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Quantity versus Consistency

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The right focus isn't quantity versus quality. Quality is assumed. The right focus is on quantity versus consistency. Churning out a dozen top-notch articles in one week won't do you much good if you vanish immediately thereafter and let your blog wither from neglect...

Cheerleaders & Advisors

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Cheerleaders are the people we count on to tell us we can do it. Advisors are the people we can count on to tell us whether we should do it. Cheerleaders applaud us for having an idea. Advisors help us examine whether it's an idea worth pursuing. Cheerleaders use a...

Less Domination, More Tea: A Mini-Festo

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I don't really have any urge to dominate the world. Domination's great, as long as you're the dominator. But in order to dominate, there has to be someone being dominated. There is no dominator without a corresponding subordinate. Me Conqueror, You Subject. That isn't...
The Best & Worst Things To Do When You’re Overwhelmed

The Best & Worst Things To Do When You’re Overwhelmed

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The room may spin. Maybe your palms are a little sweaty. And maybe your breath is even shallow, quicker… Your body's sending signals that it's nervous, perhaps even panicky. It might almost feel like something's bearing down on you. And that something? It's your...

What’s the fritter-to-value ratio?

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Every application we use has a fritter-to-value ratio. Some are pretty low, like a (simple, non-graphing) calculator: you push the buttons, you get your answer. Basically no frittering to get the result you want. The fritter-to-value ratio is really low. But then...