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The art of control
Last week was a real bear. We are building our 2023 budget at work and since I view all of life through the lends of production it was exasperating to be a part of. Rather than an elegant process that is informed by high-level strategy, adjusted via feedback loops, and best supports those with skin…
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How to Better Manage Your Life Admin — The Art of Manliness
In your job, you probably have plenty of administrative work — managerial and secretarial tasks like filing papers and answering emails. Unengaging and tedious, this admin is likely your least favorite part of your job, and yet is necessary to keep the rest of your responsibilities, and the business itself, going. While you may not… How…
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The Self-Care Routines of 5 American Presidents — The Art of Manliness
In the last several years, talk about the idea of “self-care” — doing things to care for your own mental, emotional, and physical health — has become more and more common. At first, the term felt a little cringey and self-indulgent, something used largely amongst women-focused lifestyle blogs to rationalize booking a spa day and… The…
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JoWo OmniFlex Nib Introduction — Goulet Pens Blog
In early 2018, the OmniFlex nib was first introduced on brands like Conklin and Monteverde. This is a stainless steel #6 size nib with a distinct shape and design to allow for increased softness, flexibility in the tines, and variation in line width based on your writing pressure. After going through iterative changes for… JoWo OmniFlex…
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Five websites that changed the way I think
Ahh, the series of tubes we now refer to as the interwebs. Is there anything else so useful and time-wasting at the same time? The Center for Humane Technology describes the internet as a simultaneous utopia and dystopia. I warn my family of the dangers of the thousands of engineers on the other side of…
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How I Learned to Be Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable — The Art of Manliness
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ben Aldridge. Several years ago, I found myself in a dark place. I was struggling immensely with severe and debilitating anxiety and felt that I was losing control of my mind. I was having back-to-back panic attacks and honestly thought that I was dying. It was a… How…
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Churchill’s D-Day Task List — Blog – Cal Newport
Last week, I received an email from a reader who had just returned from a trip to the Churchill War Rooms, a London museum housed in the bunkers, built underneath the Treasury Building, where Winston Churchill safely commanded the British war efforts as the Blitz bombarded the city above. The reader had photographed an artifact… Churchill’s…
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Being Smart is Not Enough — Farnam Street
When hiring a team, we tend to favor the geniuses who hatch innovative ideas, but overlook the butterflies, the crucial ones who share and implement them. Here’s why it’s important to be both smart AND social. *** In business, it’s never enough to have a great idea. For any innovation to be successful, it has… Being…
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These 7 Lessons Will Make You Better — RyanHoliday.net
Marcus Aurelius‘ reign from 161 to 180 was defined by a pandemic (which originated in the distant east and quickly overwhelmed Rome’s institutions), civil unrest, interminable wars in the provinces, personal health issues, cultural decadence, income inequality, and so much else. As he would observe in Meditations, people have always been people, and life has… These…
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National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
“They found a tumor. You need to come here…” May 3, 2015. It had been a terrible night of sleep. Pepper had not been herself for two weeks, but the previous night seemed different. She had seen the doctor twice for constipation and a distended belly, responding somewhat to medication. However, yesterday she didn’t want…
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