February 2012
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Seth Godin: You will be disappointed
Sometimes Seth Godin just seems like a master of the obvious. This is a great reminder that in a #FAIL world it’s ok to hit bumps. In fact, it’s necessary.
Sooner or later, you’ll ask for something or read something or expect something and you won’t like what you get. You’ll feel like I wasted your time, wasted your money or didn’t meet your expectations.
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January 2012
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““I speak it to God: I don’t really want more time; I just want enough time. ...”
– Ann Voskamp (found on starthandingoutstars)
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Want a New You? Change Your Name.
This op-ed makes me kinda want to do it.
So I know that whenever someone changes her name, a body gets stuffed in the closet. When I think back to my old self, I think of an entirely different person, not altogether likable, whose singular distinguishing characteristic was the chronic inability to follow through with anything she said she would do. I picked up and abandoned projects with...
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Resolutionsforgood.com - Make a Resolution to Do...
Love the idea of this - A site where instead of focusing on the 10 lbs you need to lose, you dedicate a resolution to do something for someone else:
“This New Year’s season, TBD is hosting Resolutions for Good, a campaign to flip the switch on making resolutions and designate 2012 the year of doing good for others. Join us and make that do-good resolution official.”
December 2011
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New Year's Rulins' by Woody Guthrie (1-5)
Work more and better
Work by a schedule
Wash teeth if any
Shave
Take bath
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November 2011
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5 Rules for Creativity (from W+K)
Jelly Helm said this a while back. Still good advice for most situations.
Act Stupid. “Our philosophy is to come in ignorant every day. The idea of retaining ignorance is sort of counterintuitive, but it subverts a lot of [problems] that come from absolute mastery. If you think you know the answer better than somebody else does, you become closed to being fresh.” states Jelly...
October 2011
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“So little of what could happen does happen.”
– Salvador Dali
Lynda Barry Will Make You Believe In Yourself →
This story will make you want to do something creative and make you understand that everybody can (and should).
52x52.org is a happy reminder to give to charity... →
September 2011
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The End is Near →
I keep re-reading this post by Chris Guillebeau and reminding myself that 35 is not just the new 35. It’s the next 55. And quick.
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How to make time for __________. →
If how we spend our days is how we spend our lives, maybe we all need to step away from the monitor.
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How to Un-Labor Every Day
You know that thing that pains you to think about?
The one that pops up when you can’t sleep?
The friend you never called back. The sweater you never returned. The woulda, shoulda, why-the-hell-didn’t-I, when-am-I-going-to, where-is-that?
If fear is the mind-killer, this stuff is the annoying kid that tormented you in eighth grade. Taunting you, kicking your chair. You know you shouldn’t...
August 2011
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“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in...”
– Bob Dylan, nee Robert Zimmerman