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As eco-conscious consumers increasingly look for products that can help them reduce their carbon footprint and deal with other environmental hazards, inventors and manufacturers are responding in kind. Here’s a look at some of the smartest sustainable products of the year, from greener shoes to smarter thermostats. (Of course, some would say the most sustainable […]
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Is 100 percent remote work really that great? This was it. Amir was ready to embark upon the journey of a lifetime. After breaking up with his girlfriend, he decided to trade the comfort of a traditional job for the thrill of remote work in Taiwan. Like many millennials, he felt disillusioned by the prospect of working for […]
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The best-selling productivity author David Allen called it Getting Things Done. Malcolm Gladwell, researcher and writer about the wonderful weirdness of human psychology, coined the “10,000 hour rule.” But perhaps neither method for maintaining momentum has been adopted as fiercely as an off-the-cuff remark made by comedian Jerry Seinfeld over a decade ago: Don’t break the chain. “He said […]
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//players.brightcove.net/2097119709001/4kXWOFbfYx_default/index.html?videoId=5315267269001 Words hold power. Some of the most powerful words are the words you use every day. These words can easily and unknowingly diminish your message and intent. Powerful people know what words to stay away from and maintain their influence and impact. Powerful people know that when it comes to language, less is more. […]
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This career skill will change the way you think about reading. “The information we consume matters just as much as the food we put in our body. It affects our thinking, our behavior, how we understand our place in the world. And how we understand others.” — Evan Williams, Co-Founder of Twitter and Medium Right now, somewhere out in […]
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In February, during the launch of my last book, I had one of those experiences that explain why many people don’t like or trust the media. I’ll leave the details vague for reasons that the rest of this article will make clear, but suffice to say, a reporter acting in what was clearly bad faith, took […]
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Success in any pursuit requires a mentally tough mind. You can have all the resources, but if your mind is a mess, you will fail. I’ve become obsessed with the mind and have tried everything to stack the odds in my favor. I’ve spent four years training my brain every day to make it see […]
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There is this myth that mentors are people you have to know and see. That it is some official designation to seek out. I’ve never met Tyler Cowen, the bestselling author, economist and thinker. We’ve never spoken on the phone. Our longest email conversation might have been three sentences. Yet he has been one of […]
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One of my favorite essays I wrote this year was A Few Principles for Intellectual Freedom. In that piece, I took scenes from the life of the scientist James Lovelock to illustrate some principles for pursuing a life of intellectual freedom. In this essay, I’d like to do something similar with another inspirational character — the Czech-Canadian […]
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Once you understand your personality type, it’s easy to identify other people’s too. Your personality influences everything from the friends you choose to the candidates you vote for in a political election. Yet many people never really spend much time thinking about their personality traits. Understanding your personality can give you insight into your strengths and weaknesses. It can also help you gain […]
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