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Sunday’s Top Links (3.31.2013)

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Welcome to this week’s top links!

1. How To Change Your Life

Want to change something about your life. This user guide will show you how to take the first steps to the new you.

2. The #1 Mistake Entrepreneurs Make

Easier said than done, but if entrepreneur’s don’t focus on their startup, they’re going to have a hard to being successful.

3. Keys To Building A High Traffic Blog

Tim Ferriss shares his insight on the keys to creating a high traffic blog without killing yourself.

4. Hunting Arrows

A fun little animation. Fill the screen with arrows and try to keep the hunted arrows alive by guiding them with your mouse. Simple and addictive.

5. How To Hack Your Brain

You may not be who you think you are. It’s easier to change your personality and identity than you think – find out how to hack your brain.

And if you missed last week’s links, check them out here.

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Sunday’s Top Links (3.24.2013)

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Welcome to this week’s links!

1. The Not Knowing Path of Being an Entrepreneur

Embrace the ambiguity. Entrepreneurs are constantly on a path to the unknown and it’s important to learn how to deal with it. Find out how in this article from Zen Habits.

2. Forekast

Having trouble keeping up with what’s going on online? With everyone experiencing information overload, Forekast tries to cut through the noise and keep you in the know of what’s trending daily.

3. Six Simple Rituals To Reach Your Potential

Routines and rituals are important and these six simple habits could completely change how you work.

4. How To Succeed? Get More Sleep

Arianna Huffington shares a small idea that can make all the difference – get more SLEEP. Sleep deficit isn’t something to be proud of. Find out why in this short TED Talk.

5. Communicating Complex Ideas With Comics

I’ve always had a fascination with comics and this fantastic guide from Smashing Magazine shows you how to use them to communicate any idea.

And if you missed last week’s links, check them out here.

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Sunday’s Top Links (1.27.2013)

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Welcome to this week’s top links.

1. Twenty Insights On Making Ideas Happen

A comprehensive guide on making ideas happen, such as keeping a journal, why rejection is good, and much more.

2. How To Savor Life

Time flies by and we all need to learn how to make the most of it. This simple guide shows us how to savor life.

3. Pixar Intro Parody

The beloved Pixar Intro gets a hilarious, but dark parody on the life of the lamp after an unfortunate turn of events.

4. Next In The World Of Social Innovation

What does the future hold for social innovation? Here’s a great summary of the ideas from the recent Social Innovation Summit at Silicon Valley.

5. On Behalf Of Yes

Need a push? A simple yet effective message from Seth Godin tells you why you need to keep saying yes.

And you can find last Sunday’s Top Links here.

Sunday’s Top Links (11.25.2012)

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Welcome to this week’s top links!

1. Meditation For Beginners

Want to start meditating but don’t know where to start? Check out this beginners guide to medition from Zen Habits.

2. Guess The Colors

This fun puzzle asks you to determine the order of colored circles through a process of elimination and logic.

3. How Rejection Breeds Creativity

One way to breed creativity is through good old rejection. Understand how failing is a good thing.

4. 2012 Sundance Short Films

A great compilation of short films from this years Sundance Film Festival, as well as many other short films from Short of the Week.

5. The Decline Fascination

An insightful post from Seth Godin explores the landscape of new and how precious and transient attention has become.

And if you missed last week’s links, check them out here.

Sunday’s Top Links (11.4.2012)

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Welcome to this week’s top links!

1. The Willingness To Think Differently

The most successful people are often those that challenge mainstream ideas. Learn why you should be willing to think differently.

2. Lumosity

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of riddles and puzzles, which led me back to Lumosity – a tool centered around training your brain. Check it out!

3. 17 Lesser Known Ways To Persuade People

Common ways to persuade people, such as reciprocity, scarcity, and social proof are well known, but these 17 tactics are also effective in exerting influence.

4. Good Vibrations

This whimsical animated short film tells a simple tale about community responsibility, complacency, and taking action.

5. 40 Ways To Feel More Alive

Finding meaning in life can be elusive, but simply feeling alive is more attainable. Try out these 40 ways to experience a moment of exhilaration.

And if you missed last week’s links, check them out here.

Sunday’s Top Links (10.21.2012)

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Welcome to this week’s top links!

1. Stop Stealing Dreams

In this free manifesto, Seth Godin asks one simple question: What is school for? Learn why our education system is stuck and how we can fix it.

2. 8 Signs You’ve Found Your Life’s Work

Have you found your dream job? Here are 8 simple ways you can identify that you’ve found your life’s work.

3. What Should I Read Next

This simple tool does exactly what it says. Type in a book you’ve recently read and it’ll give you recommendations on what to read next.

4. The 31 Habits of the World’s Connectors

Connectors have a very unique skill set, which is comprised of specific habits. If you adopt these 31 habits, you too can become a world class connector.

5. A Journey Without a Goal

What if we acted without having a goal in mind? This thoughtful post from Leo Babauta explores the wonder of a journey without the focus on a destination.

And if you missed last week’s links, check them out here.

Sunday’s Top Links (9.30.2012)

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Welcome to this week’s top links!

1. Always Be Closing

Tim Ferriss gives us a great inside look into the prestigious start-up incubator Y Combinator. Learn how to sell anything, why start-ups are HARD and more.

2. The Habit of Starting

The key to forming a habit is starting each day. This post from Leo Babauta goes over how to develop this invaluable habit.

3. How the Internet Will Transform Government

In this TED Talk, Clay Shirkey explains how we can transform government with a solution that is already working in the world of technology: Open Source.

4. 45 Life Lessons

Age brings on wisdom and 90 years sure does lead to a lot of it. This list of life lessons, from a 90 year olds perspective, gives great advice for everyday life.

5. Coming From a Loud Place

Seth Godin does it again with a simple fact that many of us lose sight of: everything start’s out small and steadily grows. You don’t start out on the big stage and shouldn’t chase it.

If you missed last week’s links, check them out here!

Sunday’s Top Links (9.9.2012)

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Sunday's Top Links (9.9.2012)

Back again and hopefully for good. Enjoy this week’s links!

1. Be Inspired

Need some inspiration? This great post by Leo Babauta goes through 7 simple situations and lessons that can be used to find inspiration everywhere.

2. 38 Ways To Win An Argument

Arthur Schopenhauer was a brilliant German philosopher (1788 – 1860). This list of stratagems was excerpted from his book “The Art of Controversy” to shed light on various ways to win an argument.

3. Reinventing The Encyclopedia

In this TED Talk by performance poet Rives, we see how Wikipedia can recreate the nostalgia of good old encyclopedias. Chimborazo!

4. A Small Businessman’s Guide To Innovation

How can any small businessman innovate? Why your first idea is always wrong at a fundamental level, how to make it on a shoestring budget, and more!

5. 101 Common Sense Rules for Leaders

Check out this managers cheat sheet on simple rules for leaders that includes tips on body language, meeting deadlines, relationships, and more.

Sunday’s Top Links (5.22.2011)

In this weeks links we analyze the affects of technology on our lives, watch O’Reilly vs. Stewart, understand the value of greatness, explore Conan O’Brien’s guide to creativity, and see the value of daily meditation. Enjoy!

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Welcome to this week’s links!

1. The Twitter Trap

In this New York Time’s article, the impact of technology is explored and how it helps us, as much as it hurts us. In essence it looks at the problems raised from an over-reliance on technology, which is a very real problem.

2. O’Reilly vs. Stewart

Last week I wrote a piece on news, which you can read here. The center of the piece was the controversy surrounding Common’s presence at the White House. In this unedited video, we get Bill O’Reilly from Fox News going head-to-head with Jon Stewart on the Common controversy, politics, and more.

3. In The Presence Of Greatness

Being in the presence of greatness is one way to gain great inspiration to motivate yourself to achieve. In this piece from Zen Habits we look at how to find greatness to inspire ourselves ranging from authors to role models and more.

4. Conan O’Brien’s Guide To Creativity

The following are some tips from Conan O’Brien and his creative process, done for the Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People piece. There are some intriguing tidbits on creativity and having fun, needing pressure, preparation, and more.

5. The Power Of Daily Meditation

Its important to pay attention to our minds, just as much as we focus on our health, and one way is through meditation. The Guardian goes in detail on what meditation is and its numerous benefits.

And if you missed last week’s links, check them out here.

Sunday’s Top Links (5.8.2011)

In this week’s links we learn 38 lessons, see Obama at the Correspondent’s Dinner, understand the risk of an idea, explore stickK, and visualize reactions to Osama’s death. Enjoy!

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Welcome to this week’s links! And Happy Mother’s Day Mom!

1. 38 Lessons in 38 Years

A great post from Zen Habits blogger Leo Babauta reflects on the lessons learned so far over his 38 years. There’s some great points in there that I think apply to all of us, especially the very last one.

2. Obama @ White House Correspondent’s Dinner

Although the death of Osama took over headlines, I watched Obama’s speech at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner on April 30th, which was quite enjoyable. I like how Obama is using humor to effectively communicate his messages, and its much more entertaining than a cut and dry speech.

3. The Risk of an Idea

When we have truly innovative ideas, its hard to discern if they really are that great or they’re absolutely ridiculous. The key becomes sharing the idea with others, but this can be a scary proposition for most. This articles touches on two ways an organization can create an environment open to ideas, both good and bad.

4. stickK

I’ve recently talked a lot about motivation, accountability, and incentives, and stickK seems to be a great tool to get us to start taking action. stickK is a web tool that allows you to define a goal, the stakes, referees, and supporters, all in an effort to help you accomplish your goals. I’m looking forward to trying it out and seeing if it works.

5. Death of a Terrorist: Responses

There’s been a wide range of responses to Osama’s death, which I touched on in a recent blog post. This being the case, New York Times has come out with this interactive graphic, showing the range of these responses based on comments made by readers – its pretty interesting to see visually.

And if you missed last week’s links, check them out here.

Sunday’s Top Links (4.3.2011)

In this week’s links we indulge our curiosity, experience another Cloud production, learn about the value of passionate people, discover Amazon’s Cloud Drive, and get advice on lessons learned. Enjoy!

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Welcome to this week’s top links!

1. I Always Wondered

I Always Wondered is exactly what it sounds like, a website that explores the curiosity of blogger Jarrett Green. In it he covers topics such as “How do plants know when to bloom”, “What makes curly hair”, and “When was the first email sent.” I love the concept and you’ll definitely learn a thing or two about mostly useless stuff.

2. The Music Box

Another brilliant video by Daniel Cloud Campos, focusing on the sounds you find in everyday life. He has some amazing work to date, and I suggest you also watch Welcome Home if you haven’t seen it yet.

3. Surround Yourself With Passionate People

The people you spend the most time with affect you greatly, which is why in this article from Zen Habits, the focus is on spending time with those that are passionate about what they do. They leave you both inspired and motivated, what more could you ask for.

4. Amazon’s Cloud Drive

Amazon recently launched their new service, the Cloud Drive, which essentially gives you 5 Gbs of free space online. If you’re familiar with Dropbox, you know how valuable these cloud storage services can be. The great thing is if you buy an album on Amazon, you’re automatically upgraded to 20 Gbs of space for the year. Not a bad deal at all.

5. How To Steal Like an Artist

An interesting article from Austin Kleon talks about lessons learned since he was in college. Its got some great insights about artists, advice, creation, and much more. Great read and even better lessons for us all to acknowledge.

And if you missed last week’s links, check them out here.

Sunday’s Top Links (3.20.2011)

In this week’s Sunday Links we explore mindfulness, understand the human body, discover how smart people are stupid, uncover a customized news service, and differentiate between patents and innovation.

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Welcome to this week’s links!

1. Nine Mindfulness Rituals

Mindfulness or being aware of your self and your surroundings is an important skill to practice regularly. This article from Zen Habits goes over 9 simple rituals that you can practice to implement mindfulness into your everyday routine.

2. Google Body

Ever wanted to explore the human body, level by level? From the skeletal structure to the nervous system? Well this new development from Google Labs allows you to see each system and explore the body as a whole.

3. Eight Stupid Mistakes Smart People Make

Even smart people can be stupid at times and these are 8 great examples of how they are. Some examples are confusing being busy with being productive and striving for perfection. For details and the other 6, check out the article.

4. LinkedIn Today

There’s tons of information available at our finger tips nowadays, but the hard part is finding content that is relevant to you. LinkedIn recently launched LinkedIn Today, essentially a customized e-newspaper that has your interests at heart.

5. Patent Filings Do Not Equal Innovation

An insight from the Patent Director makes it clear that patent filing is not the same as innovation. He states that it is essential that we find a better way to measure innovation in real terms. The question is, how do you measure innovation?

And if you missed last week’s links, check them out here.