Why Smart People Sometimes Act Dumb
Let’s pretend you’ve locked your keys in your car. You’ve tried everything short of breaking a window to get your keys out, but no luck. You call a locksmith. Locksmith #1 arrives. He’s friendly, and he opens your car in two minutes. A week later, you lock your keys in…
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‘How Do I Increase Productivity?’
What if I told you that to increase productivity in your life, all you have to do is read just one article. That would be pretty great, huh? Too bad that’s not the case. Not even close. However, there’s something oddly powerful about thinking of productivity this way. We all want…
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Sink or Swim — Don’t Tread Water
Why are twenty-somethings obsessed with side hustles? That’s the question Catherine Baab-Muguira asked in this Quartz article everyone’s talking about. Catherine’s answer is spot on — she says: The side hustle offers something worth much more than money: A hedge against feeling stuck and dull and cheated by life. This psychological benefit is the…
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Open Letter to ‘The Brutal Truth’ Guy
I hate open letters so this is not going to be one. This is actually a note to myself that I think some of you will benefit from reading. A lot of bloggers and online influencers think they’re doing their audience a favor by telling them “the brutal truth.” They’ll…
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The One Word Podcasters Need to Stop Saying
Right now, podcasters are having a moment. But here’s the thing about podcasting. As the market becomes more saturated, which it will, it becomes harder to stand out. Even right now, competition is fierce on iTunes and it’s only getting worse. Today, I want to help you stand out by…
READ MOREWhat You Need to Know Today: March 7
Your Early to Rise Daily Briefing Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH To your friend who says: ‘Macs don’t get viruses.’ Thinking about torrenting the latest episode of Billions? Might want to check that your Transmission app is above or below version 2.90. A security research…
READ MOREWhat You Need to Know Today: February 15
Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH “Like some sort of Pixar film about polite office furniture.” Automaker Nissan thought, ‘Hey, you know what would be a good idea… If we took our self-parking car technology and put it into office furniture.’ Then they did it.…
READ MOREWhat You Need to Know Today: January 28
Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH FaceTube coming soon… “Video ad spend is not all incremental. Whenever we introduce a video ad format in news feed, it replaces another ad,” says Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. While that’s an important point to make, investors still want to…
READ MOREWhat You Need to Know Today: January 14
Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH Inside the world of re-commerce. It’s 2:30 a.m., you just got home from a late night on the town. You turn on your laptop and start browsing Amazon. “Yoga Kittens 2016 would make a great office calendar.” 1-Click and two…
READ MOREWhat You Need to Know Today: December 3
Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH Facebook live streaming rolls out for low-profile users. “Four months after introducing live video streaming for celebrities and other high-profile users, Facebook is now rolling the feature out to everyone inside its flagship app,” reportsThe Verge. What can you…
READ MOREWhat You Need to Know Today: November 6
Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH Starbucks is killing it in digital. Howard Schultz is dropping earnings reports like José Bautista flips bats. Starbucks’ shares are up another 50 percent in 2015 — mostly due to the success the company is having in digital. “In October,…
READ MOREWhat You Need to Know Today: October 22
Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH A la carte TV subscriptions. “The Internet is doing to cable what cable did to broadcast: broadening a set of choices,” says YouTube CBO Robert Kyncl. YouTube’s ad-free paid subscription service ‘Red’ rolls out today — here’s everything you…
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