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What Killed Borders, Blockbuster and Polaroid and How to Survive
Re:The Choose Yourself Era - How to Get 100,000 Facebook Fans
on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @02:03PM (#4163285)
Awesome post - how James Altucher self published ebooks and used Twitter Q&A's to get 100k facebook fans
How Pinterest is driving results to Food Network
Re:25 Napping Facts Everyone Should Know
on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @01:09AM (#4130353)
Loved this - the 'NASA Nap': A little group called NASA discovered that just a 26-minute nap increases performance by 34% and alertness by 54%. Pilots take advantage of NASA naps while planes are on autopilot.
Re:"Are You a Good Roommate?" Quiz from 1947 Men's Magazine
on Sunday June 17, 2012 @09:40PM (#4124460)
Funny to see how this quiz (1947) compares to roommates in 2012.
"Are You a Good Roommate?" Quiz from 1947 Men's Magazine
http://artofmanliness.com/2010/09/01/are-you-a-good-roommate-quiz-from-1947-mens-magazine/
Give this test to your roommate.
The Growing Power of the Meme
US Realtors are selling more houses...just not to Americans
More rich Chinese are buying up US property and houses...$9 billion total in just 12 months.
Re:Letter from Ronald Reagan to his son
on Friday June 15, 2012 @02:28AM (#4115319)
That's what I got from it. It takes a sense of humility and ownership to admit those mistakes and be able to reflect on that and produce very useful advice to his son about it.
Re:Letter from Ronald Reagan to his son
on Thursday June 14, 2012 @09:03PM (#4114423)
I'll definitely check this out, thank you!
Re:Letter from Ronald Reagan to his son
on Thursday June 14, 2012 @09:03PM (#4114420)
I totally agree.
Re:Letter from Ronald Reagan to his son
on Thursday June 14, 2012 @05:00PM (#4113494)
Great, unconventional advice on marriage to his son. This is time-proof advice for any generation too.
Letter from Ronald Reagan to his son
A Day in the Life of a DJ #2: Turning Lemons into Lemonade
Re:Why Warren Buffett really likes newspapers
on Thursday May 17, 2012 @02:40PM (#3988416)
Exactly. Plus, classic example of actually "buying low" and maybe down the road selling high.
What's the appropriate way to ask a DJ for a request?
A Day in the life of a working DJ
http://thedjcircle.com/archives/511
A typical Saturday for this man who started professionally DJing after losing his job.
Intelligence is overrated....What you really need to succeed
Re:The Billion Dollar Mind Trick: An Intro To Triggers
on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @12:09AM (#3882366)
Ramit sethi of I will teach you to be rich once wrote he has a betting label in his email with friends. Bet money with friends about breaking bad habits or forming/maintaining new good ones. Ex. He betted friends who could lose 10 pounds first (or something like that). Good friends hold you accountable and betting money keeps you serious...
Obviously you don't bet the bank....
Re:9 Timeless Business Virtues from a 19th Century Self-Made Millionaire
on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @12:04AM (#3882359)
Word
9 Timeless Business Virtues from a 19th Century Self-Made Millionaire
Re:I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here’s How
on Thursday April 19, 2012 @02:56PM (#3864535)
I also noticed this....it also gets easier depending on the language....
I'm learning Spanish right now, and for example, Portuguese and Italian can at times be very similar
Re:How We Eat: Analyzing 1/2 a Million Meals - Massive Health
on Thursday April 19, 2012 @02:55PM (#3864525)
That is crazy....amazing infographics too
9 Timeless Leadership Lessons from Cyrus the Great
Ancient wisdom from Cyrus
What the Failed $1M Netflix Prize Says About Business Advice
Life Hack: Pre-Acceptance of Failure
How to Build an Invaluable Inner Circle
Build an invaluable inner circle with ancient advice from Baltasar Gracian.