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There Is Always A Choice
“He had a gun pointed at me; I had no choice but to shoot him before he shot me.” “It was the only thing I could do.” “There was no other option, I had to do it.” These are all lies. You might have...
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Biggest Regrets
Bronnie Ware had the opportunity to learn about a lot of people’s regrets. As a palliative nurse, she cared for those in the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. The most common regrets she...
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Everyone Else Is Smarter Than Me
If you’ve ever watched the Olympics, or professional football or basketball, you know what sheer talent looks like. Right? You know what god-given ability looks like: Usain Bolt demolishing runners...
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Unimaginable Sameness
What’s the worst part about prison? One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich is all you need to know about Ivan Denisovich, because the idea that anyone could live for a minute in such circumstances...
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You Can Decide To Be Happy
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Happiness Obligation
Other people don’t have an obligation to make you happy. You have an obligation to those around you to be happy. Even if you’re not, you have an obligation to appear happy. Fake it, if necessary....
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How To Be 10x Happier In Just 60 Minutes A Day
If you have a job, chances are most of your waking hours are not your own. Most of all your hours may not be your own. Between the time it takes you to get ready in the morning, your commute, and all...
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Eggs
How you eat your eggs is a good barometer for how you live your life. There are people who do nothing but grab a plain hard boiled egg as they run out of the house in the morning. Their eggs are...
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Filling In The White Spaces
Advice from Peter Thiel’s final CS 183 lecture: There is something importantly singular about each new thing. There is a mini singularity whenever you start a company or make a key life decision. In a...
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Freedom
The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but...
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Cost v. Benefit
It turns out, crime does pay. Just not very much: The basic problem is the average haul from a bank job: for the three-year period, it was only £20,330.50 (~$31,613). And it gets worse, as the average...
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You’re Always Allowed to do Big Work
No matter what position you’re in, whether it’s janitor or CEO, a huge part of your day is spent doing “small work”. This includes the clerical stuff, the scheduling, the filing, the organizing, and...
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Unreasonably Remarkable
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw Most of us...
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Perspective, Pt 2
A Jewish man was sitting in a Starbucks reading an Arab newspaper. A friend of his, who happened to be in the same store, noticed this strange phenomenon. Very upset, he approached him and said:...
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Declare Victory or Failure
Whenever you start a project, you should have a plan for finishing it. One outcome is to declare victory, to find that moment when you have satisfied your objectives and reached a goal. The other...
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“He had a gun pointed at me; I had no choice but to shoot him before he shot me.” “It was the only thing I could do.” “There was no other option, I had to do it.” These are all lies. You might have...
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Bronnie Ware had the opportunity to learn about a lot of people’s regrets. As a palliative nurse, she cared for those in the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. The most common regrets she...
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If you’ve ever watched the Olympics, or professional football or basketball, you know what sheer talent looks like. Right? You know what god-given ability looks like: Usain Bolt demolishing runners...
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What’s the worst part about prison? One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich is all you need to know about Ivan Denisovich, because the idea that anyone could live for a minute in such circumstances...
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