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121 Unusual Tips to Being a Better Writer
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40 Alternatives to Quitting Your Job
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Blog post“We need to stay together because of the kids.”
“I need to do this because my boss told me to.”
“We need to stay together because we're married.”
“I need to see them because they're my friends.”
“I need to get a degree so I can get a good job.”
Versus...
“We want to stay together because we want to stay together.”
“I want to do this because I want to see what I can achieve in life.”
“I want to see my friends because I like spendi -
Blog postAs in “How long will it take me until I make a million dollars?”
As in “How many more years will it take me until I'm successful?”
As in “What steps do I have to take to build a multi million dollar company?”
Here's the truth...
The more you ask yourself (or others) these questions, the longer it'll probably take you to get there.
As a matter of fact, the more you ask these kinds of question, the more likely you'll never get there.
Simply becaus -
Blog postWe all might be disadvantaged in one way or the other.
We all have that one thing that sets us back.
Maybe even more than just one thing.
And some people's disadvantages might be bigger than other people's disadvantages.
But what your disadvantages really are, are advantages.
When you are absolutely and with 100% certainty aware of your disadvantages and don't try to hide them, then that's an advantage right there.
It's like rocket fuel.
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Blog postYou can't.
No one can stay on top of their game forever.
At some point you won't be able to stay on top of your game anymore.
Maybe just for a short period of time.
Maybe for a longer period of time.
It will happen.
No matter what.
And that's when most people give up.
I've said this in the past already and I'm going to say it again...
It's not what you do on your good days that will make you.
It's what you do on y -
Blog postIt's about the things you do.
We all know about pretty much everything.
And if we don't, all we gotta do is to type in a few words into Google and we have the answer.
The information economy is pretty much dead.
Just like the idea economy is dead.
It's all about doing.
About what you do with that information.
About how you execute on that information.
Or your ideas.
It's all about how you turn that information, that knowl -
Blog postWhenever I enter a room I'm the least productive person in the room.
I'm not sure if it's true but that's just how I feel.
Same thing when I read or hear about all of these productivity gurus and hacks out there.
About all of these people who seem to have it all figured out.
I don't have anything figured out. At all.
Ok. Maybe some things.
And sometimes I wonder if people who are preaching all of this stuff are even doing all of these things the -
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Blog postThings don't make us happy.
Money is for buying ourselves some freedom.
Some time.
Some time to think.
Some time and freedom to do the things we really want to do.
Some time and freedom to be able to follow our wildest dreams.
And here's what's so hard about this...
The only way you'll ever be able to make more money working a job or freelancing is to work more hours.
Or to get promoted.
Or to invest a ton of time to find -
Blog postMost of the time we're just not in the mood.
I'm not in the mood most of the time.
We're not in the mood to go to work.
To do the work.
To go out on a limb.
To send out that CV.
To ask her out on a date.
To go to class.
To go to that interview.
To send out our portfolio.
To have “the talk.”
And on and on and on.
I wasn't even in the mood for writing this.
We're never in the mood for all of -
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Blog postI don't know.
No one knows.
But a good starting point is to figure out how long it took the people who are now on top to get there.
That's probably how long it'll take you.
Give or take a few years.
And if you feel like you don't have that much time, if you feel like you won't be that patient, that you won't be able to put in that much work for such a long time, then just don't get started.
Because chances are that y -
Blog postA monkey can get people's attention.
But do you trust the monkey?
Would you buy something from the monkey?
No, of course not.
Attention and trust are two different things entirely.
Attention can be earned with big budgets.
With the brightest colors in your ads.
Attention can be earned by the one who screams the loudest.
But attention doesn't equal trust.
Attention and trust are two different things entirely.
Sure, -
Blog postThen prove it.
If you don't prove it, it means that you can't do more than this.
That you can't do better than this.
That you don't have a lot more potential than this.
If you don't prove it, it means nothing.
And the only way to prove it is to do stuff.
And to not just talk about stuff.
Even if you just prove it to yourself.
You reading this right here is me trying to prove myself that I can do better than this.
That I c -
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Blog postThe comfortable truth is all the stuff you want to hear.
The uncomfortable truth is all the stuff you don't want to hear.
One of them is harder to digest than the other.
One of them confirms your worldview while the other challenges it.
One of them leads to growth while the other leads to stagnation.
One of them gets you closer to your goals than the other.
One of them is more uncomfortable than the other.
Which one are you s -
Blog postYou just can't put out great work all the time.
You just can't get everything right every single time.
You just can't nail that video every single time.
Or that blog post.
Or that presentation.
Or what not.
No matter how hard we try.
It's just not possible.
What's possible though is to show up.
Over and over again.
More often and more consistently than everybody else.
Here's the truth...
People won -
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Blog postIf you’d lose your job today what would you do if you couldn’t apply for another job tomorrow?
It's always a good idea to have a plan B.
And understanding that you might need a plan B is already half the answer...
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Blog post01.06.2013...
... was my first day of being unemployed.
I haven't had a job since then.
So it's been exactly four years now.
Well, almost.
When I realized it's my fourth anniversary a few days ago it was already too late.
Too late to write something great.
I wanted this post to be something special.
A really great post.
I wanted it to be such a great post that next time we meet you'll give me a pat on the back telling me -
Blog postIf you get up in the morning and the only answer you can give to the question “Why am I even getting up for this?” is money, then it's just really, really hard to make sense of it all...
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Blog postThey are who we are.
We are them.
They are us.
And it's so easy to get lost in all the good memories.
Or the bad memories.
It's so easy to get lost in memories of a time where everything seemed better.
Just like it's so easy to get lost in memories where everything seemed bad.
But whatever we do, we should always try to make sure that we never get lost in those memories for too long.
That we never get lost in the past for too lon -
Blog post"Easier said than done."
Everything that's hard is easier said than done.
That's why easier said than done is such a great excuse.
It might be the greatest excuse of all times.
It puts you off the hook.
Every single time.
And you know what?
Everything you see out there today was once considered to be easier said than done.
Was once considered too hard to be done.
Until someone came along, put in the work and jus -
Blog postWhat we say we want and what we end up doing are two different things entirely
We want organic, healthy and clean food.
But we're not willing to pay $10 for a piece of chicken in the supermarket.
We are against child labor.
But we keep buying brands that produce their stuff in countries that are known for exploiting people.
We say we want to have an impact, that we want to change the world.
But we're not even capable of changing ourselves.
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Blog postTrends predict a future that seems feasible right at this very moment.
That seems possible right now.
Trends predict incremental change.
But what they never predict are the game changers.
Trends never predict radical change.
Simply because radical change is unpredictable.
That's what makes it so radical and disruptive...
Trends also don't predict things like the iPhone.
Or Facebook.
Because these things aren't even consid
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