Category Archives: Writing

“If Your Fidelity to Perfectionism is Too High, You Never Do Anything”

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Joe Rogan – What is reality?

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Manvotional: Jack London on Success | The Art of Manliness

From “Getting Into Print,” 1903 By Jack London Don’t dash off a six-thousand-word story before breakfast. Don’t write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen. Don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don’t get it you will none the [...]

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Sticking to a Habit: The Definitive Guide : zenhabits

Why You Don’t Stick to a Habit The most common reasons people don’t stick to a habit: Habit is too difficult. You don’t enjoy doing it. Too many habits at once (habits are hard!). Too many other things going on. Changes in routine (sick, travel, visitors, big project at work). Not really motivated to do [...]

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Flip the Switch: The 3-Step Process To Getting Shit Done

2. THE BEST WORK IS DONE IN SHORT BLOCKS OF INTENSE FOCUS. How much actual work do you think gets done in a regular 9-5 day? Two hours? Three, if we’re being generous? We all know the remaining hours go to killing time on Facebook, email, watching YouTube videos, and meetings. Get out of the idea that you need [...]

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2013 Blog Preview

Yikes kind of scary that I posted this in 2010, I’ve made lots of progress on lots of goals, but done almost zero to catalog it. My goal is to change that in 2013, I do want to announce that I’m going to be actively blogging and working on constant progress.  But have no desire to ramble [...]

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Book Review: Meat Eater – WSJ.com

“My hands are numb with cold, and a pinched nerve in my shoulder emits a sharp and nagging pain from the weight of my meat and gear. I think of the hardships that I’ve endured in order to live in a way that makes sense to me. Cold, hunger, thirst, labor, exhaustion, loneliness, and fear [...]

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Seth’s Blog: The best way to get unstuck

Don’t wait for the right answer and the golden path to present themselves. This is precisely why you’re stuck. Starting without seeing the end is difficult, so we often wait until we see the end, scanning relentlessly for the right way, the best way and the perfect way. The way to get unstuck is to [...]

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Seth’s Blog: Getting over ourselves

In the face of billions of dollars of destruction, of the loss of life, of families distrupted, it’s easy to wonder what we were so hung up on just a few days ago. Many just went face to face with an epic natural disaster, and millions are still recovering. Writer’s block or a delayed shipment [...]

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The easiest way to thrive as an outlier

…is to avoid being one. At least among your most treasured peers. Surround yourself with people in at least as much of a hurry, at least as inquisitive, at least as focused as you are. Surround yourself by people who encourage and experience productive failure, and who are driven to make a difference. What’s contagious: [...]

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