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Writing Tips From Great Writers

Jack Kerouack’s 30 Beliefs and Techniques for Prose and Life: These were apparently posted on the wall in the hotel of Allen Ginsberg a year before the poem “Howl” was written. Scribbled secret notebooks, and ...
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Entrepreneurship
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Story of the Broken Steamship Engine

here is an old story of a boilermaker who was hired to fix a huge steamship boiler system that was not working well. After listening to the engineer’s description of the problems and asking a few questions, he went to the...
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torpedo

Self Discipline Quote

On your voyage toward developing self-discipline, you’ll encounter torpedoes from several sources outside yourself, but your most difficult opposition will come from within. Indeed, in your efforts to develop self-discipl...
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teddy roosevelt speech

Credit Belongs To The Man Who Is Actually In The Arena

    “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, w...
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Leonardo_da_Vinci_helicopter

Men of Lofty Genius

“Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are the most active.” -Leonardo Da Vinci Obviously you can tell this is true because I am posting this instead of doing work, but even now, who know’s wh...
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