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Be Healthy, Eye of the Tiger

January 5, 2012

I just finished watching Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead on Netflix. It’s a documentary about a guy who decides to reboot his life by going on a juice only fast for 60 days. He lost weight and everything you would expect from such a drastic change in lifestyle. He was energized, didn’t rely on his [...]

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How I built a visual thinking and graphic facilitation speciality

May 27, 2011

As an analyst, I spend my days working with data, defining business requirements, calculating, pivot tables, graphs, and analytical work. With an underdeveloped right brain, I set out to figure ways to integrate my creative artistic abilities into my analytical work. It started out with a discussion with a friend over coffee about how she’s [...]

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Why I’m going analog to learn better

March 27, 2011

There’s many studies out there on the difference between writing notes and typing notes. I’ve done both, primarily handwriting during my K-16 years, and typing in my graduate studies years. Anecdotally, I can say that I comprehended and remembered more when I wrote my notes by hand. My handwriting will never be able to capture [...]

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Personal Finance Strategies for Life Long Prosperity

January 26, 2011

The path to personal wealth follows a simple equation: Wealth (Income) = Revenues – Expenses There’s only two ways to change this equation. First, increase your revenues or sources of income. Second, reduce your expenses. If you live above your means, you are in debt. If you live below your means, you have savings. Living [...]

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How to Be Alone

January 25, 2011

This is a beautiful video made by Tanya Davis on how to be alone. I personally have a fear of watching a movie at the theater alone or eat along at a restaurant. The first I haven’t done yet but the latter I have.

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Using Empty Space to be More Productive

January 11, 2011

With the availability of mobile technology such as smart phones and wifi hotspots, we’re always connected. The moments of downtime that our brains used to process thoughts are now filled with mindless filling of games, apps, blog, and messaging. By filling in all these moments in the day, we are doing the equivalent of not [...]

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What’s in My Bag

January 8, 2011

I like to be mobile. The idea of a fixed office desk with tacked on photos and personalized crap is not appealing to me. My goal is to have my entire office packed up in one bag. Where possible, tools should be multipurpose. Alkr bag – This bag is designed for Apple products. MacBook Air [...]

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Watch Less TV, Do Something Better

January 3, 2011

No explanation needed. Go to informationisbeautiful.net for more great infographics.

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