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It’s a new year and people all over the world are making resolutions on how they’re going to improve themselves. Usually these goals consist of doing something new or adding a habit to their lives: get back into exercising, start journaling, launch a side hustle, adopt the Paleo diet, earn more money, etc. But after…
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I’m no stranger to forced isolation. For the better part of my 20s, I served as a nuclear submarine officer running secret missions for the United States Navy. I deployed across the vast Pacific Ocean with a hundred other sailors on the USS Connecticut, a Seawolf-class ship engineered in the bygone Cold War era to…
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Ein Vater sagte auf dem Sterbebett zu seinem Sohn: “Hier hast du ist eine Uhr, die ich von deinem Großvater bekam. Sie ist über 200 Jahre alt. Bevor ich sie dir gebe, geh bitte in das Uhrengeschäft in der ersten Straße und sage dem Besitzer, dass ich sie verkaufen möchte und wissen möchte, wieviel sie…
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Asking myself “is this helping me get what I want” is becoming one of my favorite questions. It works on kids too. Mine are 11 and soon to be 10. Whenever they start fighting, I ask them, “Is this helping you get what you want?” and it gives them the power to remember what they…
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What happens when someone repeatedly says it—whatever “it” may be—is not their fault? “It’s not my fault I was late for the meeting. Traffic was bad.”“It’s not my fault I lost money. I got the stock tip from a friend.”“It’s not my fault I don’t have the skills for the job and was laid off.…
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“We’ll be in a better position if we can face possible threats with a calm mind, alert to our internal signals but not anticipating every possible bad thing that could happen. While being told to stop panicking never helped anyone, we benefit by understanding that being overwhelmed by fear will hurt us more. Our imaginary…
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“[M]y worry is that … you won’t put enough really excellent stuff into your brain. I’m talking about what you might call the “theory of maximum taste.” This theory is based on the idea that exposure to genius has the power to expand your consciousness. If you spend a lot of time with genius, your…
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If you’re a founder building a business during these uncertain times, you probably have one question on your mind: How will we get through this recession? While no one can predict the future, we can reflect on the lessons we’ve learned from past downturns to help founders navigate their path forward for the long term.…
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Venture capital investment in Europe is slowing down — but it hasn’t stopped. In March, €2bn was raised by European startups, and there were 108 rounds above €2m, according to data analyst Dealroom; around a 33% drop in activity from January. April is looking likely to be even slower — yet hundreds of term sheets are still…
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Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade, but it’s not too early to ask why, and what we need to do about it.Many of us would like to pin the cause on one political party…
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