Billions Of Dollars, Theirs For The Taking
whowritesforyou.comWhen I bought the used DVD, the studio made nothing, not one dime. If they had made the movie available online we would have watched it the next night and they would have pocketed a couple of bucks. Frankly, even priced at ninety nine cents, they’d have made something. But because they’re so stubborn and blind they made nothing.
Estimated reading time: 3 min
A Strong Play Ethic
whowritesforyou.comAs a kid you knew how to play. You wanted to do something with your friends. You wanted to be a cowboy, an astronaut, a superhero. You wanted to build buildings and knock them down, to drive fast cars, to fly planes and rocket ships. Your play was aligned with your imagination and your dreams. Now, for most, play is another type of work. They call it “working out” for a reason. It’s not fun.
Estimated reading time: 3 min
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It Feels Like Trust—The Apple Store App And Self Checkout
whowritesforyou.comI stood there stunned for a moment. I’m sure in years to come this will be a common, everyday experience. But today, this time, if felt like magic. It felt like I was living in the future.
Estimated reading time: 2 min
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Simple Productivity Task Of The Day: Give Yourself A Timeout
whowritesforyou.comYelling and screaming or even throwing a punch might feel good for a moment, but time is what you need. It’s not a break, it’s not punishment, it’s just time away, doing nothing but cooling off and thinking.
Estimated reading time: 1 min
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What Is A Book?
whowritesforyou.comI love printed books, but they are an artifact, like a pocket watch or a waistcoat. They’re lovely, comfortable, and still useful, but they are not the thing itself, any more than the map is the territory.
Estimated reading time: 2 min
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The Influence of Unicorns
whowritesforyou.comA wish is not active. A wish is the essence of passiveness. You may wish for many things. You can hope for many things that just won’t happen on their own.
Estimated reading time: 2 min
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Wait With Purpose
whowritesforyou.comIt’s the waiting parts of life where many find boredom and anxiety creeping in. That’s why you need to wait with purpose.
Estimated reading time: 2 min
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My Superpower (and Yours): Connection
whowritesforyou.comI wonder, sometimes, if I’ll ever get this right. Then I make someone laugh, I hear someone sigh in relief, and I wonder, “what the hell did I do?” What I did was connect. And that is often more valuable than a problem fixed. It shows that I understand. Or if I don’t yet understand, I might get there.
Estimated reading time: 2 min
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Lots Of Places To Read
whowritesforyou.comThere are all kind of critical elements to a place where one lives: the kitchen, the entertaining and family areas, the size and layout of the bedrooms, but the most important element for me is, does this living space have places where people can be alone and have a comfortable place to read?
Estimated reading time: 2 min
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Simple Productivity Task Of The Day: Draw Your Day
whowritesforyou.comTake a few minutes and try this: take your to-do list and start a new one. For each item on your list, draw a simple picture of what it would look like finished.
Estimated reading time: 2 min
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Writing Assignment: Notice The Beauty Around You
whowritesforyou.comIn almost every place or situation there is beauty to see around you if you take the time to look, to listen, to sense your surroundings.
Estimated reading time: 2 min
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Living In The Future, Keeping It In Your Pocket
whowritesforyou.comThere are lots of things that people think of as futuristic high tech, like shooting rockets into space, but those things are actually very low tech items, things we’ve been doing since World War II. And this is the problem with the rapidly accelerating sci-fi world. It’s leaping ahead of us, ending up in our pockets without us even realizing what we have. Someday, soon, we’ll likely all wake up with our jetpacks and rocket cars and ask ourselves, “When did that happen?” It happened yesterday.
Estimated reading time: 4 min
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A Strong Work Ethic
whowritesforyou.comA strong work ethic isn’t about working hard, it’s about doing the work that’s necessary to get you what you want.
Estimated reading time: 3 min
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No Time To Write Equals No Time To Think
whowritesforyou.comEven if you never publish a word, writing is a tool that thinking people use to help them think clearly.
Estimated reading time: 2 min
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