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The Shrink for Entrepreneurs
JUNE 17, 2013
Getting hooked on growth makes you an addict. Growth in general is great, but when you have a few major breakthroughs with the help of one particular guru or philosophy you start to become an addict. The more paradoxical and contradictory information you can comfortably process, the richer your understanding becomes.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
APRIL 4, 2014
Just wondering if you have any advice on how to cope with a boss who is basically a rude ass, and there's nothing you can do about it. I'm certainly not a sucker for punishment, but if I could land this job and make it work without feeling like I've completely lost all self-respect, it could be my ticket. I've experienced this before.
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Brilliantly Better
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
The “Look, Something Shiny” Syndrome Every time you allow your focus to get trapped into an allegedly pleasurable activity, by interrupting what you were doing, you are experiencing this demotivating habit. Up to the point that I sometimes forget why I started it in the first place. Namely, about my top 7 demotivating habits.
Brilliantly Better
MARCH 2, 2010
You can find the first two articles here: How To Defrag Your Mind In 5 Easy Steps How To Maintain And Upgrade Your Life Device Drivers What Is A Mind Virus? The simplest way to describe a mind virus is an addiction. Mind viruses are learned behaviors which are self-propagating and slowly consuming the host. You can’t miss them.
Men With Pens
JUNE 6, 2010
I tried writing the mid-sections first, thinking I’d work on the intro after, but that didn’t help. When you’re a problogger who owns a top ten blog for writers that’s all about writing and you write for a living to boot, the last thing you want to admit is that you can’t hack it. That didn’t help.
Brilliantly Better
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
Here are 33 ways to help you remember how to care. Help that person, if you can. Your genuine intention to help will be in fact perceived as a pressure. Sometimes, the best thing you can do for somebody is to let him hit his own wall. Protect Things can break down. Relationships can lose momentum.
Brilliantly Better
JULY 10, 2010
Don’t put a label on every person you meet, assuming you know beforehand who they are, what they do and how they can interact with you. And little by little you’re going to realize that once you put it in words, your past will become more manageable and you’ll be able to break up easier. Well, make a fracture in that habit. Re-connect.
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