- The best 19 bits of advice for young people and new graduates I ever read
Google 'commencement address' and you will find many interesting things that are meant to inspire young people on their way to the jungle called life. Most are around the same idea: be prepared for anything. Some, like V…
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- Aaron Sorkin's five main pieces of advice for young people
Aaron Sorkin, the filmmaker who has made a career out of making movies about glib, fast-talking jerks (Zuckerberg for example), recently gave the commencement address at Syracuse University. and he at last spoke some s…
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- 9 ways to ask 'why'
'Why'is what human civilization possible. We asked questions. We had dounts. So, we asked 'Why'But, now, in this 21st century, a blogger asks 'Why ask why?' And thus came the 9 ways to ask 'why':
1. Why does it work…
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- 3 important lessons for bloggers from Freedom Is Blogging In Your Underwear
Hugh Macloed, who wrote Freedom Is Blogging In Your Underwear is a blogging/creative hero. He showed that if you cared about your innovative ideas (and had some talent), you should stick to it, and ultimately you will ma…
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- 21 ways to make money online (not the ways you think)
This article is not about usual 'make money online' tips. Rather, it is about being prepared for a long, sincere haul, written by an old hand at writing at writing pithy advice posts.
1. The first step is to stop Googli…
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- Lessons from Valve's Flatland Rules: No hierarchies, No forced project work
Game development company Valve has made available its handbook for employees free for others to see. In short, the handbpok says, Welcome to Flatland - no hierarchies. Now, there are two ways of seeing at Valve's employe…
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- How many of your Tweets should be links or replies?
Dan Zarella of Hubspot studied 100,000 Tweets and comes to the conclusion that 60-80% of your Tweets should be links or replies, again re-enforcing the idea that Twitter is a social sharing site first and foremost.
A…
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- 16 things a mother wishes her child turns out to be
Kara Baskin writes about 16 things she hopes her child turns out to be. My top 5 wishes for my kid from a great list:
...who says “thank you” to the bus driver when he gets off the bus, “please” to the waiter taking…
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- The shape of great speeches
Channeling Joseph Campbell, design expert Nancy Duarte says all great speeches are in the shape of 'What is – what could be – and you call out the gap'
Every great presentation should have a beginning, middle and end. …
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- Simple Things Poster #19: The best ways to be happy in life
Here's how you can be happy in life, in an easy- to-follow text poster format. Print it out.
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- Simple Things Poster #9: How to master good habits
Here's how you can master a good habit, in an easy tofollow text poster format. Print it out.
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- Simple things #8: 25 Things Every Kid Should Know - A text poster
Here are the top 25 things every kid should know, in a handy text poster format.
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- Simple things #6: 15+ ways to Motivate yourself - A Text Poster
Here are top ways you can motivate yourself to do anything, in a text poster format.
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- Simple things #2: How to live a frugal life - text poster
This text poster is second in the Simple Things series.
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- Memory techniques from Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Joshua Foer's reportedly uses lessons from cutting-edge research, a history of memory, as well as tricks of the mentalist's trade to come up with some more useful techniques of remembering.
The two or three technique…
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- Main idea from Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven
T.D. Jakes\'s book covers the idea of unforgiveness, which he says is a \'cancer of the soul that metastasizes if gone unchecked.\' Jakes idea is that each of us perform an "emotional self-examination" to prevent unresol…
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- 10 useful acronyms that help us be creative and solve problems
These useful writing acronyms are from our jumbo guide to 100+ usefulful acronyms.
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
Use it everywhere – problem –solving, personal analysis, marketing planning, pr…
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- 12 Useful acronyms to help you with your writing
These useful writing acronyms are from our jumbo guide to 100+ usefulful acronyms.
BIC
A big tip for writers - you have to sit down to write something - put in the hours.
Butt In Chair
A better alternative: BICHO…
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- 100+ useful acronyms that teach us (about writing, creativity and problem solving, self improvement, communication, and more)
This compilation is from The Success Manual, the popular compilation of advice on 25 essential business skills and career skills. You can also download an updated list of these popular acronyms as a free pdf guide.
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- The Success Manual has been updated!
The updated version of The Success Manual has more content and is easier to use. The book has 600+ pages of compiled wisdom on 125 important traits, skills and activities, helping you grasp instantly great ideas from …
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