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It Might Not Be Fine →

Worse than falling victim to carelessness is finding you’ve been negligent yourself. How to avoid causing harm to others…

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tags: Newsletters, Seven Things, Negligence, Grenfell, Personal
categories: Humanity
Monday 09.04.23
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Frenetic Standstill →

How to stop spending time on the wrong things

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tags: Psychology, productivity, Life
categories: Creativity, Humanity
Saturday 07.29.23
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Boredom is Your Superpower →

Three reasons why you need more boredom in your life

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tags: Boredom, productivity, Mind Hack
categories: Creativity, Humanity
Wednesday 05.10.23
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Cosmic Insignificance Therapy →

Finding comfort in the indifference of the universe

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tags: Mind Hack, Life
categories: Humanity
Wednesday 03.15.23
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Notice The Spark, Fan The Flames

Inspire others and give the encouragement you wish you had received

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tags: Personal, Story, Newsletters, Seven Things, Mentoring
categories: Creativity, Humanity
Saturday 11.05.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Follow Your Whims To Get More Creative

How following impulses leads to interesting walks, helps to feel present, and increases creativity.

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tags: Walking, Personal, Story, Mind Hack, Newsletters, Seven Things, Photography
categories: Creativity, Humanity
Wednesday 07.20.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Becoming a Morning Person For a More Meaningful Life

Why reclaiming time from Netflix makes all the difference

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tags: Psychology, Life Charts, Life, Mind Hack, Self-improvement, Personal growth, Personal development, Side Projects, Newsletters, Seven Things
categories: Humanity, Creativity
Monday 06.06.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Talking to Strangers For Introverts

How to increase your chances for illuminating impromptu exchanges

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tags: Seven Things, Newsletters, Relationships, Personal, Observation
categories: Humanity
Friday 04.15.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

How To Get Your Boss or Client To Support Your Idea

What’s usually missing from common advice for ‘getting to yes’.

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tags: Work, Stakeholders, Advice, Management, Career, Pitching, Research, Consultancy, User Experience, User Research, Getting to Yes, Bias to Action, self-improvement, Mind Hack, Self-improvement, Personal development, Personal growth
categories: Humanity, Design
Monday 04.11.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Finding Genius Right Where You Are

A story about the oft-overlooked inspiration you might find just one desk down from where you sit

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tags: Seven Things, Nero Okwa, Newsletters, Side Projects, Passion, Personal, Work
categories: Humanity, Creativity
Friday 04.08.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Calm Your Anger With Netflix Philosophy

When emotions run wild, remember the ideas that give you perspective and strength. Here are three of my recent favourites.

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tags: Anger, Emotions, Challenges, Mind Hack, Life, Personal, Work, Attitude, Netflix, Stoicism
categories: Humanity
Wednesday 03.30.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Be a Serial-Quitter

Why you should feel good about your frequently changing interests

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tags: Hobbies, Side Projects, Passion, creative confidence, Professional Development, Personal development, Life
categories: Creativity, Humanity
Friday 03.25.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Stop ❤️-ing Art; Become a Fan instead →

Via Seven Things · #49
My strategy to be inspired, not frazzled by social media. Also: Your Next Failure, Minimal Photography, and Reproducing Robots

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tags: Seven Things, lists, Life, Personal, Art, Social Media, family
categories: Humanity, Creativity
Monday 03.21.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Follow The Path of Least Regret

One mental shortcut for making better life choices

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tags: Life Charts, Personal, Career, Reflection, Psychology, Mission, Passion
categories: Humanity
Monday 02.28.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Identify Your Values + Template

Find out what makes you or your team tick by whittling down this template of 210 values

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tags: life, self-improvement, Process, Personal, Work, workshop, Happiness, Career, Reflection
categories: Humanity
Monday 02.07.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

These Goals Are Bad For You

Setting and tracking measurable goals gives us a feeling of progress. Often, we deceive ourselves.

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tags: Mind Hack, productivity, self-improvement, skills, Goals, Reflection, Advice, Psychology, Observation
categories: Humanity
Wednesday 02.02.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

What Do You Need To Fail at Next?

What failure teaches us about ourselves and about the dreams we should actually chase

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tags: self-improvement, skills, Mind Hack, Mission, Passion, Dreams, Life
categories: Humanity
Monday 01.17.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

How To Stay Sane in a Remote-First World

It's not remote working itself that's breaking your spirit. But what is, and how do you fix it?

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tags: Remote working, Culture, Business, Changes, Happiness, Life, Management, Observation, Covid
categories: Humanity
Sunday 10.25.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

How Being Apart Brings Us Closer Together

The story of an unlikely mediator

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tags: Mind Hack, Covid, Observation
categories: Humanity
Monday 05.18.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

How To Balance Confidence and Humility

#humblebrag

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tags: mind hack, Reflection, creative confidence, Creativity, life
categories: Humanity
Friday 05.15.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 
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