• Techno-bros Want Us to Trust This Idea

    Techno-bros Want Us to Trust This Idea

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    I first grabbed Read Write Own from my local library because the subtitle sounded interesting. I’m ready for a new era on the internet, the current one of companies controlling everything and extracting the maximum they can from people sucks and I’m tired of it. Unfortunately, I wasn’t aware of who Chris Dixon was so…

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  • Quiet Working Morning

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    I’ve been streaming working quietly lately as it helps me stay focused and I’m told it helps others who struggle working from home to feel like they’re in an office when they can hear my keyboard sounds or the few times I talk. Play them back, or join me life most Mondays at 0615 Pacific.

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  • Getting Stuck on Perfection (Members)

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    Today we look at the quest for perfection, but that way madness lies. You may just have to do the hard work. If you want to read the whole post, become a member. Members also get my book notes.

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  • What Makes Good Writing – 3 Threads 006

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    Remember, this site is reader supported. To keep the content coming you can become a member or take a course. Members get all my book notes included. What Is Good Writing In many ways good writing has the same feeling as pornography does, you know it when you see it. This often leaves writers wondering,…

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  • Introverts Have a Super Power (Members)

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  • Achievement and Forcing Functions – 3 Threads 005

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    This is supported by members. Members get extra content, access to my courses and my book notes. The content only keeps coming because of those members. The Cost of Achievement for Kids I’m almost finished Never Enough, and the big thing that continues to strike me in this book is the high cost of parents…

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  • Forgetting Tasks is a Vote on Their Importance

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    I regularly see people using a notebook for tasks saying that they forget to do things, important things. I’d ask if the task was important though if you forgot to do it. One of the forcing functions of Bullet Journal, or any paper based system, is that when a task feels way to hard to…

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  • Feb 2024 – Books Read

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    As we do every month, let’s take a look at the books I read in February 2024. Overall I “read” 9 books, 3 fiction and 6 non-fiction. I also added 3 fiction books on Audible this month for a total of 12 books. Unfortunately my current system of recording books read doesn’t have a way…

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  • Good Work Requires Time (Members)

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  • Let’s be Anti-Productivity – 3 Threads 004

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    This is a reader supported site, if you like the content then become a member. Members get my courses, my book notes and an extra piece of content weekly. Reading Doesn’t Have to Be Productive Western life wants us to optimise everything for productivity and to feel bad if we don’t. This productivity ethic even…

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