- The 25 Most Important Business & Career Skills All Smart People Should Know
1. Business Management: Basically, the art of getting people to do things
2. Marketing: Because the purpose of a business is to find a customer, thus, marketing
3. Selling: Knowing how to sell things to peopl…
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- What to do when "follow your passions" doesn't work for you?
"Follow your passion" is a cliche now. Everone thinks it is is the fashionable thing to say. In reality, it is often a lazy thing to say. I agree that we should follow what our heart tells us, but a little thinking never…
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- What is the best kind of self help advice?
The best kind of self-help advice gets us to do things. Positive things. Life-affirming things. The best tkind of self-help advice encourages us - simple words that motivates us to forge ahead in this 'dying life.'
In…
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- Be remarkable # 140: Overcome social anxiety
Here are 10 good ways to overcome social anxiety. No need to lose any sleep or to take drastic measures such as alcohol or drugs to deal with social anxiety. Instead, you might try looking at these options suggested by t…
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- Be remarkable #139: Be trustworthy
Here are 3 good ways to build trust:
1. Charlie Green's formula: T = ( C + R + I ) / SO
Where:
T = Trust
C = Perception of Credibility (telling the truth)
R = Perception of Reliability (meet your commitments -…
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- 200+ great tips from 200+ all-time great books on business and self improvement
One idea per great book - that's the idea behind this huge post. The content has been sourced from The Sucecss Manual, the popular compilation of business and career skills advice.
1. Outliers: The Story of Success
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- 50 things everyone in their twenties must know
First, nothing lasts forever. Second, stop using Facebook and Twitter, and rest will follow. I wish I knew all this when I was in my 20s. The list is being curated from a great discussion at Quora.com. The ones in bold a…
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- The 20 most important things in life
The most important thing for me in this life is equanimity - it is all a matter of chance or luck. Nothing is in our control. Nothing matters. few will remember we ever existed 100 years from now. Even our descendents wi…
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- 50 things that are not important in life
Start by not believing what the mainstream media says - that is just some advertising, party position, or business interest posing as news. The ones in bold are my favorites.
1. Updating your Facebook status (and all …
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- 40+ little improvements that you can apply to your life to make it better right now
The cliche 'good things come in small packages' can be true sometimes. Take this list of small things that improve your life immensely, for example (the ones in bold are my favorite):
1. Take the stairs
2. Pause fo…
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- 140+ life lessons that defy common sense
Despite knowing that most of us routinely ignore common sense in real life, let me do my but: here are 140+ life lessons that defy common sense but are true nonetheless (the ones in bold are my favorite):
1. Being lou…
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- 40 ideas about what every educated person should know
Good grades, first class degrees or titles, and/or income levels do not necessaily mean you have had a good education. It has been said that an educated person must know how to acquire knowledge and skills. Learning is t…
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- 40 most underrated life skills
To me, the most underrated life skill is humility - not getting over your head with knowledge, wealth, power, gadgets, lifestyle...whatever. Some other big underrated life skills, according to the internet hive mind are…
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- 45 things that will help you when things are not going good
Camus said that the only option in this pointless life is to try and try again. That's all a man can do. That and have a cheerful heart no matter how things are. It has been said that in modern times, people have an equa…
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- Five things you should do when no one believes in you
At the best of times, it is hard to tell between a deluded mind and an entrepreneurial genius. Risk, chance, luck...these are the things that you won't find discussed much in the annals of success. Books on success are m…
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- The five most significant people in world culture today
Common answers to this question include heads of some religious outfit (e.g. the Pope), head of some international organization (e.g. UN Secretary General), CEO of the dominant technology company of the day (E.g. Google/…
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- 50 uncommon but important bits of advice that you should know
These are the things they won't normally tell you , but are nevertheless true and important for you to take heed. The ones in bold are my favorites (note: I curated this list from a Quora conversation):
1. Marry your …
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- 15 tips on becoming influential
1. Choose a field where you want influence (trends in the field, go where the puck is going to be)
2. Do something extraordinary (start by reading up on past great things in the field)
3. Develop world-class expertise …
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- 20 most important things you should teach an adult
The first thing I would like every adult to know is to get over it. Yes, I know about your disappointments, failures, what-ifs, why-mes, and what now. I have been to those place too. Shit happens. Don't panic. You still …
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- 25 most important things you should teach your kid
What most kids learn in school is of little use in the outside world. General Douglas Macarthur wrote this in his "A Father's Prayer":
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave…
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