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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
 

Dark Horse VS Prodigy →

What early childhood might reveal about ordinary people’s futures

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tags: Personal, Mind Hack
categories: Creativity
Sunday 01.01.23
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
 

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
 

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
 

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
 

Staying Creative in Difficult Times

Four steps that help me keep going

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tags: creative confidence, productivity, self-improvement, Mind Hack, Covid
categories: Creativity
Tuesday 05.26.20
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
 

You Don't Need Another Gadget

Buying more stuff won’t help you reach your goals. But why does it feel so good?

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tags: Process, Tools, Life, Reflection, Mind Hack
categories: Creativity, Humanity
Monday 05.11.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

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