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The Marshmallow Test – They Got It All Wrong
Have you ever heard of the marshmallow test? If not, let me start by saying that this is a famous experiment. Allegedly, the experiment aimed to identify the ability of becoming successful in small kids. In short, four year old kids were given a marshmallow, they were put in an isolated room and they were told they’re going to get another marshmallow in a few minutes IF they won’t eat the first one. But a movie is worth a thousand words: After a few years, the kids were evaluated and researchers found out that the kids who waited for the second marshmallow were more successful than the kids who didn’t. Out of this experiment, a concept called ̶

How To Be Productive without Becoming a Productivity Freak
Productivity is usually a good thing. Usually. Not always. Too much GTD or too much effectiveness in your life can become annoying at some point. Being highly productive can really help you become some sort of a freak, even if you obviously don’t want that. All those lists, thoughts capturing devices, advanced task processing systems. All those fancy words like “next actions”, “hipster cards” or “mind like water”. All those tasks carefully squeezed into your agenda, well, all of that could give you a very hard time in a normal, non-productivity related, social conversation. To be honest, most of the people I heard talking about “mind like water” were doing

33 Questions For An Interview With Yourself
Today I’m going to interview somebody really special in my blog. And that would be you. Exactly, you, the one who’s looking at the screen right now. You are a very important person and it’s an honor for me to interview you. I prepared a list of 33 questions and I’m really looking forward to hear your answers. Yes, this is an interview. With you. Why? Because you’re important, that’s why. 1. What Do You Do For A Living? You may not know what you’re really doing for living. You may think you have a job, but you’re actually just selling your time. And that comes down to selling your life. And that means you’re

The Tyler Durden Guide of Writing Tyler Durden Enhanced Blog Posts To Attract Traffic
I saw Fight Club years after it was launched. I did the same with Matrix and another few blockbusters. I’m not into hype. I like to see a popular movie after it loses the “fashionable” thing. I don’t know why I do this, it’s just a fact. Anyway, Fight Club was a fantastic experience. Few movies had the power to change my life the way Fight Club did. 10 years fast forward and I find Tyler Durden in the most surprising place I ever thought I’ll find him: the blogosphere. It seems like every niche has a blog post which features Tyler Durden somehow. If you’re looking for finances, there must be a blog post about what Tyler Durden will do with his checking account

Goals and Mechanical Rabbits
When I turned 39, a few days ago, I wrote a list about 39 things I learned through experience. A few of them got picked up by my readers and broadcasted on Twitter. Being bitesized really helped this process, I don’t think any of those items were bigger than 140 characters. One of the most retweeted was number 8: “Goals are good, but no better than the mechanical rabbit at a dog race. At the end of the race, they’re useless.” Since that seemed to touch a lot of people, I thought it would be a good idea to write a full post about it. Which I am doing a