In The Importance of Being Smart, I wrote how smart people can achieve much more – with much less effort – than those who just work hard. There’s a comment there by Frode that I’d like to discuss:… lazy people seem to be smarter, as they use a..
Topics: Thinking, Working

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Note: This is a guest post from David Turnbull of Adventures of a Barefoot GeekI live in the future. No, this isn’t a McFly-moment, it’s a always-have-my-thoughts-in-the-future moment. And it’s a problem. Living with your mind focused...
Topics: Attitude, Working

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Persistence is important to achieve success, but giving up is also important. I’ve written about persistence before, so here I want to look at giving up.Why is it essential? Why is it necessary to give up? Because it allows you to focus your energy on..
Topics: Purpose, Working

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Note: This is a guest post from Douglas Cartwright of Living WordsRecently, I was watching a television show about Dean Potter, an American ‘slack line walker’ who strings one-inch thick nylon ropes between high mountainous places and walks across...
Topics: Attitude, Purpose

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Do you want to live a happy life? I’ve written before about being happy, but here I want to take a different angle and look at one important cause of unhappiness: loving stuff. Many people try to fill the void within them by buying more and more...
Topics: Attitude

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