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You Do Not Have an MBA

If you’re John Doe, there are a lot of hoops for you to jump through if you want to become Dr. John Doe.Between Jane Doe and Jane the lawyer, there are hoops, too. In both cases they’re pretty...

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Everyone will judge you (but no one cares)

“No one is really judging you; they’re too busy wondering if you’re judging them.”I was very easily embarrassed as a child, so this is the kind of thing my mother used to say often. When she talked to...

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The Myth of Behind

There is no such thing as past failure. There is only now.As I write this I am on vacation in Paris, eating like crap, writing no blog posts, not working out– generally doing nothing productive at all....

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Why We Say "Because"

“Because” is the place where experience ends and faith begins.Children have two ways of discovering how the universe works: one is to experiment, and the other is to ask “why.” The result is a complex...

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What Fear Means

One of the best books I read while in Paris was The Gift of Fear.It was recommended to me by Chris Penn a long time ago, and basically talks about how women can deal with creepy guys and/or stalkers....

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Choose Your Web Wisely

Voting, food, career, spending, success– all of these and more are political acts.We don’t realize it while we’re doing them, but all are meaningful in terms of who they help– ourselves, our families...

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Your happiness is not your own

So I took the advice of this book last week and made a To-Stop-Doing list.The idea is to notice what activities are sucking your energy, wasting your time, and making you feel horrible– the opposite of...

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A Moment of Clarity

More data is always better– that is, until it paralyzes you.You’ll probably find that, as you learn what happens to the visitors on your site, the more you’ll want to learn. You’ll test pages in...

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What I Talk About When I Talk About Trains

Driving a train is very easy. Switching tracks is hard.When I lived in Texas a few years ago, I would wake up in the middle of the night to the distant sound of a train whistle as it passed me on the...

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Talkers vs. Doers

Doers make things happen. Talkers get the credit.There are always people in the background of any huge project or enterprise. They worked hard, read a lot, and experimented so things could get done....

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The Revolution is Never External

No matter how interesting your idea, it is never as unique as you think.Surprisingly, this is good news. Any idea too revolutionary is hard to place in the mind, and hard to fit into any existing...

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Every Business is a Machine

I hear a McDonald’s franchise costs over a million dollars to buy.When you buy one, though, it basically starts to print money. They have the system down so well that you can plop a McDonald’s down...

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All Belief is Religion

All knowledge, once set it stone, becomes dogma.It is taught to you by your grandparents, your parents, your elders, and your peers. You believe it because they do. “Hey, they survived this long, they...

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How to Waste Your Life

Every decision you make is one you should be comfortable betting on. If you’re not, you should be making different decisions.When I was young, my mother would always be asking me if I wanted to make...

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"Shoes make me happy. I'm superficial. Whatever."

This picture went so wild on my Facebook yesterday that I thought it was deserving of a post. I took it in Singapore in one of the many underground malls.I happen to think it is genius and very savvy....

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You Cannot Die

Have you ever thought about how difficult it is to actually hurt yourself?I don’t mean a paper cut. I mean something that’s disgusting to look at, where you’re at risk for death. What would it take?In...

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3 Lies You Should Believe (and Two You Should Not)

Read just the titles first– see if you can guess which are which. :)I am uniqueI hate when people quote Fight Club– really I do. It’s one of those movies that’s good, but that people consider a...

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How to tell if you're doing your life's work

I am working on a small book right now. It’s easily the best thing I’ve ever done.The editor is better than I could have ever hoped for. The idea is amazing, and something I care deeply about. It...

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We need Dungeon Masters for the real world

Games are useful. Games are fun. Yet, somehow, gamification itself has become the butt of almost every internet joke I’ve heard recently.It isn’t because games aren’t useful. They are and they can...

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Procrastinators Anonymous - A 12-Step Program For People Who Don't Do S#!t

I strongly believe that all people are addicts.No matter who you are, you’re addicted to something. It may be booze. It may be drugs. It may be doing fuck-all with your life.I have a lot of friends...

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