_sebastian recommended Discipline: Stomp Out Cynicism from chadfowler.com:

Whenever you have a cynical thought, keep it to yourself. Never utter, write, or otherwise convey it. Put it away. Think it to yourself all day if you have to, but never express it.

_sebastian recommended My $7 Million Dollar Journey … from 7million7years.com:

My life wasn’t about my business (or my money) … my business was there to support my life.

_sebastian recommended How I Structure My Day from joshuakennon.com:

I use the priority system established by Gene Bendell: Everything that tops my daily agenda must either contribute to outstanding success or help me avoid outstanding failure. Otherwise, I cut it.

_sebastian recommended Abschied von Albert Bouley from nutriculinary.com:

Als er herausfand, dass wir Lehrlinge zwar dem Alkohol zusprachen, aber rein gar nichts von Wein verstanden, lud Monsieur in der Mittagspause zum Weinseminar mit seiner Frau, Brigitte Bouley. Das Angebot zu Beginn des Kurses war so groß wie beschämend für uns: jeder dürfe sich jetzt eine Flasche seiner Wahl aus dem Weinkeller holen und mit nachhause nehmen. Wir hätten jetzt die Wahl unter Bouteillen zu mehrere tausend Mark, erklärte Monsieur – nur leider wussten wir Lehrlinge nicht welche Flaschen das genau gewesen wären. Wir begannen und für Wein zu interessieren.

_sebastian recommended First, Make Sure Your Idea Works on a Small Stage from nytimes.com:

Don’t do something to make money. I think a lot of people who are really wealthy probably didn’t start out saying, “I’m doing this to make a lot of money.” When you’re starting something, I really believe you have to have that passion. There has to be a burn, like a shark going after blood.

_sebastian recommended How to Create Consistently Great Content for the Long Haul from feeds.copyblogger.com:

Read. As writers, we should read a lot — it makes us better at our craft. But reading someone else’s work can often help us uncover our next great idea, too. So if you’re stuck, pick up a book and sit down in your favorite reading chair. And remember to make time to read outside of your usual topic.

_sebastian recommended Mein Fuji X100S Test – früher war eben doch nicht alles besser from neunzehn72.de:

Was mache ich in Zukunft mit diesem Fotoapparat? Es wird ein ständiger Begleiter, der sowohl Urlaubsknipse als auch Hochzeitsreporter ist. Mein Hund liebt die Kamera und ich daher ebenso. Manchmal denkt man ja “früher war alles besser”. Wenn ich so ein Gerät in der Hand habe, freue ich mich aber in der heutigen Zeit zu leben.

_sebastian recommended Traumhafte Zinsen: Mein Konto in Zypern from faz.net:

Alles ohne Panik und levantinische Lamenti. Nur die Briten fordern lautstark ihr Geld zurück, aber das kennt man ja aus der EU.

_sebastian recommended Debt Free from theminimalists.com:

It’s my turn to order: Americano, black. The dark-haired girl at the register is wearing a smile I’d like to frame. She’s intimidatingly attractive, and so I fumble for something clever to say when she asks me how I’m doing. But I’ve got nothing, no words: my mouth, a swordless sheath, a book without pages.

_sebastian recommended What Do Successful People Do Differently to Guarantee them Long-term Success? - Lifehack from feeds.lifehack.org:

2. Make peace with the fact that it takes time to become a success – if it was really that easy, everyone would be successful!

_sebastian recommended The Top 10 Life Tips that we Should be Informed About? - Lifehack from lifehack.org:

3. Spend your life with rule-breakers. Marry them. Befriend them. Work with them. Spend weekends with them. No matter how much power you become possessed of, you’ll never be able to make someone care—so gather close the caring.

_sebastian recommended Trent Walton from thegreatdiscontent.com:

If you could give advice to a young designer starting out, what would you say? Do whatever you can to set the bar really high. Find people who are better than you and follow them. Develop your taste. Develop a goal for where you want to be and if your skills aren’t there yet, that’s totally okay. I think that knowing what good is and being able to strive for it is key because then you’ll be willing to do whatever it takes to connect the dots. Find what you love about your field and focus on that and the details will take care of themselves.

_sebastian recommended The Truth About Amazon KDP Select from ow.ly:

Last last November I decided to give KDP Select a shot. I didn’t feel I could keep talking trash about it without knowing personally how it worked and what it did.

_sebastian recommended Tyler Brule on his favourite things from fashion.telegraph.co.uk:

I wear a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust that I've had since 1983. I got it in Switzerland on my first trip to Europe with my grandmother when I was 14. I saved up all my money from cleaning yachts during the summer and it was my first ever purchase.

_sebastian recommended It Would Be Great if Millionaires Would Not Lecture Us on 'Living With Less' from gawker.com:

A millionaire does not have the standing to tell regular people that money is overrated.