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CJ Chilvers

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Does It Get Any Better than This?

I’m usually overwhelmed, but this time it was in a good way. I took a nature break last week to remind myself I’m human. I highly recommend it and so do scientists [http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/06/23/1510459112].

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New newsletter: How to be the dumbest person in the room

The news and social media is killing you, solitude can save you, so you probably need an untouchable day. It's all in the latest newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/how-to-be-the-dumbest-person-in-the-room]. Subscribe here [https://www.cjchilvers.com/subscribe].

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How to Be the Dumbest Person in the Room

James Altucher recently posted about the smartest piece of financial advice he'd ever received [https://jamesaltucher.com/2018/06/smartest-financial-advice/]: > "Everyone has to be smarter than me for me to get involved." The whole post is a great story of ups and downs that'

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New Newsletter: Find a Better Problem to Solve

The creativity bubble, Seth and Hugh love blogging, and my home screen madness. It’s all in the latest issue of the newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/find-a-better-problem-to-solve].

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The Creativity Bubble

It’s never been easier to find better system for solving our problems. What we should be doing is finding better problems to solve. Anything requiring intense thought and risk is naturally avoided for easy answers, safe bets, and “clever” strategies. “Clever” doesn’t change things. It’s a pat

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Seth Godin to the World: You’re Still Not Blogging Daily?!

Seth Godin has moved to Wordpress, which has prompted him once again to tell us about the importance of blogging daily on his podcast [https://art19.com/shows/akimbo/episodes/3313d002-186c-46f9-9afa-646889bd57ef]. > “I’m encouraging each one of you to have (a blog). Not to have a blog to make

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My Home Screen

Last week I was on vacation when the chance to write something for Club MacStories [https://club.macstories.net/] popped up. Needless to say, I left my wife and son at the beach and found a suitable office to write 1400 words about the most hallowed ground for any geek,

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New newsletter: ​Make useless things

You’re probably not a visual learner, artists being entrepreneurs, and photo book designers on creating stories from images. It’s all in the latest newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/make-useless-things].

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Remember Photoblogging?

Best practices for newsletters, constraints improve your photos, and proving there’s no need to change your mind. It’s all in this week’s newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/remember-photoblogging].

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Best Practices for Newsletters

I've had a personal newsletter [https://www.cjchilvers.com/subscribe] since around 1999. I've found it to be the most effective means of communication the internet has yet to produce. It's portable, open, universal, and personal. I was asked recently to compile a list