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How to Work Better and Faster — Listen to the Same Song on Repeat All Day Long

About 10 years ago, I started listening to songs on repeat while doing creative work. I’ll listen to the same song for days at a time and often for the entire length of a project (weeks). Or sometimes I’ll listen to a slower song in the morning and maybe a…

Music

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How to work better and faster — listen to the same song on repeat all day long
How to work better and faster — listen to the same song on repeat all day long
Music

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Age of Awareness

·Sep 3, 2020

How to Unlock the Power of Your Threshold Consciousness

Learn how to mine your subconscious for creative solutions and ideas to help you get unstuck. — My best ideas kept happening when I was half-awake. On a typical morning, I’d lie in bed, barely awake. My cloudy mind would start to wander, and all kinds of strange ideas and disconnected thoughts would appear. Then suddenly, a concept for a design problem I was working on would…

Consciousness

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How to Unlock the Power of Your Threshold Consciousness
How to Unlock the Power of Your Threshold Consciousness
Consciousness

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The Startup

·Jul 31, 2020

Learn the Art of Design Bullshitting

Craft a compelling story about your work, and if that fails, you better know how to wing it. — Learning to speak about your work with eloquence while engaging the audience is one of the essential skills designers can learn. They should be able to craft a compelling story that incorporates your rationale and meets the criteria of the project brief. Wax poetically To succeed in selling your design work during…

Design

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Learn the Art of Design Bullshitting
Learn the Art of Design Bullshitting
Design

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UX Collective

·Jul 21, 2020

How to survive working at a startup when you’re as old as dirt

Your battle scars were hard-earned, and your experiences go a long way towards fitting in. — I had been building this day up for a while. Finally, I would be honest with my coworkers. I had been considering telling them for the past few years, and I decided to finally let everyone know the truth. I was going to let all the 20 and 30-year-olds at…

Startup

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How to survive working at a startup when you’re as old as dirt
How to survive working at a startup when you’re as old as dirt
Startup

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Published in

Age of Awareness

·Apr 21, 2020

Why I Worship Tree Stumps

Searching for meaning in the forest leads to a divine discovery — I moved to Vancouver, BC, seven years ago. I’ve been a hiker and rock climber for a long time. I love being outdoors, and I’m particularly drawn to big trees. We live in Burnaby now, a suburb of Vancouver. We’re lucky to live where we do because the Trans-Canada trail…

Earth Day

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Why I Worship Tree Stumps
Why I Worship Tree Stumps
Earth Day

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Published in

The Startup

·Mar 24, 2020

15 Things to do While in Covid Lockdown

We’re living in unusual times; here are some ideas to help you stop drifting and keep moving forward — Like everyone else, I’m stuck at home, feeling anxious and feeling like I’m in a perpetual state of limbo. I have zero plans scheduled. For someone who is trying to maximize daily output, this is a weird state to be in, just drifting along. I want to refocus away from…

Life Lessons

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15 Things to do While in Coronavirus Lockdown
15 Things to do While in Coronavirus Lockdown
Life Lessons

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Oct 25, 2019

A Perfect Morning Routine to Jumpstart a Creative Day

Do these four simple things to start your day with intent. — Morning routine articles always pull me in with catchy titles like 17 Things You Didn’t Know Successful People Do Before Breakfast or 32 Actions You Must Complete Before 7:00 a.m. I want to be a successful person, I gave that new list a try. One morning, I tried to do…

Productivity

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A Perfect Morning Routine to Jumpstart a Creative Day
A Perfect Morning Routine to Jumpstart a Creative Day
Productivity

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Published in

The Startup

·Sep 18, 2019

Ask Yourself, Did You Really Try Hard Enough?

The lesson I learned from abruptly ending a promising hockey career and channeling all my energy into rock climbing. — I will always remember the day, walking into Steele Hall. I had a sinking feeling. My teammates wouldn’t make eye contact with me. I guessed why but had to check for myself. On the list posted outside the new coach’s office, I couldn’t find my name. …

Climbing

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Ask Yourself, Did You Really Try Hard Enough?
Ask Yourself, Did You Really Try Hard Enough?
Climbing

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Jeffrey Bates

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Highly experienced creative director writing on design thinking, sports, and life. Design: jbates.co | For fun: createanddestroy.com

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