- Sister Corita Kent's 10 rules for students
Sister Korita was an art teacher, famous for a 1985 love stamp and for having been an inspiration to many creative people including Buckminster Fuller and the iconoclast writer Henry Miller
Sister Corita's 10 rules:…
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- The best public speaking tip of all time?
It is a toss-off between two habits. The first all-timer tip is something we all have been told before - IMAGINE THEY ARE ALL NAKED.
That one doesn't work for you. Well. how about this one
Videotape yourself speaking…
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- Be Remarkable #83: Be Bad
I wish I was referring to Michael Jackson's "Bad". Being bad is okay. Being bad is okay if you know it.
Being bad is okay if you know you can improve over time.
Being bad is okay if you can work on your hobby/work fo…
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- The Greatest Productivity Tip of All Time
This is also called the Seinfeld chain, from the all-time popular Comedy series. Taken from the episode "Calendar about nothing".
Jerry: The trick is, you don't break the chain.
George: Don't break the chain?
Jerry: D…
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- Be Remarkable #82: You Can Do It
If someone can, you can. If you can put your mind to it, you can do it.
As Seth Godin says about being a Lynchpin,
Some people want to tell you that your DNA is not right, or you are not from the right family or neig…
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- 20 Money Lessons from P.T. Barnum
P.T. Barnum was a great American Showman in the 19th century. Below is a summary from his 1880 book, Golden Rules for Making Money. There are 20 rules in all. Sure, you will have read similar advice before, but remember,…
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- Why do self-help books exist?
We have come a long way from the days of Marcus Aurelius, Sun Tzu, Balthazar Gracian or even Samuel Smiles. This is an age of charismatic self-help gurus, who, as the critics point out help themselves more than they do f…
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- Be Remarkable #81: Build something with your hands
In this modern age (or, is it postmodern, I keep forgetting), when was the last time you really created something with your hands. No, typing does not count. But, writing a novel in long hand does.
Take up some DIY pr…
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- Be Remarkable #80: Share your Idea (at least do something about it)
That 'ideas are dime a dozen' is a cliché now. Then you got 'Ideas count for nothing, it is the execution that counts'. So, what do you do with your world-changing idea, in an age that everyone has ideas
I think there…
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- The Secret of Success Revealed: Mixing highly focused work with frequent bursts of rest
Tony Schwartz, author of The Way We're Working Isn't Working (co-authors: Jean Gomes and Catherine McCarthy), says our brains are wired to concentrate for just 90 minutes at a time. Nothing new about that, rightWe have g…
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- 15 Research-proven things that make us happy
This is Part 2 of our series on the best of happiness research. Read Part 1 'The Best of Happiness Research' here.
1. Buy experiences, rather than things.
2. Write down your problems that make you happy.
3. Writin…
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- A simple guide to the best of happiness research
This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the best of happiness research. In Part 1, we will provide an overview of happiness research related to different themes in life - effect of money on happiness, work and happiness, …
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- How to be Remarkable #79: Coin and Own A Term (Create your own Idea Badge)
Jay Rosen coined "Mindcasting" (about using Twitter). Jeff Jarvis coined "Link Economy" (On the value of links). Scott Carp of Publish 2 coined "Link Journalism" (On the value of aggregation). Although the guys at Apapti…
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- How To Be Remarkable #78: Live in interesting times
Some of the most important things have been done by people during when there’s a lot happening, socially, politically, or technologically. Hemingway wrote his classics from his experiences in conflict zones. Mark Twain …
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- How To Be Remarkable #77: Be indispensable to your Customers
What does it really mean being indispensable to your customersWell, it all starts when people starts talking about you in genuinely happy terms. Seth Godin explains this idea in his latest book, “Linchpin: Are You Indisp…
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- How To Be Remarkable #76: Learn from Steve Jobs (for busness savvy)
Some time back, Apple Computer became more valuable than its long-time arch competitor and PC industry behemoth Microsoft. Reasons for Apple's success in this decade are commonly known: iPad, iPhone, iPad and a cult-like…
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- How To Be Remarkable #75: Create a “Purple Cow” Resume
The term "Purple Cow" came from Seth's Godin's book of the same name and has now become synonymous with being remarkable in business. However, the idea can be readily applied to any life situation.
How about Purple Co…
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- What it really means to be remarkable in Business and Life
Being really remarkable means never ever having to shout from the roofs that you are remarkable. You let others do it for you - your colleagues, your customers, your bosses....
Seth Godin explains what it means to be …
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- 13 Things I will miss when the Internet is Dead
Two things will happen if the internet is no more, on account of a variety of reasons - global nuclear war, breakdown of the internet backbone due to overload, a virus/DNS attack that cripples the DNS...there are many mo…
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- Top 10 Money Lessons of Ramit Sethi
Ramit Sethi is a successful personal financial blogger ( IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com) as well as writer of best-selling book on Personal Finance, titled "I Will Teach You To Be Rich".
Ramit's finance mantra: My tips in…
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