To Test Your Strength
You may think you are strong, or that you have willpower. But do you, really? A few years back, I remember watching a bunch of old Survivor episodes. I would download them off iTunes, eventually watching all the old seasons. I remember thinking, like many viewers probably, “I could totally do that.” During this time,…
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Take the Risky Path (Not the Stupid Path)
I did a quick interview the other week with Chris Garrett, which he posted here. The comments got me thinking. The people who read Chris Garrett’s blog are not our tribe, they’re a different kind of people. Seekers maybe. Maybe more pro-blogger types. Either I didn’t express myself properly, or my message is not what…
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We Are Seekers
Somewhere out there, there is a perfect system. It can turn a hobo into a millionaire, if he wants it. It can turn a leper into a movie star, or a sinner into a saint. These things exist; they are out there, and if we will listen to them, sometimes, they will help us become…
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How to Make Popular/Influential Friends
There are three ways to make popular friends. First, you can meet them before they’re popular. This isn’t exactly obvious. You could be strategic about it (being in high a high growth industry or something), that might get kind of douchey. Second, you can meet them in exclusive places. The limited guest list means they…
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We Are Soft
I learned something at TEDxMcGill yesterday. Most of us do not go to Nicaragua and talk to people whose cities are run by gangs. Nor do we get on the Mississippi River in a raft and allow ourselves to drift for over 3 months in order to learn about what’s happening there. We do feel…
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No, you do not need my phone number.
If I’ve bought something from your website, you already have me. You don’t need my information to send me more stuff later on. That’s not what I’m buying. I’m buying this book, and that’s it. Last week I typed into a captcha field ten times, and I never got it right. Eventually, I gave up.…
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What Writing is About
The craft of writing, especially on the internet, is very obfuscated. You will learn tricks from all kinds of people; from blogs, 10 tips on the latest craze, or how to focus more or get more ideas. It’s very convoluted, but what I actually think writing on the web is about is only two things:…
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All Belief is Religion
All knowledge, once set it stone, becomes dogma. It is taught to you by your grandparents, your parents, your elders, and your peers. You believe it because they do. “Hey, they survived this long, they obviously did something right.” All these things, in youth, are faith. Our world is limited so we’re taught about what…