Category Archives: Self Help

clientsfromhell

July 25th, 2010 | Posted in Creativity, Offbeat News, Self Help

clientsfromhell: Client: “How about we pay you in free alcohol?” Me: “Only if I can make your poster out of macaroni noodles.” Join the forum discussion on this post

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How To Use Your Cat As An iPad Stand

April 27th, 2010 | Posted in Offbeat News, Self Help, Technology

photo by Veronica Belmont Veronica Belmont and Ryan Block have been using their cat Mr. Littlejeans as a DIY iPad stand. Join the forum discussion on this post

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difficulty

June 4th, 2009 | Posted in Commentary, Creativity, Inspiration, Offbeat News, Self Help

I remember once having a discussion with a guy who knew a lot about professional basketball. He had read an article from a big sample of NBA players who they felt would be the most formidable one-on-one opponent in the league. The answer was fairly unanimous: Vince Carter. Now that’s surprising. Why Carter and not [...]

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Creative work, summarized

May 16th, 2009 | Posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Self Help

In the time you set aside each day to work your ass off, ignore anything that makes you consider stopping.

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to make a change

March 12th, 2009 | Posted in Clutter, Distractions, Inspiration, Self Help

Two stories that I know I should be learning from: Paul Graham on overcoming distractions. By creating an Internet-Only computer. Quote: I now leave wifi turned off on my main computer except when I need to transfer a file or edit a web page, and I have a separate laptop on the other side of [...]

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Motivate yourself with “loss aversion”

February 24th, 2009 | Posted in Self Help

I really enjoyed this story on “Prospect Theory,” or the idea that loss aversion can be an effective motivator in goals related to health improvement like weight loss and smoking cessation: “What we know about incentives is that people work a lot harder to avoid losing $10 than they will work to gain $10,” explains [...]

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