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Busy is Bad: Be More Productive by Working Less

Busy is Bad: Be More Productive by Working Less

I grew up on a hobby farm in a working class family. From a young age I was taught the necessity of effort, of hard (and constant) work…
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How-To: Use Ritual to Create Freedom, Happiness, and Productivity — Right Now!

How-To: Use Ritual to Create Freedom, Happiness, and Productivity —...

I have seen first hand the power of routine in my own life. After literal decades of reading about it, thinking about it, and trying…
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You Must be Selfish to be Selfless

You Must be Selfish to be Selfless

A paradoxical approach to serving others.
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The Heretic’s Guide to Happiness

The Heretic’s Guide to Happiness

The Big Idea: What we choose to believe is the ultimate determiner of our happiness.
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How-To Innovate (A Doer’s Manifesto)

How-To Innovate (A Doer’s Manifesto)

In Innovating, Luis humbly and graciously doles out gobs of practical, pragmatic advice for how to do just what the title claims. He never…
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It’s all just masturbation.

It’s all just masturbation.

It’s all just masturbation. We humans are biological. Bred to survive. For millennia, longer still, that survival instinct has been woven…
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What Separates Us, is Us

What Separates Us, is Us

It’s a simple choice between love and hate.
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Moving Well: A Guide to Lightening Your Load

Moving Well: A Guide to Lightening Your Load

Have you ever moved halfway across a continent? Further? Heck, have you ever moved at all? Did you enjoy it?
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35 Things I Wish I Knew Before 35

35 Things I Wish I Knew Before 35

It is a cliche we’ve all used. I think I first said it 15 years ago, or so.
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Don’t be Crabby

Don’t be Crabby

A Lesson in Happiness
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Don’t Get High On Your Own Supply

Don’t Get High On Your Own Supply

No, this isn’t a story about crack, or about selling drugs. This post is actually about the curse of knowledge. The what of what? Let me…
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Six Simple Secrets for Success

Six Simple Secrets for Success

I am my own harshest critic. Still, I must admit that I have achieved some level of success in my life. I choose to define success as doing…
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What is Success?

What is Success?

Success. Everyone wants it but few people live it. I think one of the primary reasons for this is that they fail to understand what it…
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