Inspiration


May 07

Habits from 75 Hard – Read EVERY day.

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  One habit #75Hard got me back into was reading EVERY day. Here’s what I read over the 75 days. Principles – Ray Dalio I’d started this beforehand and was struggling to finish it. Blazed through it once I started…

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Mar 27

Day One – thoughts from the road

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Day One thoughts from the road when I was out exercising. Find somewhere to move every day Stay positive Feel a sense of accomplishment when you’ve moved Carry that feeling with you when you start to feel down Transcript Hey,…

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Jan 26

What Do You See?

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The short video within this article is based on the thoughts that Sargy Mann was putting together for a TED Talk that never eventuated, due to his death. As a painter he had been taught to see. There is a…

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Aug 08

How to Talk to Little Girls

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I have a little girl who’s growing fast. It’d be great if more people spoke to her like this. To start you on your way here’s three questions I learned from Charles Poliquin on the Tim Ferriss Podcast. What have…

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Jul 27

Find Your Horse to Ride

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Find your horse. Sometimes it’s not that you’re doing something — it’s the thing that you’re doing that’s important. The book, not the writer. The horse, not the rider. Richard Koch explains this idea very well in this article. Find…

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Jul 25

Don’t Follow Your Passion

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“Don’t follow your passion”. That’s contrarian advice right there. Or is it? In his commencement speech to the Columbia Class of 2015, Ben Horowitz demonstrates that not following your passion works. Because our passions, “like boyfriends”, can change over time,…

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Jul 24

Be Your Weird Self

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This is an excellent commencement speech by Chris Sacca. His last piece of advice — be your weird self. That’s a great piece of advice. Your weird self is the one that requires no effort, has no pretence and wears…

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