My favorite Readability Links
- Live Life at the Limits: How to Hack Your FlowEditor’s Note: This a guest post from Steven Kotler, author of The Rise of Superman. Researchers define flow as an “optimal state of consciousness,” a peak state where we feel…
- An Open Letter From a Death Star Architect
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- Dance Like Zorba the Greek: Getting in Touch with Your Wild Man
We talk a lot about gentlemanly behavior and comportment on The Art of Manliness. I think it’s a trait we can all use more of and our culture finds in short supply. Acting like gentlemen…
- How Washington Could Make College Tuition Free (Without Spending a Penny More on Education)
The federal government already spends enough on student aid to cover tuition for every public college student in America. Maybe it's time to try. It's been a glum few weeks in the world of higher…
- 14 Fucks I Refuse to Give in 2014
It’s that time of year again, folks. A New Year; a fresh start. Now’s the time we all vow to do a boatload of things most of us will never follow through on come 2014.Everyone, that is, except for…
- The “middle class” myth: Here’s why wages are really so low today
Let me tell you the story of an “unskilled” worker in America who lived better than most of today’s college graduates. In the winter of 1965, Rob Stanley graduated from Chicago Vocational High…
- Why Having Purpose is the Secret to a Longer, Healthier Life
I played baseball for 17 years. I had incredible teammates. I spent thousands of hours practicing and training. And after my senior season, I was named an ESPN Academic All–American.…
- How to Be Successful
Don’t.Just don’t.Don’t be a dick who goes around chasing money.Just don’t chase at all.Real success isn’t measured by how many cars you own, how hot your startup is, or even how amazing you are at…
- From email newsletters and online forms to $25k in three months (no coding required)
This post was originally published on the ooomf blog. We had just gotten out of a meeting with our lead investor. After reviewing our progress for the last few months, something wasn’t right.…
- http://icoolbuzz.com/health/10-simple-things-can-today-will-make-happier-backed-science.html
Happiness is so interesting, because we all have different ideas about what it is and how to get it. It’s also no surprise that it’s the Nr.1 value for Buffer’s culture, if you…
- America’s angriest white men: Up close with racism, rage and Southern supremacy
Excerpted from “Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era” Who are the white supremacists? There has been no formal survey, for obvious reasons, but there are several noticeable…
- How working remotely changed my life (and can change yours, too)
Justin is the Product Manager for Industry Mailout. He’s passionate about building products that delight customers, and also blogs on justinjackson.ca and tweets via @mijustin…
- It’s Time to Rethink America’s Corn System
March 5, 2013 — This essay was posted simultaneously at Scientific American. Nothing dominates the American landscape like corn. Sprawling across the Midwest and Great Plains, the American…
- The medium chill
The medium chill: Get off the aspirational treadmill and into a hammock. Mother Jones has an interesting package up called “Speedup: Working More, Making Less.” In the lead story,…
- Anyone Skeptical Of National Health Insurance Should Read This Short Story About How Much Better It Is
Flickr/libertygrace0 The American healthcare system sucks. We pay more for healthcare than any country in the world and we only get average results. And tens of millions of Americans have…
- The Great Old Pumpkin
25 October 2004 You must know, Doctor, that I did not choose to seek psychiatric help. I have no faith that I shall exit this room a healed man; I know now that I have been destined for the asylum…
- Crushing the Impostor Syndrome
Hey friends. You look really good today. Nice shirt. So, the other day, someone I work with (a genius, I might add) told me that they didn’t actually know anything about their job. I laughed…
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