brain pickings

this was my idea

the school you went to, was it your idea? the city you now live in? the car you drive, the…

3 years ago

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email marketing is dead. it's supposedly been dead for a decade now. for a dead practice, it sure is breathing…

3 years ago

I am not this kind of person

I am not the kind of person that says "I'm the kind of person that…" this expression genuinely angers me…

3 years ago

go first

I've spent half my life getting in troubleand the other half getting out of it, nothing extreme or dangerous, just…

3 years ago

call me hood, robin hood

everyone loves a good hero's journey:writers, poets, composers, filmmakers, actual heroes… and marketers. think of Robin Hood for a moment,as…

3 years ago

loud and clear

I wonder if this is what they mean when they talk about being in line with your higher self… I…

3 years ago

the author’s dilemma

have you ever read a 300+ page book that could have easily been summarized in 3 paragraphs? if so, have…

3 years ago

what do you track

off the top of your head… have you ever been through a heartbreak? was it their fault? what did they…

3 years ago

one hundred and one per cent

I first read about the 1% rule back in 2013, in James Altucher's book Choose Yourself, since then it's become…

3 years ago

quarter inch holes

the person that creates the product is typically the worst person to sell the product;there, I said it. entrepreneurs are…

3 years ago

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