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Nathan Coumbe
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Fashionably late
It makes no sense to show up at an event a half hour late.
Why do it? Seemingly, you want to avoid being “first” and miss out on the awkwardness that comes from breaking the ice.
So what happens? Dinner is set for 7:00, but everyone shows up at 7:30—ironically, at the same time.
Why wait? If you all show up at the same time, why be late?
Why not show up together… on time?
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"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
It's a stupid interview question. But it's a great life question.
It’s a stupid interview question. The only true answer is: “I have no idea.” Because I don’t know what this job will look like until I start doing it.
Will I want to keep doing it? Will I want a promotion (if one’s available)? Will the job be obsolete by that time? (That one is more and more likely.)
But it’s a great question to ask yourself. Not because you know the answer—it will most likely…
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Answer the phone
Or return the call if you want to have them on voicemail.
We forget that one of those missed calls will be the last one we ever get from them.
If you recognize the number, it’s a good idea to pick up.
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Make an exercise out of the hard parts
Deliberate practice means doing hard things.
Something I learned to do as a musician was the idea of “deliberate practice.”
What this meant for me—like when I was learning a concert snare drum solo—was to take individual measures or a small group of measures, and turn them into exercises.
Examples:
A difficult passage that had a hard dynamic transition or sudden change
A complicated rhythm I needed to drill before I could play it
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It's not about discipline
Systems not discipline.
Having all the discipline in the world won’t help you eat better if the candy is the first thing you see on the counter.
Being disciplined with your time is useless if your phone is set up to make social media easy to access.
Discipline, like motivation, is fleeting and finite. Better to rely on systems and environments that support you instead.
Take social media off your phone. Make it hard…
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Sometimes you miss a day
Just start again.
Even the best streaks get broken most of the time.
The only good response is to wipe the slate clean and start over.
The wrong, and much more common response, is to quit the whole thing because of one bad day.
Don’t do that.
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Police escorts & football
What's it for?
What does it say about us as a people that we assign police escorts to every college football coach in the nation? At every game!
It’s a football game… It isn’t a debate between future elected leaders. These are football coaches!
Are we really a nation of people ready to attack our football coaches at a moment’s notice if things don’t go our way?
Do we really want to be? It’s just a game.
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Copy the masters
We learn everything first by imitation.
If you want to improve your drumming, copy musical phrases from masters like Elvin Jones or Tony Williams.
If you want to learn a new style of art, copy the sketches and brush strokes of da Vinci and Van Gogh.
If you want to become a world-class copywriter, copy the best, most successful ads from people like David Ogilvy or Claude Hopkins.
From medieval apprenticeship practices to their…
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Don't be offended
"No offense, but..." means someone's about to be offended.
That’s easy to say when you’re in a group that’s doing most of the offending.
It’s harder to be someone who must constantly shore up his defenses to take offense without suffering harm.
Inevitably the latter leads to a reaction against the offenders. Because people want things to change. For their children and the rest of posterity.
“No offense, but…” means someone’s about to be…
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The joyful life
"Find the beauty and joy in your daily rituals and you will find beauty and joy in your daily life. To love your habits is to love your days, and to love your days is to love your life.”
No original thought today… Just sharing some wisdom on how to live a joyful life.
“Many people view their habits and routines as obstacles or, at the very least, obligations to get through. Making the morning coffee, driving your kids to the next activity, preparing the next meal—we often see our routines as chores to be completed.
But these are not moments to be dismissed. They are life.…
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What you want to work vs. what actually works
Most of us often go about a task in a way that we want it to work…
Rather than by doing the things that actually get results.
It seems counterintuitive. Why wouldn’t we do things that work if the things we’re currently doing don’t work?
It’s not because we don’t want to succeed.
It’s because the things that work are hard.
Getting a job is like that. What people want to do is shotgun resumés…
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The ladder is gone
You'll have to find a new way to make an impact and increase your income.
Many of the greatest business and self-help books of all time are woefully outdated.
And I don’t mean the examples used in the books. The working world has changed so much that the underlying assumptions on which the books are based no long apply.
Work hard and get promoted. You’ll make more money.
Move up the ladder for more responsibility, greater impact, and a nicer life.
Specialize in a…
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The mindset of the truly unbiased
“This is what I think in this moment… but I could be completely wrong.”
Being unbiased doesn’t only mean willing to hear another side of an argument.
A more complete version of it is:
Being willing to change your mind in the face of new evidence.
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You can't control the weather. You CAN wear a coat.
Seth Godin wrote on Medium that knowing what the weather forecast is give us the illusion of being able to control it.
Of course that’s not true.
We seek control in our lives and settle for these illusions without actually being able to do anything about it.
You can’t control whether or not it’ll snow, but you can prepare by putting on coats and boots.
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If you want to be a teacher...
Just do it.
Teach.
Make videos. Write blog posts and articles.
Host a workshop or a live social media “conference”.
Teach what you’re learning and you’ll get better at it.
It’s a practice. And you don’t need permission.
(Though it helps if you know what you’re talking about.)
The same holds true for just about any other practice or identity you wish to adopt.
“Just do it” isn’t a slogan reserved…
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My math teachers lied to me
I DO have a calculator in my pocket.
All my math teachers told me growing up that I had to learn arithmetic, algebra, geometry, all these formulas… but for what?
Their sole argument when I pressed them with “why?” Because I wouldn’t always have a calculator in my pocket.
Well, the joke’s on them. Not only do I ALWAYS have a calculator on hand (sometimes literally in the case of my smart watch), but it can do a lot more than basic…
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No vote, no complaint
That's simply untrue.
I overheard a couple of people from an older generation (you know which one) debating about why the country is falling apart.
Their main argument was that Gen X and Millennials aren’t turning out to vote.
They summed up their argument by saying, “if they don’t vote, they don’t have anything to complain about.”
That’s patently untrue.
When the choices suck, you get to complain.
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