Lessons on love from Alain De Botton interviewed by Krista Tippett: Humans are naturally incapable of finding perfect love. Funding a perfect partner to complete…
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From Stoicism to Guiding Principles, necessary upgrades for the brain.
Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn) poses a problem to his subconscious mind every night, then spends the first hour of his day thinking through that problem. Similar…
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This is inspired by Seth Godin. His idea of “first, ten” – when you’re first creating a product like, a podcast, share an early version with…
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The Brink Listening to the riveting Dan Carlin tell the story of the Nuclear Arms Race on his latest Hardcore History podcast. What started with two…
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One word: crap. Have you had to move within the last five years? Do you remember the amount of crap that you had to pack,…
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Are you stuck in the future or in the past? In Zero-to-One, Peter Thiel asks this question: “What important truth do very few people agree…
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Years ago, when I was still Vlad Kraven, magician, I worked in a little magic nook inside a Union Square costume shop. It attracted a lot…
Leave a CommentMarcus Aurelius told us that we should be an olive: “Pass through this brief patch of time in harmony with nature, and come to your…
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Guy on the train is staring right at me as I type this. Grilling me, as the kids call it. He’s fidgeting, opening and closing…
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3:45 am. It never doesn’t hurt. Wake up, work out, go to work, repeated like Groundhog Day. That was the first two years of my…
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