15 June, 2010 (10:30) | Aaron's Faves, Success, Values and Priorities | By: Aaron
One of the best things you can do to train you for success is to make a habit of doing harder things. Life is full of challenges that are often unappealing to try and conquer. Most people today are looking for the easiest way to do everything. While I am in favor of finding the [...]
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15 February, 2010 (06:00) | Aaron's Faves, Productivity | By: Aaron
Total Read Time: About 1 Minute I’m still a little on my productivity kick from going through the 4-Hour Workweek, so here’s my productivity tool of the week (don’t know how long this will last). Evernote is a great tool that can help compile your thoughts and ideas in a safe and secure place. Everyone [...]
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5 February, 2010 (04:00) | Aaron's Faves, Gadgets | By: Aaron
Many people know about Apple’s new product: the iPad. There’s been a lot of buzz around this new product, including a lot of negative press about it. Well, here’s my two cents about the problems people keep citing with the iPad. 1. Multitasking. A lot of people are complaining that you can’t multitask with the [...]
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2 February, 2010 (18:05) | Aaron's Faves, Lessons From History, Productivity | By: Aaron
The above is a short lecture from Tim Ferriss called Practical Pessimism. It gives you a couple practical tools to help you face your fears, and most often you realize that you’ve been making a mountain out of a mole-hill. I would recommend that you watch the video, and attempt the tools that it puts [...]
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26 January, 2010 (18:41) | Aaron's Faves, Productivity | By: Aaron
Speedreading is a skill than many seek, but few acquire. The ability to consume large amounts of information very quickly is something I’ve striven for for years. I have made some good progress too. When I was about 14 I started researching speedreading and found my current speed was about 120 words per minute (wpm). [...]
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