Playing Survivor for Keeps
As so-called reality shows go, Survivor isn’t bad. But when it comes down to it, there isn’t much real survival involved. Yes, they eat grubs. Yes, they work their way through elaborately staged...
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When everything feels urgent and important, everyt…
“When everything feels urgent and important, everything seems equal. We become active and busy, but this doesn’t actually move us any closer to success. Activity is often unrelated to productivity,...
View ArticleBangkok’s Siam Paragon is World’s Most Instagrammed Location
Photo Credit: Flickr user Khun Jarco The makers of Instagram, the popular online photo sharing service owned by Facebook, announced today that the world’s most Instagrammed location is Bangkok’s Siam...
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The happiest, most passionate employees are not th…
The happiest, most passionate employees are not those who followed their passion into a position, but instead those who have been around long enough to become good at what they do. — Cal Newport, So...
View ArticleDelivery Notice
You’ve ordered a book or a card deck or a television or a washing machine. You’re impatient. You fish through your email until you find the tracking number. You go to FedEx.com. You type in the...
View ArticleThe Barber
We eat lunch at Hong Kong Harbor. The dining room is a big, dark square packed with tables and lined with ancient booths. The Chinese Man seats us, spins two menus onto the table with a flick of his...
View ArticleTell Visual Stories Easily with Storehouse
Storehouse is a new app for iOS that makes telling and sharing visual stories as easy as it possibly could be. The fast, flexible interface takes just seconds to learn. After importing photos, you can...
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Bridge of Sighs (Lima, Peru)
We’re in Barranco, Lima’s funky, artsy, bohemian district, taking a morning stroll on what locals tell us is a rare sunny day. (Lima, particularly along the shoreline, tends to be overcast.) We make...
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A Piece of the Rock (Gibraltar)
When we reach Gibraltar, the rock itself is shrouded in fog. We can make out the shape – it’s the familiar wedge we’ve seen a thousand times in Prudential commercials. The details, though, are lost in...
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Krog Street Market (Atlanta, GA)
(Photo Credit: KrogStreetMarket.com) I read the text message from my friend, J. I pause. I read it again. “Let’s have dinner at Krog Market.” I shake my head. He wants to have dinner at a Kroger? I...
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