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35 Things You Need to Give Up to Be Successful

35 Things You Need to Give Up to Be Successful

1. Wasting Five Minutes
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Benjamin P. Hardy
Jun 2

the Iron Law of Institutions and the left

During the Democratic presidential primary and the general election, you may have heard reference to the Iron Law of Institutions. It’s a…
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Freddie deBoer
May 31
Weekly Inspiration for Designers #105

Weekly Inspiration for Designers #105

via Muzli design inspiration
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Muzli
Jun 1
If you’re reading this, you probably don’t do hard work

If you’re reading this, you probably don’t do hard work

Designers, programmers, tech entrepreneurs, and investors love talking about how hard their work is.
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Jason Fried
Jun 1

Audio

Hi, I’m the Female Love Interest in This Student Film. This Is My Story.

Hi, I’m the Female Love Interest in This Student Film. This Is My Story.

Um, hi! Ha. I’m so…awkward. I mean, I’m not
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Kate Schulman
May 16
How Your Brain Learns to Fear

How Your Brain Learns to Fear

And how it’s different from a cheap scare
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Mark Humphries
Jun 1
The Slimy, Technicolor World of Satisfying YouTube Videos

The Slimy, Technicolor World of Satisfying YouTube Videos

“Satisfying videos,” as they’re called, are massive on YouTube, viral colonies of forms and formlessness in rainbow hues.
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Leigh Alexander
May 31
Cutting the Gordian Knot of Technological Unemployment with Unconditional Basic Income

Cutting the Gordian Knot of Technological Unemployment with Unconditional Basic Income

Invisible Sheep, the Missing Right, and the Return of Common Wealth
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Scott Santens
May 25

Members only

How to Use the Psychology of Space to Boost Your Creativity

How to Use the Psychology of Space to Boost Your Creativity

Environmental psychology points to some easy changes you should make to your home office
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Donald M. Rattner, AIA
Jun 2
We’re Living in a Fake World

We’re Living in a Fake World

Advertising is the reason
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Peter Coffin
Jun 2
How Your Brain Learns to Fear

How Your Brain Learns to Fear

And how it’s different from a cheap scare
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Mark Humphries
Jun 1
How To Be A Woman: Keeping A Diary

How To Be A Woman: Keeping A Diary

“The courtyard and the streets were crammed when we went to the ball, and the anxiety of the people to see poor stupid me was very great,…
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Angela Serratore
Jun 1

Handpicked by Medium Staff

Born Before Stonewall

Born Before Stonewall

LGBTQ Baby Boomers are helping redefine what it means to grow older.
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Barry Yeoman
Jun 1
Career Monogamy: The Awkward Tech Sin of Longevity

Career Monogamy: The Awkward Tech Sin of Longevity

The Slack message was genuine and brief, “congrats on 20 years!” My name had apparently been listed on a slide during the quarterly all…
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Brian Nemhauser
May 30
Trump has damaged America, not the environment

Trump has damaged America, not the environment

Trump has spent his life being powerful just because he is rich. And in America, wealth is everything. If you're rich you are powerful and…
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Tobias Stone
Jun 2
Elliot Rodger, Male Entitlement, and Pathologization

Elliot Rodger, Male Entitlement, and Pathologization

Three years ago today Elliot Rodger killed six people and himself.
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Ben Kling
May 23
In Kabul, a massive bombing took its toll on me and a city I love

In Kabul, a massive bombing took its toll on me and a city I love

A journalist deals with the aftermath of a deadly, tragic attack
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Washington Post
May 31

Technology

Server-less eats the infrastructure

Server-less eats the infrastructure

Sudip Chakrabarti and Barry Eggers
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Sudip Chakrabarti
May 30
How to drive 10 billion miles in an autonomous vehicle

How to drive 10 billion miles in an autonomous vehicle

Google, Tesla, Zoox, and many more plan to drive billions of miles autonomously with simulation
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Michael Dempsey
May 31
What is IoT?

What is IoT?

Whether it’s for your own understanding or to send to friends/family/customers, this explanation is meant for anybody.
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Calum McClelland
Jun 1
Neuromorphic and Deep Neural Networks

Neuromorphic and Deep Neural Networks

Disclaimer: I have been working on analog and mixed-signal neuromorphic micro-chips during my PhD, and in the last 10 years have switched…
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Eugenio Culurciello
May 31

Creativity

Having My Ideas Stolen Showed Me How I’ve Been Standing in My Own Way

Having My Ideas Stolen Showed Me How I’ve Been Standing in My Own Way

It was a powerful lesson.
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Amy E. Ellis, Ph.D.
May 30
The Coen Brothers, Storytelling, and Fate

The Coen Brothers, Storytelling, and Fate

A poem by Ethan Coen reveals a key clue to the brothers’ story sensibilities.
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Scott Myers
May 29
Practice makes ‘better’

Practice makes ‘better’

one small word makes all the difference
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Muffie Waterman
May 31
How to structure your story: The epic form— A tool to prepare for the journey.

How to structure your story: The epic form— A tool to prepare for the journey.

I’ve had some deep conversations lately with people from institutions concerned with the future and innovation. They were all deeply…
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Fernando Johann
May 28
9 tips from Pixar’s CEO

9 tips from Pixar’s CEO

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Matsuu
May 29

Entrepreneurship

Hard Ideas

Hard Ideas

I’ve been meeting future EF founders to talk about what they might work on. I’m excited by what they can build. But when deciding what to…
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Alex Crompton
May 25
Transforming Venture Capital, One Person at a Time

Transforming Venture Capital, One Person at a Time

Is venture capital is just fine as it is? Should it turn it into a hyper liquid automated platform? What if both these views are wrong?
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Tytus Michalski
May 31
Lessons Learned From Hearing 1,000 Startup Pitches In One Year

Lessons Learned From Hearing 1,000 Startup Pitches In One Year

It’s 8:58 a.m. on an unseasonably cold day in Melbourne. I think about my previous week in sun-drenched Dubai and shiver. I glance back at…
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Luke Naeem
May 30
What I’ve Learned Mentoring Dozens Of First-Time Founders

What I’ve Learned Mentoring Dozens Of First-Time Founders

I guess I’ve kind of always known this — but now I really know it…
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Mitchell Harper
May 25
If you have a great business idea, don’t talk to a VC

If you have a great business idea, don’t talk to a VC

Talk to 10 potential consumers instead
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Abhishek Anand
May 29

Culture

Presumed First Lines of Novels I Have Not Read

Presumed First Lines of Novels I Have Not Read

“Would ya get a look at those heights?” the British man exclaimed. “They sure are wuthering!” Also, it was raining. —Wuthering Heights
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Brian Boone
Jun 2
Why You Should Watch: Survivor Gabon

Why You Should Watch: Survivor Gabon

Bite into the apple, you know you want to
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Ianic Roy Richard
Jun 1
The Psychology of Maximalist Fashion

The Psychology of Maximalist Fashion

How this newest trend maybe more of a bow to tradition than we think.
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India Doyle
Jun 2
How Does “Boho-Chic” Still Exist?

How Does “Boho-Chic” Still Exist?

And what exactly is it?
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Kelsey Lawrence
Jun 1
How To Be A Woman: Keeping A Diary

How To Be A Woman: Keeping A Diary

“The courtyard and the streets were crammed when we went to the ball, and the anxiety of the people to see poor stupid me was very great,…
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Angela Serratore
Jun 1

Self

How To Make It Easier To Stick To Your Desired Habits

How To Make It Easier To Stick To Your Desired Habits

Getting in shape, quitting smoking, having a healthy diet, reading more, taking cold showers, being more productive, spending less time on…
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Kilian Markert
May 28
What You Can Learn from One Man’s 365-Day Productivity Experiment

What You Can Learn from One Man’s 365-Day Productivity Experiment

Would you donate your body to taxing scientific trials, all in pursuit of productivity?
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Zapier
May 31
The Art of Saying No

The Art of Saying No

A common theme in my life lately has been the fact that I’ve started saying “no” a lot more often.
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Shannon Leigh
May 22
Why I Track My Behavior

Why I Track My Behavior

(Because we’ve evolved to be hypocrites)
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Erick Godsey
May 31
Pro Tip: How to move from one place to another at no cost

Pro Tip: How to move from one place to another at no cost

Nearly two months ago, I decided to pick up my life and move back to my hometown. This was something I had told myself for years I didn’t…
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Cameron Mayes
May 28

Politics

Re-branding the Democrats.

Re-branding the Democrats.

An advertising strategy for the coming political realignment.
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Sheldon Clay
Jun 1
Paris: Time for Passion, not Despair

Paris: Time for Passion, not Despair

I have a few words to say about Paris. Specifically, about the news Trump is ending US climate leadership and pulling out of the agreement.
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Alex Steffen
Jun 1
By Exiting Paris, Trump Opened a Door for Us

By Exiting Paris, Trump Opened a Door for Us

Now is the time to articulate a vision for climate justice.
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Charlie Jiang
Jun 1
Trump’s Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement is Legally Meaningless.

Trump’s Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement is Legally Meaningless.

The Clean Power Plan is still the law of the land. States are still obligated to comply with the EPA’s carbon emissions standards — even if…
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Zachary Mason
Jun 1
Half of a visiting 8th grade class refused to be photographed with Paul Ryan

Half of a visiting 8th grade class refused to be photographed with Paul Ryan

Not all heroes wear capes.
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Ian Millhiser
May 29
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