Productivity

2 Steps You Can Follow Today To Jumpstart Learning A Language

July 11, 2012 in Productivity

The majority of people who study a language do so for conversation. I recently wrote a huge guest post on Zen Habits called How to Learn A Language in 90 Days. This article was shortly picked up afterwards by Lifehacker. If you haven’t checked out my method of learning a language, that guide is a […]

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Set place – What You Think About Becomes Who You Are

May 16, 2012 in Make Money
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One thing that I’ve noticed is that everyone has a set place, a default action that people tend to reset to. Think about it–when you’re not working or executing something on your calendar, what do you spend your time doing? You might think you have no predefined place, but dig deep. Do you find yourself […]

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The Automation Mindset

May 11, 2012 in Productivity

Whenever you have to do something, how do you approach the problem? I grew up as a programmer, starting to program when I was about 10 years old, and the act of programming instilled the idea of automation within me. If you can do a task once, a programmer will do it by hand. If […]

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How to Lose 23 Lbs in 28 Days (hint: it requires radical system-hacking)

May 7, 2012 in Exercise

On September 25, 2011, I weighed in at 185 Lbs. 28 days later, on October 22, I checked the scales. 162 lbs. I didn’t count calories. I didn’t have to use willpower, go to the gym, take magic weightloss drugs. Nope. My method was much simpler: I moved into the desert and tried to survive. […]

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Habits, Failure, and the Creative Process–How IDEO, the World’s Premier Design Firm, Succeeds by Expecting Failure

April 13, 2012 in Make Money

[Note: Much of the research that I cite in this article comes from the Heath brothers’ excellent, highly recommended book Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard] Failure is not failing. Failure is a part of the learning process. I received an email today that made me think deeply about failure, especially with […]

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