January 2011
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Stop smearing shit all over yourself!
Overheard: “You gave me a complex! Way back when we first met you called me a geek and it gave me a complex.”
Bullshit! Nobody gives you a complex, you give YOURSELF a complex. The other person simply made a statement and YOU decided it was a big pile of stinky dog shit. Then you went the extra mile and smeared their dog shit all over yourself.
Next time somebody hands you a pile of dog shit...
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Eight Lessons from the life and work of Jack...
He bootstrapped himself. A scrawny little kid at 15, he decided to change who he was and how he was perceived, and then he did. The deciding was as important as the doing.
He went to the edges. He didn’t merely open a small gym, a more pleasant version of a boxing gym, for instance. Instead, he created the entire idea of a health club, including the juice bar. He did this 70 years...
theBLOG: New new new! →
jessicaannwhite:
I’m rather excited right now because I finally came to the end of a long search. I’ve been playing with the idea of getting a new guitar for quite some time now, but for the life of me I could not find one I liked. Fortunately, Peter recommended this awesome music shop to me a few weeks ago and I…
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Myth #29: People are rational
uxmyths:
People don’t make purely rational decisions based on careful analysis of cost and expected utility, despite what classical economics taught us. Research findings confirm that our decisions are driven more by our emotions than logical and conscious thinking.
However, our irrationality is predictable. Good designers, therefore, can learn about human decision making and go beyond...
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Happy New Years!