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Posted to: Self-management
May 30th, 2010
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I am in NYC with no money. This used to happen all the time. When my company was running out of money, I would go to San Diego to give a speech and stay at a four-star hotel and not have a cent. And no credit card, of course. I would fly first class, stash …

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Tactic for combatting distraction

Posted to: Productivity
May 12th, 2010
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It’s frog and toad mating season on the farm. The nighttime is noisy with nature sounds and the pond water ripples with round tadpoles. The farmer is full of mating factoids, like toads enjoy a threesome. Here’s a photo from the farmer:

Meanwhile, Ben Casnocha sent this link to me about sexual harassment at work. I …

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Five tips for asking better questions

Posted to: Finding a career | Fulfillment
May 6th, 2010
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Now that I am committed to living on a farm which is sort of the anti-New York City, visiting New York City no longer brings up flashbacks to a really, really difficult lifestyle. Instead, New York fills my head with ideas.
The first one is a billboard I saw as soon as I got off the …

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