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I spoke with Cheetah Digital's EVP of Global Marketing, Judd Marcello who says marketers should stop focusing on the so-called customer journey and start creating unique and personalized brand experiences to establish lasting customer relationships.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimberlywhitler/2019/12/14/the-customer-journey-doesnt-exist--so-stop-trying-to-manage-it/
Every brand wants to achieve digital transformation, but analytics is the lynchpin of actually achieving it.
https://www.inc.com/john-hall/3-trends-in-digital-transformation-analytics-every-leader-should-be-aware-of.html
* Marketing
* By John Hall
* tackling digital transformation differently
* digital transformation
* implemented
* $108 billion
* Eight percent of its sales
* $1 billion in revenue
* creating the right customer experience path
* finds a way to thrive in retail
* find the optimal balance
* acquired Flickr
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Genuine people have a profound impact upon everyone they encounter. These are the unique habits that cause them to radiate with energy and confidence.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbradberry/2016/05/10/12-habits-of-genuine-people/
* TalentSmart
* emotional intelligence
* School of Business
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When your buttons are pushed at work, there are two things you can do. One will diffuse anger, calm things down, and make you look like a rock star.
https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/two-ways-to-deal-with-people-who-tick-you-off-one-works-every-time.html
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* By Marcel Schwantes
* Anxiety
* conflict
* Drama
* highly-publicized corporate exec did recently
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* emotional intelligence
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These last two articles have focused on how common it is for early retirees to continue making money after they say goodbye to the cubicle. I share stories
http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2018/11/29/how-to-retire-forever-on-a-fixed-chunk-of-money/
* Forget it.
* We are all going to do just fine
* VTI
* Betterment
* this earlier MMM article
* healthcare.gov
* Colorado-specific equivalent
* Safety Margin
Raising resilient kids is a matter of parenting, not genetics or birthright. Here are eight things all parents of resilient kids do.
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/build-resilient-kids-prepared-for-life/
* grilled cheese
* crust on
* Lego set
* resilience is a behavior learned
* Amy Morin, LCSW
* they’re struggling
* handle being told no.
* life isn’t fair
* feelings
* kid can say ‘I’m mad,’
You’ll never make everybody happy—and the people that aren’t happy are liable to tell you why. Criticism is part of the price of being human. But even though we know that, it’s hard to deal when the negative stuff starts rolling in. Share an opinion on the internet—or just report some inconvenient facts (ask me how I know)—and you may have hordes of people telling you what a bad person you are. Here’s how to stop criticism from ruining your day.
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-emotionally-detach-from-criticism-1830740583
* Tara Sophia Mohr
* an article about how to block “Presidential” emergency alerts
Sound therapies have long been used to help us cope.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90274251/song-reduces-anxiety-neuroscience
* What Music Does To Our Brains
* Mindlab International
One of the coolest destinations in Europe just two decades ago, Barcelona is now so overcrowded it has become a tourist theme park – and is losing the character that made it so popular
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/aug/30/why-tourism-is-killing-barcelona-overtourism-photo-essay
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What if everybody else is reading personal development articles and books? Will they use the same strategies to compete with you for the same jobs.
https://dariusforoux.com/you-are-ahead/
* So if you ever worry about your “competition” at work or in the business world, DON’T.
* Don’t underestimate yourself.
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An entire industry has been built on the claim that 10,000 steps a day were necessary to be healthy. But where did the figure come from?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/03/watch-your-step-why-the-10000-daily-goal-is-built-on-bad-science
* Gartner
* studies
* have attempted to calculate an exact number of steps
* Amish people in rural Canada
* How fast is fast enough?
Angela Merkel has it in abundance – how do you cultivate this crucial skill?
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180903-to-have-sitzfleisch---its-a-professional-compliment
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Wearing socks to bed may not look sexy, but it can be a lifesaver at helping you fall asleep faster.
https://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/sleep/basics/why-socks-help-sleep-better.htm
* trouble falling asleep
* 15 minutes earlier
* wake up far less
* socks
* as 2 degrees Fahrenheit
* vasodilation
* Researchers have shown
* distal-proximal skin temperature gradient
* preoptic/anterior hypothalamus
* Korean researchers found
The high cost of childcare in America is driving women out of the workforce and contributing to childhood poverty. Can America catch up to the developed world?
https://www.fastcompany.com/90223475/american-childcare-is-an-expensive-nightmare-is-it-fixable
* Why work has failed us: Because it’s making it impossible to start a family
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* far greater numbers
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* recently extended
* higher
* 18 participate
* disproportionately
* quarter of households
* highest rates of maternal and childhood poverty
* seven times higher
* Thousands of children have died
* found
* levels the playing field
* 1848
* Foundations for Success Act
* recent survey
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At this year’s IFA in Berlin, headphones manufacturers brought out a litany of meaningful, tangible, delightful improvements that have made the wireless audio market much more competitive and exciting than it was just a few days ago.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/31/17803728/wireless-headphones-usb-c-google-assistant-siri-ifa-2018
* overdue
* 1000X M3s
* PX
* Momentum True Wireless
* Lagoon
* AptX Adaptive audio codec
* rumored to be launching
Researchers discover that you can do the best work of your professional life at any moment.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90234339/its-never-too-late-for-your-career-to-peak
* innovation by design
* It’s never too late for your career to peak
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Research shows that when people feel threatened they demand ‘tighter’ social norms, says psychologist Michele Gelfand
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/17/science-behind-brexit-vote-trump
Amid fears of shrinking attention spans, it’s time to stop skimming our screens and try slow reading – it is rich in rewards
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/14/joe-moran-pleasures-of-slow-reading
Relationships, communication, decisions, individualism, and change.
https://hbr.org/2018/03/when-you-start-a-new-job-pay-attention-to-these-5-aspects-of-company-culture
Wrangle up the right studies and you can make anything look deadly. Breakfast cereal—at least, the kind without cartoon mascots—might seem innocuous, and might be marketed as healthy, but that’s no reason to think that every naturally-flavored bite isn’t speeding you towards the grave. Nothing, in this world, is above suspicion—not even tasteless health-store bran flakes.
https://gizmodo.com/is-breakfast-cereal-any-good-for-you-1829104252
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* Why Does Exercise Start Hurting Two Days After a Workout?
* What's the Worst Taste in the World?
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* Daniel Kolitz
* GizmodoOctopuses on Ecstasy, Weight-Loss Scams, and Neutron Stars: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
* GizmodoDoes Your Cat Actually Hate You?
* io9The 20 Wildest, Coolest, and Most Unique Films We Can't Wait to See at Fantastic Fest 2018
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Think getting lucky is all about, well, luck? Think again. Stanford professor Tina Seelig says those who appear to “run lucky” just might be engineering good fortune in their favor.
https://www.gq.com/story/how-to-get-lucky
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Corporate investment in AI is predicted to triple this year.
https://hbr.org/2017/05/8-ways-machine-learning-is-improving-companies-work-processes
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A key way to lay the groundwork for a successful run in your new job is by establishing achievable goals and social ties throughout the office.
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/13-things-successful-people-do-in-the-first-3-months-at-a-new-job
* Business Insider post
* previously told Business Insider
* previously told Business Insider
* don’t base your analysis
* previously told Business Insider
* previously told Business Insider
* The Power of Habit
* The Code of Trust: An American Counterintelligence Expert’s Five Rules to Lead and Succeed
* not super into
* spend your time
* Shana Lebowitz wrote
* Natalia Autenrieth wrote on TopResume
* small talk
* company’s business model
* networking coffee
* a list of questions
* previously told Business Insider
* previously told Business Insider
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Apple’s old HQ holds stories of pizza ovens, iPhone secrets, baseball bats, and what happened to Steve Jobs’ office.
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-infinite-loop-oral-history/
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Walter Mischel became a master of delayed gratification.
https://qz.com/1390515/walter-mischel-the-marshmallow-test-founder-had-great-tips-on-self-control/
* most cited psychologists
* a series of studies
* had differing results
* gauging parental wealth
* New York Times
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* told The Atlantic
* if-then
* the most sitzfleisch
* he told the Times
John Kaag’s fascinating new book about the German thinker seeks to tether philosophy back to the mess of daily experience.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/nietzsches-guide-to-better-living/568375/
* Saint Augustine described philosophy as a “harbor” for troubled souls
* sixth-century Roman senator Boethius
* to show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle
* the philosophy-department chair at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell
* private library
* The Birth of Tragedy
* Lou Salomé
* in Turin
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Nobody cares how busy your are or how work you late, they just care what you get done.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/298941
* productivity
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* 101 time tracking companies
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* circadian rhythm
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* The Best Ways to Use Breaks to Be More Productive (Infographic)
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* Will You Actually Be More Productive If You Take a Nap Every Day?
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* 5 Ways to Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder In Your Office
* The Washington Post
* speed test tool
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* What Midsize Cities Must Do to Boost Entrepreneurship
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* Rodale’s Organic Life
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* relieves anxiety
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* 10 Ways Even Introverts Can Make Friends at Work
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* An Entrepreneur Reflects on Free Time Now That His Kids, and Business, Are Grown Up
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* Creating Your Own Ideal Temperature Zone Is a First-World Office Perk in a Far-Fetched Utopia
* Princeton University Neuroscience Institute
* recommended
* Your Office Isn't Big Enough for Clutter and Productivity
* multitasking
* states
* The Fallacy of Multitasking
* help with focus and concentration
* focus@will
The impact matrix is strategic framework to simply assess the effectiveness of your complex analytics and measurement practice, and optmize future plans.
https://www.kaushik.net/avinash/impact-matrix-digital-analytics-framework/
* last-mile gaps
* metrics ladders of awesomeness
* looks like this
* quick search query
* Digital Marketing & Measurement Model
* Analytics Ecosystem
* Web Analytics 2.0
* nonline
* Implications Of Identity Systems On Incentives
* Session Quality
* IABI FTW!
* Viewability
* Excel version of the Impact Matrix
It turns out that, even in a highly coordinated hive, antisocial individuals persist.“Wanderer above the sea of fog,” by Caspar…
http://nautil.us/blog/-when-its-good-to-be-antisocial
* resent being alone
* highly developed
* sensory hairs
* odorant systems
* about as developed
* collapse
* solitary and social populations
* persist
* host plants
Picking which airline to fly with is far more than price… For most people, picking a flight is all about price. But assuming price is equal – which airline you choose can make a massive difference in the amount of cities you’re able to take in. Some people hate connections on principle, but if you …
http://www.godsavethepoints.com/2018/06/23/2359-stopover-rule-see-free-cities/
* works equally well on points tickets
* even allow extended stopovers
* great example
With smartphones, everything digital has been managed through screens. Now that all of our visual capacity has been captured, the tech giants are starting to build a less eyes-only world.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/technology/peak-screen-revolution.html
* subsumed just about every other gadget
* sales are plateauing
Should you drink more coffee? Should you take melatonin? Can you train yourself to need less sleep? A physician’s guide to sleep in a stressful age.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/how-to-sleep/508781/
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"Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent gain," says sleep scientist Matthew Walker. His new book is Why We Sleep.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/10/16/558058812/sleep-scientist-warns-against-walking-through-life-in-an-underslept-state
* an average of eight hours
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We each have 96 energy blocks each day to spend however we'd like. Using this energy blocking system will ensure you're spending each block wisely.
https://www.fs.blog/2018/06/succeed-at-work/
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This week completely scrambled the video landscape, and its implications are going to take months to fully understand. First is the district court’s decision to approve the merger of AT&T and Time Warner announced just moments ago. That will create one of the largest content creation and distri…
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/12/netflix-and-alphabet-will-need-to-become-isps-fast/
* AT&T
* announced just moments ago
* repeal of the FCC’s net neutrality rules
* Netflix
* Alphabet
* cable-ification
* wasted no time in creating prioritized fast lanes
* faced cutbacks in recent years
* have been left in something of a lurch
The surprising virtues of talking behind people’s backs
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/gossip-is-good/561737/
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Darius Foroux doesn’t like to be busy, but he sure gets a lot done. How does he do it? With a time management technique he read about in college that he has since expanded on and made his own. He now…
https://medium.com/@Pocket/darius-foroux-on-making-time-for-useful-work-5e516e34e605
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Where you are in your life is a result of your habits. That means we can change our life by changing our habits. But how do you do that? How do you form habits that stick? I have 4 tips for you.
https://dariusforoux.com/transform-your-habits/
* is that correlation doesn’t mean causation.
* Fooled By Randomness
* I wrote about how I successfully formed a daily exercise habit.
* War and Peace
* I started a daily reading habit
While there are millions of mental models, I find these the most useful in solving difficult problems. These general thinking tools should be taught in every school.
https://www.fs.blog/general-thinking-tools/
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* The Psychology of Human Misjudgment
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Most people can't handle success, authority, or privilege. It destroys them. It makes them lazy.
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Judea Pearl helped artificial intelligence gain a strong grasp on probability, but laments that it still can't compute cause and effect.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/machine-learning-is-stuck-on-asking-why/560675/
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It’s years since Silicon Valley gave us a game-changer. Instead, from curing disease to colonies on Mars, we’re fed overblown promises, says Guardian columnist John Harris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/21/big-tech-products-silicon-valley
In the late 1970s the view in the publishing world was that an author should never produce more than one book a year. The thinking was that publishing more than one book a year would dilute the brand…
https://ofdollarsanddata.com/why-winners-keep-winning-4e7f221f5b84
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Like most guys of a certain vintage, I have mixed feelings about my body. Staying lean and not surrendering to the siren’s call of the dreaded 'Dadbod' is a key concern. But then so is building and maintaining enough muscle so that I can keep up with the young bucks on the soccer field or in the gym. One of the...
https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2018/05/how-to-pack-on-muscle-and-lose-fat-with-minimal-effort/
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Even when it seems personal, rarely do people do things because of you, they do things because of them. You know this is true. You may not be able control all the things people say and do to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Make that decision for yourself.
http://www.marcandangel.com/2018/05/06/10-notes-to-self-that-will-stop-you-from-taking-things-personally/
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Apple has long defeated disruption by focusing on the user experience; Jeff Bezos and Amazon, though, show that user expectations for their experience are ever-changing.
https://stratechery.com/2018/divine-discontent-disruptions-antidote/
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The average professional spends 4 hours per day responding to work emails, and reports checking email as one of his or her most stressful daily activities.
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Looking for a job is difficult under the best of circumstances, and it gets considerably more so when you’re not prepared. Optimistically, we stick with a gig for a while even if we don’t love it, neglecting to keep our resumes and other materials prepped if an opportunity comes up that we want to jump at.
https://lifehacker.com/the-most-efficient-way-to-keep-your-resume-up-to-date-1825897855
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Google is revamping its consumer storage plans today by adding a new $2.99/month tier for 200 GB of storage and dropping the price of its 2 TB plan from $19.99/month to $9.99/month (and dropping the $9.99/month 1 TB plan). It’s also rebranding these storage plans (but not Google Drive itself)…
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/14/say-hello-to-google-one/
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If a person demonstrates these cues and traits, they're keepers.
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They say that every great business addresses a real customer need. If you’ve ever found expressing your customer need slippery, this is for you. As Steve Jobs said: you have to start with the…
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Night owls might get a rap for staying up too late watching Netflix or getting lost in meme spirals on the web, but it’s not all fun and games. Study after study shows the later you sleep and rise, the more likely you are to develop some serious health complications.
https://www.popsci.com/night-owl-death
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Training yourself how to put the news into perspective – practising ‘factfulness’ – will change your outlook for the better
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2018/apr/11/good-news-at-last-the-world-isnt-as-horrific-as-you-think
Since 1760, productivity — measured in output per hours — has increased almost 30 fold.
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When I was in high school, I found out that my friends didn’t like me. One of the girls in my “group” told me I wasn’t invited to a birthday party because “everyone” thought I was annoying—which, to be honest, at 15 I probably was—and for months I was ostracized. It took some time for me to worm my way back into the gang, but until then, I was devastated, and I swore I would spend the rest of my life being likable.
https://lifehacker.com/how-not-to-care-when-people-dont-like-you-1823964733
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A critical look at the problems of current APIs that are enabled by humans inside. Suggestion of how future, fully automated, APIs might work.
https://blog.goodapi.co/future-of-apis-c84a76bc9c85
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If you work anywhere near the web development industry, you’re sure to hear these three infamous letters: A. P. I. Why? Well, learning to use APIs properly can simplify, accelerate, and strengthen…
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/a-painless-intro-to-apis-how-to-use-integrate-benefit-d240fc88a00c
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Travel is often seen as a pathway to happiness. This post is here to kindly remind you why it’s not.
https://medium.com/personal-growth/travel-is-no-cure-for-the-mind-e449d3109d71
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Don't let that liquid gold circle the drain again.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pasta-water-liquid-gold_us_5ab1277ae4b09a2c75c9252e
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Production delays, a recall and other problems have presented the electric-car maker and its founder, Elon Musk, with a crisis of confidence among investors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/business/tesla-elon-musk.html
The harvesting of our personal details goes far beyond what many of us could imagine. So I braced myself and had a look
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/28/all-the-data-facebook-google-has-on-you-privacy
It's no secret that some people are naturally organized while other people — like me — struggle to even open their mail. If you don't have that whole organized thing down, you can learn how to organize your life based on your Myers-Briggs personality…
https://www.bustle.com/p/how-to-organize-your-life-based-on-your-myers-briggs-type-8525230
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Some of the many interesting, innovative, and functional ways to use Instagram API.
https://mashable.com/2013/09/19/instagram-api-uses/
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People who say yes to everything have a lot of speed. They're always doing stuff but never getting anything done. Why? Because they don't think in terms of velocity. Understanding the difference between speed and velocity will change how you work.
https://www.fs.blog/2018/03/speed-velocity/
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How is it that two people delivering the same value to organizational outcomes, in the same role at the same pay, can have a massively different value to the organization itself? *** Here’s a common problem that a lot of people are unaware of: John is a remarkable employee. He delivers day in and day […]
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Don’t look for low-hanging fruit.
https://hbr.org/2017/03/how-to-win-with-automation-hint-its-not-chasing-efficiency
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Higher taxes and millions of displaced workers are predicted in the next decade. But there’s an upside.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/if-youre-over-40-and-work-youre-in-for-some-big-surprises-2018-03-16
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Facebook's reaction to Cambridge Analytica flap shows a company that has lost control of its platform and message. Meanwhile, top execs are selling billions worth of shares.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/18/facebook-failing-zuckerberg-and-sandberg-absent-commentary.html
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What does success look like? What do you want from life? What career do you want? Most of us answer “I don’t know.” That's okay. But make sure you spend your time on improving these 7 universal skills you can always rely on. With these skills you can face every challenge of life.
http://dariusforoux.com/universal-skills/
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Everyone likes to think of themselves as moral. Objectively evaluating morality is decidedly tricky, though, not least because there’s no clear consensus on what it actually means to be moral. A group of philosophers and psychologists from Oxford University have created a scale to evaluate one of the most clear-cut and well-known theories of morality:...
https://qz.com/1196243/test-how-moral-or-immoral-you-are-with-this-utilitarian-philosophy-quiz/
* an online test you can take to assess yourself on this scale.
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Why you shouldn’t write your list in the morning, and the items you should leave off completely.
https://www.fastcompany.com/40521670/these-seven-to-do-list-mistakes-could-be-derailing-your-productivity
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You possess the greatest gift known to mankind: the power of choice.
https://www.inc.com/rhett-power/6-crucial-steps-for-a-powerful-personal-transformation.html
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Bezos is at it again, this time announcing his intention to shake up the American health care industry. His strategy for doing so teaches some valuable lessons.
https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/amazon-jeff-bezos-healthcare-formula-success-1-sentence.html
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A detailed look at an old email from Steve Jobs teaches some important lessons.
https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/steve-jobs-how-to-write-great-email.html
* Apple co-founder and visionary Steve Jobs
* emails
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* made part of public record
* used as evidence in a U.S. lawsuit against
* conspiring to raise the price of Ebooks in violation of antitrust laws.
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What the body feels is every bit as significant as what the mind thinks, a neuroscientist argues. Turn to emotions to explain human consciousness and cultures
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/02/strange-order-of-things-antonio-damasio-review
* Nietzsche’s thinking
* on whom Damasio has written
Three moves can catapult your career.
https://hbr.org/2018/01/the-fastest-path-to-the-ceo-job-according-to-a-10-year-study
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The Feynman Technique is a mental model that helps you learn faster and increases retention. Read this article to supercharge your learning.
https://www.fs.blog/2012/04/learn-anything-faster-with-the-feynman-technique/
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* Richard Feynman
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“Anyone who pays for more than half of their stuff in self checkout is a total moron.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/stealing-from-self-checkout/550940/
ML has more than just a learning curve to overcome before it transforms business.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/digital-transformation-1/
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According to science, you can control about 40% of your happiness.
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Most of prevention is fairly straightforward and, unfortunately, there are no shortcuts. Then again, the most important steps you can take to safeguard your health are well within your reach.
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We’d all like to be a little happier. The problem is that much of what determines happiness is outside of our control. Some of us are genetically predisposed to see the world through rose-colored glasses, while others have a generally negative outlook. Bad things happen, to us and in the world. People can be unkind,...
https://qz.com/1190151/why-am-i-unhappy-a-new-study-explains-americas-unhappiness-epidemic/
* much of what determines happiness is outside of our control
* a new analysis of 1 million U.S. teens
* we analyzed data
* one experiment
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* unhappiness doesn’t lead to more screen time
* in my book of the same name
* depressive symptoms
* major depression
* self-harm
* suicide
* optimistic and almost relentlessly positive millennials
* adults over age 30 were less happy than they were 15 years ago
* adults were having sex less frequently
* adults are also spending more time with screens
* less sex and less happiness
* when the economy was doing progressively better
* when income inequality began to grow
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Cape Town’s taps are due to be turned off because of severe drought. It is not alone in having water woes.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-42982959
* Will Cape Town be the first city to run out of water?
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has a message for Silicon Valley: Don't be Microsoft. In the 1990s, the Seattle software giant became enemy number one for the US anti-trust regulators. Flexing its market muscle, the software giant elbowed out potential software and hardware competitors. Briefly, Microsoft became one of the most valuable companies of all time,...
https://qz.com/1206184/bill-gates-warns-silicon-valley-not-to-be-the-new-microsoft/
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Willpower is for chumps. Here’s what actually works.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/opinion/sunday/the-only-way-to-keep-your-resolutions.html
Tell other people about what you've just learned.
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-remember-everything-you-read-2015-9
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After two years of careful consideration, Robert McCrum has concluded his selection of the 100 greatest nonfiction books of all time. Take a quick look back at five centuries of great writing
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/31/the-100-best-nonfiction-books-of-all-time-the-full-list
* The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert (2014)
* The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2005)
* No Logo by Naomi Klein (1999)
* Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes (1998)
* Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama (1995)
* A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (1988)
* The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (1979)
* Orientalism by Edward Said (1978)
* Dispatches by Michael Herr (1977)
* The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (1976)
* North by Seamus Heaney (1975)
* Awakenings by Oliver Sacks (1973)
* The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer (1970)
* Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom by Nik Cohn (1969)
* The Double Helix by James D Watson (1968)
* Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag (1966)
* Ariel by Sylvia Plath (1965)
* The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (1963)
* The Making of the English Working Class by EP Thompson (1963)
* Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (1962)
* The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S Kuhn (1962)
* A Grief Observed by CS Lewis (1961)
* The Elements of Style by William Strunk and EB White (1959)
* The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith (1958)
* The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working-Class Life by Richard Hoggart (1957)
* Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin (1955)
* The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art by Kenneth Clark (1956)
* The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin (1953)
* Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (1952/53)
* A Book of Mediterranean Food by Elizabeth David (1950)
* The Great Tradition by FR Leavis (1948)
* The Last Days of Hitler by Hugh Trevor-Roper (1947)
* The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care by Dr Benjamin Spock (1946)
* Hiroshima by John Hersey (1946)
* The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper (1945)
* Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth by Richard Wright (1945)
* How to Cook a Wolf by MFK Fisher (1942)
* Enemies of Promise by Cyril Connolly (1938)
* The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell (1937)
* The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron (1937)
* How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (1936)
* Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain (1933)
* My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill (1930)
* Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves (1929)
* A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf (1929)
* The Waste Land by TS Eliot (1922)
* Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed (1919)
* The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes (1919)
* The American Language by HL Mencken (1919)
* Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey (1918)
* The Souls of Black Folk by WEB Du Bois (1903)
* De Profundis by Oscar Wilde (1905)
* The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James (1902)
* Brief Lives by John Aubrey, edited by Andrew Clark (1898)
* Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S Grant (1885)
* Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
* Travels With a Donkey in the Cévennes by Robert Louis Stevenson (1879)
* Nonsense Songs by Edward Lear (1871)
* Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold (1869)
* On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1859)
* On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (1859)
* The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole (1857)
* The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell (1857)
* Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1854)
* Thesaurus by Dr Peter Mark Roget (1852)
* London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew (1851)
* Household Education by Harriet Martineau (1848)
* Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass (1845)
* Essays by RW Emerson (1841)
* Domestic Manners of the Americans by Frances Trollope (1832)
* An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1828)
* Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey (1822)
* Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb (1807)
* Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa by Mungo Park (1799)
* The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1793)
* A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (1792)
* The Life of Samuel Johnson LLD by James Boswell (1791)
* Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke (1790)
* The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano (1789)
* The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by Gilbert White (1789)
* The Federalist Papers by ‘Publius’ (1788)
* The Diary of Fanny Burney (1778)
* The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1776-1788)
* The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (1776)
* Common Sense by Tom Paine (1776)
* A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson (1755)
* A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume (1739)
* A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (1729)
* A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain by Daniel Defoe (1727)
* An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1689)
* The Book of Common Prayer by Thomas Cranmer (1662)
* The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys (1660)
* Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial, or A Brief Discourse of the Sepulchral Urns Lately Found in Norfolk by
* Sir Thomas Browne (1658)
* Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes (1651)
* Areopagitica by John Milton (1644)
* Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions by John Donne (1624)
* The First Folio by William Shakespeare (1623)
* The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton (1621)
* The History of the World by Walter Raleigh (1614)
* King James Bible: The Authorised Version (1611)
Comprehension depends on what you already know. Let’s start there.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/opinion/sunday/how-to-get-your-mind-to-read.html
* incapable of reading
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* haven’t improved in 30 years
* fake-news headline
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* Louisiana has recently taken this approach
Where will the trajectory of the tech world, from cryptocurrencies to Silicon Valley culture, take us in 2018?
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609868/18-exponential-changes-we-can-expect-in-the-year-ahead/
* Connectivity
* Azeem Azhar
*
*
*
*
*
*
* here
* Twitter
* Softbank’s lead
* Careem
* Didi
* Chuxing
* voice
* Google’s
* TPUs
* other
* s
* TensorFlow
* competitors
* Cloud-to-edge computing
* tokeni
* z
* ation
* the unique
* attributes of blockchain technologies
* out-and-out frauds are met with regulatory intervention
* first FDA-approved gene therapy
* More approvals
* to appear in human trials
* taking connected devices hostage
* True believers in AR
* proof-of-stake
The positive psychology movement is known for helping people improve their happiness, well-being, and productivity. This remarkable and practical book list will help you do just that.
https://www.thriveglobal.com/stories/17969-11-top-positive-psychology-books-that-will-improve-your-work-and-life
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* good for business
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* Positive Psychology in a Nutshell: The Science of Happiness
* Flow: The Psychology of Optimal
* Experience
* here
* Authentic
* Happiness
* Positivity
* Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting
* Fulfillment
* Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological
* Wealth
* Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary
* Performance
* Profit From the Positive: Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost Productivity and Transform Your Business
* The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
* TED talk sensation
* Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
* The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace
* www.inc.com
Most poker players didn’t go to graduate school for cognitive linguistics. Then again, most poker players aren’t Annie Duke. After…
http://nautil.us/issue/55/trust/the-resulting-fallacy-is-ruining-your-decisions
Family and friends of the generic-drug mogul Barry Sherman and his wife, Honey, say someone killed them and made it look like a murder-suicide.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/17/world/canada/barry-sherman-death.html
Days are getting darker, both because it’s December and because it’s 2017. We’re all in need of some positivity, treating ourselves to resupply the stores that the world seems determined to sap.
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-treat-yourself-without-spending-money-or-eating-1821073222
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Small changes. Big results.
https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/5-incredibly-effective-ways-to-work-smarter-not-harder.html
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* wear jeans and a white t-shirt every day
* RescueTime
* making specific changes around those habits
* from Hemingway
* a great post about this
* as part of his going-to-bed routine
* Benjamin Franklin used to do
* reflect
* log
If you're a maker on a manager's schedule or a manager on a maker's schedule, you could be spinning your wheels. Find out the ideal way to schedule your day for maximum results.
https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2017/12/maker-vs-manager/
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Complex adaptive systems are hard to understand. Messy and complicated, they cannot be broken down into smaller bits. It would be easier to ignore them, or simply leave them as mysteries. But given that we are living in one such system, it might be more useful to buckle down and sort it out. That way, […]
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Focus on ‘‘good enough.’’ Regard the emotion as psychological healing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/magazine/how-to-have-fewer-regrets.html
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Replying immediately and with two words to all emails is actually heaven.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/i-tried-emailing-like-your-boss
* HORRIFYING numbers of unread emails
"There is no place more intimate than the spirit alone."
https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/12/01/may-sarton-canticle-6-considerations/
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* so memorably observed
* “fertile solitude”
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* masterwork on the art of being alone
* “Love After Love,”
* “Life-While-You-Wait,”
* “Having It Out With Melancholy,”
* “Planetarium.”
The cryptocurrency’s current price is completely unreal. Then again, so is money.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/11/bitcoin-delusion-conquer-world/547187/
* consensual delusion
* worth $12
* two forms
* 17th-century tulip bulbs
* writes
* the blockchain
* an interview
* take up to 10 minutes
* its most dubious uses
* shut down
* “legitimate financial services.”
* $400 million in 2014 and $600 million in 2016
* reported
* The
* Wall Street Journal
* quipped
* told
* more than $2 billion
* believe
* “reserve currency”
* great and widening divergence
* Surveys
* soapsuds of burst bubbles
It’s an easy story for me to tell. When I was 10 there was nothing more exciting to me than playing around with the old broken computers my dad, who worked in tech, would give me. I became a teenage…
https://medium.com/@melissamcewen/i-just-dont-want-to-be-a-software-developer-anymore-a371422069a1
* It is also considered the reason why certain groups of people are less represented in tech, because not as many of them are building Linux machines in their basements for fun.
* toll
* common practice
* leatherwork vocational program
Researchers built a custom platform to root out trackers in mobile apps. They discovered 44 different varieties in 300 apps downloaded by billions of people.
https://theintercept.com/2017/11/24/staggering-variety-of-clandestine-trackers-found-in-popular-android-apps/
* identified 44 trackers in more than 300 apps
* released reports
* published details on its use of cookies
* behavior analytics
* accept payment from shaving company Gillette
* by location
* segments users
* connects to personally identifiable information
* data sharing and integration
* has stated
* advertising copy
* posted on Fidzup’s website
* an older version of the site
* studying the geolocation of 10 million French citizens
* Its website states
* does much more
* link users across multiple cookies and devices
* also track daily active users, monthly active users
* fingerprints devices by their IDs
* tracks users across datasets
* tracks which users install which apps
* privacy policy
* track users by location
* serve targeted advertising based on consumer actions
* hashed device management
* use machine learning
* probabilistic matching algorithm
* an opt-out on the Salesforce website
* can also track data on usage
* automate the buying and selling of mobile advertising
* women ages 25-55 with an emphasis on … pregnancy, stress, and bleach/coloring
* terms of service
* across devices
* tracks in-app user behavior
* uses machine learning for targeted advertising
* software repository F-Droid
I’ve been using Firefox Quantum non-stop for more than a week now, starting from before its official release. For years, every Firefox release has felt slower than Chrome to me. But Firefox is now a real, speedy, modern option again. Enough so that I’m switching from Chrome back to Firefox.
https://www.howtogeek.com/333393/why-i-switched-from-chrome-to-firefox-quantum/
* Firefox Quantum
* switching from Chrome back to Firefox
* refreshing it
* example.com
* This bug
* the old, powerful XUL extension system is gone
* Tree Style Tab
* iPhone, iPad
* Android
The pull towards mediocrity is too strong. As David Schwartz once penned, “All around you is an environment that is trying to pull you down to Second-Class Street.” Much of the thinking around us is…
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There’s no denying that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is successful. Bezos recently dethroned Bill Gates as the world’s richest man and has made countless decisions throughout his career that has forever impacted, amongst other things, how we all shop.
https://lifehacker.com/take-jeff-bezoss-advice-for-success-and-consider-80-yea-1820579150
* an interview earlier this month
After a decade of unprecedented success, Marvel Studios is at a pivotal moment: the looming farewell to some of its founding superheroes, and the rise of a new generation. Kevin Feige, the creative force behind the $13 billion franchise and a slew of Marvel stars, discusses its precarious beginnings, stumbles, and ever-expanding empire.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/11/marvel-cover-story
* Guardians of the Galaxy
* Chadwick Boseman’s
* Scarlett Johansson
* resuscitated careers
* Benedict Cumberbatch
* guys named Chris
* purchase here
* DC Comics’ Wonder Woman,
* delivering films with black and female heroes
* latest Avengers film—Thor:
Ragnarok
* Star Wars
* creating the Buffy
the Vampire Slayer television series
* starring Brie Larson
Have you ever noticed how some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs and leaders see reality in a fundamentally different way? When they talk, it’s almost as if they’re speaking a different…
https://medium.com/the-mission/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-truly-smart-or-just-average-a2f0bcac5db2
* this interview
* One writer who interviewed Musk
* describes his day
* applies the correct mental models
* decision trees
* studied all of the above entrepreneurs
* Charlie Munger’s approach to mental models
* Musk’s probabilistic thinking
* experimentation engine like Bezos and Zuckerberg
* 5-hour rule
* sunk cost fallacy
* Model Theory
* formal definition
* collect the most effective models across all disciplines
* only book is full of his best mental models
* only book is packed full of his top mental models
* Reddit AMA
* explains it even further
* so too are ideas connected by deeper and deeper ideas
* visit the download page
* Mental models represent large chunks
* Alphabet Effect
* But a grandmaster has memorized no less than 50,000 chunks (mental models)
* Many, diverse models also lead to heightened creativity
* constant and diverse learning
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Most humans can be placed into three major categories of tasters—nontasters, tasters, and supertasters, roughly in the ratio of…
http://nautil.us/issue/54/the-unspoken/how-to-tell-if-youre-a-supertaster
Palliative-care doctors explain the “existential slap” that many people face at the end.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/11/the-existential-slap/544790/
* has written
* has written
* study
* foundational study
Getting Things Done is a time management technique that took the world by storm when it was first published in 2001. It was created by David Allen after years of research and practice in the field of…
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Last week, the podcast Reply All investigated the persistent rumor that Facebook records users’ conversations and uses them to target ads. Facebook denied it, and co-host Alex Goldman was convinced. But for the second half of the episode, Goldman talked to people who have talked about a product, then seen it pop up in Facebook ads. He presented alternate explanations for their experience. He couldn’t change a single person’s mind. And even if you already agree with Goldman, his complicated explanations sound weak against the simple explanation that Facebook is always listening.
https://lifehacker.com/facebook-isn-t-recording-your-conversations-but-it-may-1820193946
* the podcast Reply All investigated the persistent rumor
* cataloging anecdotal tweets like these
* ran hard with the story
* the Outline surfaced it again
* another
* round
* coverage
* could listen in on you
* try to recognize any audio in the background
* 1.15 billion mobile users every day
* changed everyone’s default privacy settings
* notified people about their friends’ purchases on other sites
* paying a $9.5 million class action settlement
* says Gizmodo’s Kasmir Hill
* personally denied it on Twitter
* blow the whistle
* Facebook’s voice recognition probably isn’t good enough
* spying on users through its app
* your Facebook ad preferences
* noticing all your friends have kids
* Target is also notorious for figuring out that you’re pregnant
* find long-lost family members
* out you as gay
* your therapist, lawyer, long-lost relative or sperm donor could pop up in the People You May Know section
* Reply All compiled some steps Facebook’s users can take
The personal computer was supposed to kill the office and liberate us from hellish commutes to the city. But the average American commute has only increased since then. Could virtual reality finally change that?
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/11/why-do-we-still-commute/544733/
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Time to wake up. Your smartphone sits three inches away from your head at bedtime. Last night you had a night terror about being separated from it. It’s time for morning yoga. You call your Lyft. It…
https://thebolditalic.com/thank-you-for-your-undivided-attention-ad39d713dc4a
As America has turned away from searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, China has built the world’s largest radio dish for precisely that purpose.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/what-happens-if-china-makes-first-contact/544131/
* download the Audm app for your iPhone.
* film adaptation
* China Telescope to Displace 9,000 Villagers in Hunt for Extraterrestrials
* defunded America’s seti program
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* to detect atomic-bomb flashes
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Open Source Hacker
https://staltz.com/the-web-began-dying-in-2014-heres-how.html
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* http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/
* majority of traffic worldwide
* https://www.sandvine.com/resources/global-internet-phenomena/2016/north-america-and-latin-america.html
* 6 media sites in the top 10 websites
* 6 media sites in the top 10
* 5 out 10
* 45%
* https://blog.parse.ly/post/2855/facebook-continues-to-beat-google-in-sending-traffic-to-top-publishers/
* difficult
* pulled out support for Instant Articles
* GOOG has acquired 18 companies from the social media category
* https://www.statista.com/statistics/346167/facebook-global-dau/
* https://www.statista.com/statistics/264810/number-of-monthly-active-facebook-users-worldwide/
* own words
* own words
* https://www.statista.com/chart/4298/amazons-long-term-growth/
* Scott Galloway’s exposure of this topic
* the Web is dying
* advocacy of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs)
* dropped XMPP in Gtalk
* shutdown Google Reader
* Google Cloud TPU
* battle in 2014
* second battle
* It is already a reality in Portugal
* mission statement
* demanded GOOG to comply with removal requests
* fined GOOG for not being neutral in shopping queries
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Every restaurant is different, of course, but it's a good idea to avoid these particular foods, from well-done beef to truffle oil.
http://www.businessinsider.com/worst-foods-to-order-in-restaurants-2017-10
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Product and marketing consultant Étienne Garbugli describes the productivity advice he'd like to share with his 20-year-old self. Hint: Stop multitasking.
http://www.businessinsider.com/time-management-and-productivity-hacks-2017-11
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Optimizing your e-commerce images for search engines can boost your traffic and revenue. Here are seven tips on how you can leverage image SEO.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ecommerce-image-optimization/219825/
* make up
* Image search
* image SEO
* GIFs
* responsive
* mobile-friendliness is a ranking factor
* image sitemap
* Advanced Image Sitemap plugin
* in the sitemap itself
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* See here
So you’ve decided to create a landing page to promote your new product or service. But how do you know if your landing page will convince your readers to convert? There are a number of things you can do to ensure your readers are enticed by your landing page and want to know more information. …
https://neilpatel.com/blog/mind-reading-landing-page/
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Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing.
https://hbr.org/2017/08/the-dark-side-of-resilience
* defined
* recent book
* noted
* stated
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* Rob Kaiser’s research
* scientific reviews
* 75%
* 65%
* remaining stable
* work for themselves
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* self-awareness
* multiple studies
* David Sloan Wilson and E.O. Wilson
* Robert Hogan
* Voltaire’s Candide
What Big Tech’s monopoly powers mean for our culture.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/who-owns-the-internet
* Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy
* the case of Levon Helm
* decided to flex its market-concentrated muscles
* World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech
* didn’t last
* “He’s at that awkward age—too old to be cute, but not dead yet.”
* set out to scan every book in creation
* announced its intention
Robert Wright on the wisdom of mindfulness meditation.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/23/16179044/buddhism-meditation-mindfulness-robert-wright-interview
* The Moral Animal
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It’s called reverse thinking.
https://hbr.org/2017/08/to-come-up-with-a-good-idea-start-by-imagining-the-worst-idea-possible
Four books about the mechanics of decision making.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/books/review/the-influential-mind-tali-sharot-decision-making.html
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What if you were a wizard that could bend the entire world to your will? Chores would do themselves, bills would pay on time, and your appliances would obey your every thought. Well, you can't do that exactly, but with a bit of ingenuity, you can automate a lot of your life so you don't have to trudge through the boring stuff. Here are ten things you can automate right now.
https://lifehacker.com/5982949/top-10-hacks-for-automating-your-life
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* Have your bills automatically pay themselves online
* set up an automatic budget that's easy to stick to with Mint
* guide to automating your finances
* when you shouldn't automate your finances
* plan your weekly meals
* a service like Eat This Much
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* go paperless so you can organize it digitally
* organizing your home folder automatically
* use Actions on Windows
* Automator on the Mac
* put together a service that syncs iTunes with nearly any device
* Amazon Subscribe & Save will automatically send you everything you need
* automate office lunches
* plan your way through the store
* automate all your coupons
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* Make job searches easier
* save articles for later
* fix Instagram pictures on Twitter
* add to-dos with Siri
* make app deals last forever
* archive your life
* get digital doubles of your photos
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* maintain your home
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* transforming your digs into a home of the future
* controlling everything with Siri
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* watering the plants
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* all our posts on home automation
A growing body of research debunks the idea that school quality is the main determinant of economic mobility.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/09/the-limits-of-educations-promise-of-success/541041/
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The problems you’re experiencing today seem fraught and important, but that’s mainly because you’re so narrowly focused on the present
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/15/consumed-by-anxiety-give-it-day-or-two
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The organization that sets standards for the web just failed to beat back a stupid, greedy technology.
https://theoutline.com/post/2304/netflix-microsoft-and-google-just-quietly-changed-how-the-web-works
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A visit with Dan Brown, whose new novel — as with all of his works — doesn’t shy away from the big questions, but rushes pell-mell into them. In “Origin,” the question is: Can science make religion obsolete?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/30/books/dan-brown-origin.html
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The problem I’ve had is that it’s one of those topics that people love to complicate. The reason for the complication is that many of the teachings that come from Stoicism are spoken in English from…
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We tested 5 popular productivity hacks so you don't have to! Find out what we learned about meditation, the Pomodoro method, & more on The Simple Dollar.
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I’m going to go over how you can build a customer journey from the ground up. When you’re done, you’ll have a detailed customer journey structure that will help you maximize your conversions.
https://www.crazyegg.com/blog/create-customer-journey/
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Using code and the web, a data scientist follows two unnamed people and learns just how much our anonymous location data can say about who we are.
https://www.fastcompany.com/3068846/how-your-location-data-identifies-you-gilad-lotan-privacy
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I want to talk about a mistake I see client after client making. (I work at a tech consultancy. We have a lot of clients. Not all of them make this mistake!..
https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/24/the-abyss-of-analytics/
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LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Four months ago, I had 1,500 LinkedIn followers. Today, I have 26,000 followers (10K connections). I used a systematic process for making this happen. This system allows me to create viral LinkedIn statuses every week and engage with thousands of prospects at scale. In this piece, I’ll be covering the entire system …
https://joshfechter.com/reached-25-million-linkedin-views-4-months/
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A man called me a liar, and it reminded me of all the people who have doubted me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/16/opinion/sunday/amber-tamblyn-james-woods.html
If you want your business data to satisfy criteria of availability, usability, integrity, and security, you need a data governance strategy.
https://dzone.com/articles/why-you-should-already-have-a-data-governance-stra
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The next frontier for big data is the individual.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/514346/the-data-made-me-do-it/
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Too many companies think their products, policies, management, multiple locations, systems, and brands are their business. Sure, those are all parts of the delivery of customer value and experience, but their customers must take precedence.
http://www.cmo.com/opinion/articles/2017/7/25/your-customer-is-your-business.html
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Thinking about running as a slow, meditative practice provides more benefits than viewing it as a sport, author says.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/running-books-jogging-health-science/
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Top 5 most influential data scientists to follow on Twitter Twitter is a centre of #DataScience #Analytics activities. Fusion Analytics World have picked the 5 highly influential contributors from across the spectrum for all our readers. #1 Kirk Borne: Twitter profile @KirkDBorne &nb…
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Demonstrate your trustworthiness, character, and competence.
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You know that sinking feeling you have when there's too much on your plate? When you try to tackle your tasks by priority, but it feels like everything's important? Don't get overwhelmed—it's a problem that everyone faces at some point or another, and while it's difficult to skillfully juggle multiple priorities and competing responsibilities, it's not impossible. Here's how.
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These are the strategies I actually use in my life, over and over again — because I find they make life so much better.
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Your crowd literally makes you see the world differently.
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From the first moment you walk into a room people are making judgements about how much they like you. Fortunately, there are ways to improve your chances
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170627-the-tricks-to-make-yourself-effortlessly-charming
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Simplifying your life shouldn't require lots of complicated steps.
https://www.inc.com/the-muse/things-you-can-do-to-make-life-easy.html
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You can make a start by doing things badly...
http://theconversation.com/surprising-ways-to-beat-anxiety-and-become-mentally-strong-according-to-science-77978
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They launched their relationship by answering 36 questions. To keep it going, they drew up a contract.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/style/modern-love-to-stay-in-love-sign-on-the-dotted-line-36-questions.html
Ever wondered why history’s great minds including Isaac Newton, Abraham Lincoln, Andy Warhol, Leonardo Da Vinci, Marcus Aurelius, Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Benjamin Franklin, Ernest…
https://journal.thriveglobal.com/start-journaling-54ea2edb104
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The genius offered simple, enjoyable advice to his young son on how to learn more quickly.
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/how-to-learn-anything-faster-according-to-albert-einstein.html
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Less than 1% of people are living according to the principles/science described herein. However, I’m confident that if you apply these recovery principles to your life, you’ll live a more engaged…
https://journal.thriveglobal.com/6-things-you-need-to-recover-from-every-day-23becf26fe89
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For the month of May I time-traveled back to 2007, when social media platforms were still just websites you visited. I removed Facebook, Twitter and Reddit from my phone. Throughout the month, if I wanted to use those platforms I […]
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Welcome back to Mid-Week Meditations, Lifehacker’s weekly dip into the pool of stoic wisdom, and how you can use its waters to reflect on and improve your life.
http://lifehacker.com/you-cannot-learn-what-you-think-you-already-know-1796095391
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When our workloads increase, many of us decide to up our number of working hours. But harnessing moments of 'unfocus' might be the key to getting more done in less time.
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170612-why-you-should-manage-your-energy-not-your-time
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I let my work be a big part of how I defined myself. I wore those insane hours like a badge of honor…I loved telling people how “busy” I was…and how much I “had to do”. Looking back, I realize I used…
https://stories.buffer.com/how-to-work-40-hours-in-16-7-the-simple-technique-that-gave-me-my-life-back-8f98ec011862
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Remember last week, when I asked y’all what money advice you wish you would’ve gotten sooner? You shared some great answers, but many of you said it wasn’t about when you got the advice, it was more about when you decided to actually take it.
http://twocents.lifehacker.com/the-money-advice-i-wish-i-learned-sooner-1795032862
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Three steps that you can take to increase your ability to persevere.
http://99u.com/articles/55219/true-grit-how-to-build-up-your-resilience
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* who has written the book on grit
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The biggest benefit might be that it teaches people to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/06/how-exercise-shapes-you-far-beyond-the-gym.html
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It’s good to sleep on it when there are tough choices to make, but you also need a strategy once you wake up–which is why you should employ the 10/10/10 rule.
https://www.fastcompany.com/3007613/10-10-10-rule-tough-decisions
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Get over your “feelings” and take care of business.
http://jamesclear.com/goals-systems
Get over your “feelings” and take care of business.
https://hbr.org/2014/02/how-to-make-yourself-work-when-you-just-dont-want-to
After graduating from college, you're no longer surrounded by people your own age, experiencing all the same things at about the same time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2017/04/25/how-to-make-and-keep-friends-in-your-20s/
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Once you start poking around in the muck of consciousness studies, you will soon encounter the specter of Sir Roger Penrose, the renowned…
http://nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/roger-penrose-on-why-consciousness-does-not-compute
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As technology renders jobs obsolete, what will keep us busy? Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari examines ‘the useless class’ and a new quest for purpose
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/08/virtual-reality-religion-robots-sapiens-book
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In his recent TED interview, the serial entrepreneur hit on what it takes to develop a successful mindset.
https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/elon-musk-just-gave-some-brilliant-career-advice-here-it-is-in-1-sentence.html
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When Netflix recommends you watch “Grace and Frankie” after you’ve finished “Love,” an algorithm decided that would be the next logical thing for..
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Design thinking, as it was conceived 15 years ago, has outlived its usefulness. Enter systems thinking.
https://www.fastcodesign.com/90112320/design-thinking-needs-to-think-bigger
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We made up the weekend the same way we made up the week. The earth actually does rotate around the sun once a year, taking about 365.25 days. The sun truly rises and sets over twenty-four hours. But the week is man-made, arbitrary, a substance not found in nature. That seven-day cycle in which we...
https://qz.com/969245/it-took-a-century-to-create-the-weekend-and-only-a-decade-to-undo-it/
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Simple storytelling obligations have to be met
https://www.polygon.com/2017/4/30/15494088/star-wars-rogue-one-screenplay-review
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There will always be an endless list of chores to complete and work to do, and a culture of relentless productivity tells us to get to it right away and feel terribly guilty about any time wasted. But the truth is, a life spent dutifully responding to emails is a dull one indeed. And “wasted”...
https://qz.com/970924/the-psychological-importance-of-wasting-time/
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Despite turbulence and other conditions keeping airplanes off-course 90 percent of flight time, most flights arrive in the correct destination at the intended time. The reason for this phenomenon is…
https://medium.com/@benjaminhardy/if-youre-too-busy-for-these-5-things-your-life-is-more-off-course-than-you-think-e8854ddfcce4
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Aside from birth, the only other thing that is guaranteed to happen to every single person on the planet is death. No exceptions, no way around it. Your own death aside, chances are good that you will be affected by deaths of loved ones and most likely have to plan a funeral or two before your own comes about.
http://lifehacker.com/youre-going-to-die-heres-how-to-deal-with-it-1791498957
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Building software for startups is a huge challenge. Not because writing the software itself is that hard, but most startups have managed to create the least optimal places to do work. In my 10+ years of experience as a software engineer at startups, I cannot trust employers to provide me with an adequate work environment,...
https://qz.com/891537/if-you-dont-trust-your-employees-to-work-remotely-you-shouldnt-have-hired-them-in-the-first-place/
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An unoccupied mind might be the most fruitful mind. But boredom is harder and harder to come by.
https://www.wired.com/2017/01/clive-thompson-7/
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If you read a lot, but seem to forget most of the information you so eagerly soak up, this is for you. I’d like to give you 3 things today: In 2016, I learned something from a different book every…
https://betterhumans.coach.me/if-you-forget-as-fast-as-you-read-this-is-for-you-afe1aaf04b7d
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Each weekday morning, I cross D.C.’s National Mall and pass a sign on Constitution Avenue bearing an epigram by the U.S. architect Daniel Burnham: Make No Little Plans. And every morning, these words make me think not of Burnham’s 20th century United States, but of 21st century China. That is now where staggering plans are made and funded. Some Chinese plans will improve lives around the world, while others may erode the liberal international order the United States has led since 1945.
http://www.chinafile.com/viewpoint/do-we-want-live-chinas-world
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Everybody wants what feels good. Everyone wants to live a carefree, happy and easy life, to fall in love and have amazing sex and relationships, to look perfect and make money and be popular and well-respected and admired and a total baller to the point that people part like the Red Sea when you walk...
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/well/live/getting-older-sleeping-less.html
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Everybody wants what feels good. Everyone wants to live a carefree, happy and easy life, to fall in love and have amazing sex and relationships, to look perfect and make money and be popular and well-respected and admired and a total baller to the point that people part like the Red Sea when you walk...
https://qz.com/584874/you-probably-know-to-ask-yourself-what-do-i-want-heres-a-way-better-question/
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* the risk
* awesome relationship
* happiness requires struggle
* willing and able to sustain
* the food you eat
* start their own business
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* the costs
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I love books. I can’t leave a bookstore without at least one. But I also have a tendency to buy books and not actually read them. Somewhere along the way reading fell by the wayside in favor of other forms of entertainment. To get back on track, I made some simple changes that have helped me with my reading habits thus far—no speed reading necessary.
http://lifehacker.com/how-i-tricked-myself-into-reading-more-books-1792775150
* no speed reading necessary
* got a Kindle Paperwhite with a decent backlight
* like when you have a reading deadline
* shared about author Stephen King
* reading a bunch of depressing news articles
* you stop reading it
* nets me some great reading recommendations
* a general rule of thumb called “complete the cycle.”
Want to become invisible online? Start with your emails.
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/famed-hacker-kevin-mitnick-shows-go-invisible-online/
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For weeks I had been researching what science has to say about the power of charisma. Why do some people so clearly have it and others…
http://nautil.us/issue/45/power/the-anatomy-of-charisma
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A conversation about the end of work, individualism, and the human species with the historian Yuval Harari
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/the-post-human-world/517206/
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Money shapes perception, down to the millisecond.
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/02/how-rich-people-see-the-world-differently.html
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* 81 times
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* 2015 paper
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* Steph Curry Literally Sees the World Differently Than You Do
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The internet is a series of tubes, but it's useless when you're stuck in one.
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/apps-for-commute-that-dont-use-data/
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Air France-KLM plans to invest more than €200 million on digital and data development by 2020 with a priority on better use of its data.
https://www.tnooz.com/article/air-france-klm-invests-big-data/
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Travel execs often bemoan the low conversion rates in online travel - figures often bandied about show average industry conversion rates of around 3%.
https://www.tnooz.com/article/abandonment-rates-online-travel/
* SaleCycle
* reasons for not completing a purchase
* Retargeting ads on Facebook can unlock value for travel marketers
* A few notes on non-converting traffic and how bundled offers are going down
My overwhelming schedule left me exhausted and empty. Here’s how I fought back.
http://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/1/25/14362156/busy-overwhelmed-values
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There are three foundational elements, and you need at least two.
https://hbr.org/2017/01/what-you-need-to-stand-out-in-a-noisy-world
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Because the thought is always parent to the deed. Ask Teddy Roosevelt.
http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/to-live-remarkably-repeat-this-1-affirmation-every-single-day-for-the-rest-of-yo.html
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Kim Scott cut her teeth as a manager at Apple and Google, and now helps create great leaders as an author and coach for companies like Twitter. Here's the secret that's made all the difference for her.
http://firstround.com/review/radical-candor-the-surprising-secret-to-being-a-good-boss/
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Experts weigh in on what really works.
https://hbr.org/2015/07/the-condensed-guide-to-running-meetings
* get work done in the gaps
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* Meetings Matter: 8 Powerful Strategies for Remarkable Conversations,
* Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan
* social loafing
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* Recent neuroscience research
* groups adjust both their rate of work and their style of interaction in response to deadlines and time constraints
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Why don’t successful people and organizations automatically become very successful? One important explanation is due to what I call “the clarity paradox,” which can be summed up in four predictable phases: Phase 1: When we really have clarity of purpose, it leads to success. Phase 2: When we have success, it leads to more options […]
https://hbr.org/2012/08/the-disciplined-pursuit-of-less
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Stop avoiding tough tasks and start cultivating your resilience.
https://hbr.org/2013/05/the-unexpected-antidote-to-pro
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Read this article to discover the strategy Warren Buffett uses to simplify his priorities and focus on the right things.
http://jamesclear.com/buffett-focus
* Scott Dinsmore
* eliminating the inessential
* spinning in motion instead of taking action
* Complete a task or kill it
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