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The popular saying is “Sleep on it,” but we rarely use incubation intentionally. If you need to think hard about something, jot down notes about it for 5 minutes, then go to bed. In the morning you’ll have the solution. It’s magic!

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Your mind is a building that starts burning when you wake up. What you create with the first hour of your day is who you rescue.

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Something I believe but can’t prove is people who read books are increasingly not on social media at all.

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Have many ideas, start a few, finish even fewer.

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Home is where your preferences and habits can balloon from mild neuroses into full-blown disorders.

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If you're going to send an authentication code to my email every time, what is the point of my password?

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Every streaming service should have subtitles on every movie in every language, AI-generated. Why don’t they?

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Writer’s block is often caused by trying to take a deductive approach to what’s better served by an inductive process. You’re expecting to write something true. But to get to the truth you have to be willing to first risk writing something false.

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Today, a hummingbird came to my lunch table and floated in front of my face several seconds, looking right at me. It was crazy. I wonder if it was the same one I rescued from my house a year ago.

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Creations can’t be consumed until they’re crafted. Innovations can’t have impact until they’re implemented.

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You might have a handful of lasting memories of awkward interactions that happened IRL. With social media you can keep shoveling them into your noggin till there's no more room.

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What if the meaning of life, besides four hours deep work, is to season your skillet?

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We believe we're on the cusp of AGI because it helps us avoid the inconvenient truth that LLMs show us our thinking isn't that original.

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Your mind is like a body of water, which must circulate. If your mind doesn’t meditate, it stagnates.

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Main Character Syndrome is a scourge on society, but viewing your life's story as that of a main character is actually quite useful.

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Just distilled my first gallon of water with my new water distiller. This is what it removed from my tap water.

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I believe now more than ever that spending a lot of time meditating is a very productive activity. With technology changing so fast in the age of AI, and more and more information coming at us, it’s increasingly true that being effective is not a matter of how much of your time you spend in motion.

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Amazon's share of my self-publishing income: 2018: 94% 2024: 58%

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Just published a MASSIVE, 6,000 word income report, including a review of 2024 and predictions for 2025. How did I limit Amazon to only 58% of my book income revenue, and grow my newsletter 30%? It's in here, and much more. kadavy.net/blog/posts/d...

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9 years ago I sold everything moved to where it takes 2 weeks to get something from Amazon. I have a vivid memory of desiring, anticipating, and celebrating the arrival of every item I own. It really bothers me how much joy I get from the consumption process.

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If we're going to live to 150, we must invent the MIB flashy thingy. Even at 45, my daily thoughts are so invaded by the recall of images, experiences, smells, sounds, and memories of those who have long passed, I scarcely live in the present.

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Life Pro Tip: Put all social media apps on a separate phone, then smash it to pieces.

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The deeper it comes from within your soul, the harder it will be to bring to life.

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No use watching in awe as others do what you can’t. Much better to do what you can until others are in awe of you.

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If you want to understand why it's a good idea to ban TikTok, read: - Amusing Ourselves to Death - Brave New World - Love Letter to America (Yuri Bezmenov)

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Authors, remember: if you're on the 70% royalty plan with Amazon, you're being charged about 15¢/MB to deliver your ebooks. I just reduced an ePub file from ~1MB to <250Kb with a few simple measures. Could save me thousands in profits.

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I tried to imagine birds taking a holiday but then realized "work" for them is literally looking for food and eating it.

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21 days in on daily 60-minute meditation. This is becoming a regular thing and it takes me to mentally uncharted territory every time.

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24% of my book revenue in 2024 came from direct sales. 🤯 Amazon used to account for more than 90% of my book sales.

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Anyone who thinks one micro-blogging social network will turn out fundamentally different than another doesn't understand the meaning of The medium is the message.

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If you’re a fan of 80s teen movies, this underrated film is a must see…

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Anyone who thinks AI will decimate jobs is grossly underestimating the degree to which AI enables consumers to make increasingly sophisticated choices faster than ever. AI is a commerce engine.

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A good way to make progress on a novel is write in short, 68-page notebooks. Fill one page at a time, then one notebook at a time. Glad to say I've made it to notebook two!

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