brain pickings

run as if someone just called you a jogger

there's something so pure about running that I've not been able to replicate with any other limbs based activity,(and I've…

3 years ago

failure, a love letter

if you've been writing marketing copy for more than 5 minutes you've probably heard of Blair Warren's "One Sentence Persuasion…"…

3 years ago

the madonna

she was the first woman in her village to go to university, during a time when meat was a luxury…

3 years ago

to write or not to write

I've loved words for as long as I could read. their ability to convey smells, and sounds, and taste;to make…

3 years ago

happy birthday, uncle sam

a date fraught with significance… the birth of american independence,the celebration of freedom, togetherness and justice; I like the sound…

3 years ago

three

omne trium perfectum she, he, theybirth, life, deathbeginning, middle, endpast, present, futuremind, body, soulred, yellow, bluegold, silver, bronze,first, second, thirdart,…

3 years ago

delay your gratification

more than high-end luxury items,or extremely specific niche products,or poorly reviewed, cheap commodities, the hardest thing to sell, by and…

3 years ago

you’re still on mute

I talk…a bit too much,(or a lot of bit, depending on who's asking.) from a very young age, the force…

3 years ago

love, a contradiction

it is such a profoundly earthly desire to love and feel loved in return. to love is to feel stronger…

3 years ago

talk salesy to me

"do what you have to, but don't make it salesy" salesy. as someone that's worked in marketing for over 10…

3 years ago

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