“I read all the books and tried all the hacks in a mad quest to optimize my time.”
self-help
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How to Build a Better Motivational Speaker
“The upstart motivator Jesse Itzler wants to reform his profession—while also rising to the top.”
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You Could Make This Place Beautiful
“Great,” she says resignedly. “What I’ll always be known for is writing this poem about how bad things are, and maybe they could be better, but they’re bad.”
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Marshmallows that Gave Us the Modern Notion of Self-Control
How willpower — and its absence — turned from a moral and religious concept to a controversial scientific one.
Posted inBlog Post, Books, Nonfiction
The Genius of Marie Kondo and the Evolution of Decluttering
In 1881, Eunice White Bullard published All Around the House, Or, How to Make Homes Happy, a 468-page manual on everything a head of household needed to know to keep things in order. Bullard, the wife of Henry Ward Beecher, dedicated chapters to everything from managing laundry to pickling, washing flannel, and cooking a goose.
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The Fight Club of Motivational Books
The professional cannot take rejection personally because to do so reinforces Resistance. Editors are not the enemy; critics are not the enemy. Resistance is the enemy. The battle is inside our own heads. We cannot let external criticism, even if it’s true, fortify our internal foe. The foe is strong enough already. A professional schools […]