Funny story.
When I first heard the title of Ryan Holiday’s new book “Perennial Seller,” I knew it’d teach me more about how to make something timeless, which I’ve been obsessed with recently.
For some reason Amazon Germany shipped the book a couple days early, so I thought it’d be fun to let Ryan know.
Lo and behold, I might actually have gotten the first real-world copy:
“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 now, and we don’t know where the heck she is.”
— Ellen DeGeneres
Bzzzzzzt. There it goes again. The only new tech gadget I bought in the past 3 years. A fitness tracker. What my Garmin Vívosmart HR tries to tell me with its soft yet definite vibration is that it’s time to get off my butt and move.
Read MoreThe more I simplify my to-do list approach, the better it works. The better I work.
One of the bigger changes I’ve made is to write down my most important tasks of the day the night before.
This removes the frustration of waking up and then instantly trying to answer “What do I need to do today?” in your head. But even when you already have the answer, you won’t always like it.
Some days are just loaded with tasks you don’t like doing.
Yesterday, I found a great way to tackle even those with joy. Here’s the first thing I see when I open my browser in the morning:
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On June 1st, Jason Fried shook up the entire Medium community:
“Hard work is picking lettuce 8 hours a day in 90 degree heat. […] Rule of thumb: If it’s hard you’ll have trouble finding people who want to do it. There’s no shortage of people who want to be programmers, designers, strategists, social media consultants, entrepreneurs, investors, etc… But try finding people to work the farm. Hard work is doing the work other people don’t want to do.”
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Dunbar’s number is a fascinating concept. British anthropologist Robin Dunbar came up with it in the 90s.
Dunbar suggested 150 is number of social relationships you can maintain, which go beyond knowing people’s name and a little background info (like where they work).
Simply put, Dunbar’s number is…
“The number of people you would not feel embarrassed about joining uninvited for a drink if you happened to bump into them in a bar.” — Robin Dunbar
Try to manage more and friendships start to fall by the wayside. I think this number is overrated for 2 reasons:
I’m 100% done with my economics class for this semester, even though only 1o out of 24 lecture recordings have been uploaded so far. Each month, over a million people view my answers on Quora, though I started writing daily on there only on January 1st, 2017. I’m building an app with two friends on the side, yet I don’t know how to write code in Swift.
The list goes on. I’m always dabbling in at least 3–5 projects, all with varying degrees of experience and success. The one thing I refuse to let myself be guilty of is not learning fast enough so each of them won’t at least have a shot at working out.
This week, I thought about my learning process and asked myself what I could share with you about how to learn faster. I found four steps.
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Hell no.
10 years earlier, and I might have been scarred by the dot-com bust for life. This way, here I am, trying to make a difference with words.
Besides, 90’s kids got the best of pretty much everything:
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968 days ago the first post on this blog went live. When I started almost three years ago, the plan was clear:
How do you think that worked out? Well, you’re right. If you want to start something online too, today’s book review and summary will save you a lot of time. A LOT.
I’m a very positive guy. I never lose hope. I’m optimistic all the time.
So when I get a question like…
I’m driving myself to insanity with over-thinking, self-analysis, self-doubt, self-loathing, internal misery and zero action. What the heck can I do to completely change my brain and actually enjoy my life?
…it’s hard for me to come up with a good answer based on experience.
However, I believe hard questions force us to come up with better answers, so I kicked empathy into high gear and gave this one a go.
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“The days are long, but the years are short.” — Gretchen Rubin
It’s that time of the year again. Tax day’s got you throwing your hands up in frustration, your New Year’s resolutions have long vaporized into thin air and you feel like your hold on 2017 is getting weaker and weaker.
I’m here to tell you: You still have time.
The year’s not even halfway over, and you’re already giving up? No. Not this time. You will make 2017 the best year of your life. Period.
The way you do that is by getting your grip back on some of the things we all need to succeed. For some, it takes longer than for others. That’s okay.
Because you will start today.
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