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Stop Working For Free! Time Is Running Out

Stop Working For Free! Time Is Running Out

Ryan Holiday Ryan Holiday
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I’ll tell you the decision that changed my life: It’s the one where I decided I would stop working for free. Not for you, not for anyone.

Avoiding Bad Things Is Better Than Adding Things To Your Life

Avoiding Bad Things Is Better Than Adding Things To Your Life

Kyle Eschenroeder Kyle Eschenroeder
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We are always told to do something about it and so we feel like every problem is fixed by adding things.

9 Timeless Business Virtues From A 19th Century Self-Made Millionaire

9 Timeless Business Virtues From A 19th Century Self-Made Millionaire

Ryan Holiday Ryan Holiday
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“You can’t do the biggest things in this world unless you handle men; and you can’t handle men if you’re not in sympathy with them; and sympathy begins in humility.”

Jobless 20-Something? Here’s What You Need To Do

Jobless 20-Something? Here’s What You Need To Do

Andrea Benito Andrea Benito
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Millions of people want to be in the NBA. But only 500 or so people each year have what it takes to be in the NBA. And you know what? Half those players are on the bench all the time. This is how everything works and odds are that you aren’t talented enough to make it as a writer, a top-tier surgeon or lawyer, entrepreneur, or whatever.

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