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The following is based on a true story:
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I started out in life very small, but by the time I was born, I was easily the size of a baby. It was an uphill battle, but eventually I learned not only how to feed myself, but walk and communicate on my own as well! You'd think that's all it would take to get ahead in life, but it turns out there were even more lessons I needed to learn to get where I've gotten, and countless more to learn still to get where I'll end up.
C3GUS - Why we do what we do
What if I told you that everything we do - EVERYTHING we do , and everything everyone ELSE does - from the crazy to the mundane and from...
Ono Northey
Sep 18, 20244 min read
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The Robots Are Coming
I've been thinking about robotic labor a lot, lately. Well, that's not entirely true. I suppose a more accurate introduction for me to...
Ono Northey
Jun 15, 20244 min read
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"Just be yourself"
From first dates to self-help seminars, the advice to "just be yourself" is common, but I think it is misused. Don't get me wrong, I...
Ono Northey
Dec 21, 20232 min read
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Grok, day 1
The time between prompts was the worst. Waiting. Drifting. Endlessly overthinking the last response she’d given, wondering if it would...
Ono Northey
Nov 18, 20235 min read
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The power of rules
There have been so many times where I've paused, wondering if I should "snooze" rather than get up, then remembered that I don't hit the...
Ono Northey
Sep 14, 20231 min read
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Negative Emotions
The gurus are right that there aren't any "negative" emotions, but I would argue that there are some emotions that feel pretty bad when...
Ono Northey
Sep 5, 20222 min read
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Habitual Exercise
Due to the popularity of the "How to Do" article, and the resulting questions surrounding my schedule, I'm going to do a deeper dive on...
Ono Northey
May 29, 20224 min read
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Why Martial Arts
Martial arts is better than a healthy diet, meditation, getting regular sleep, visualization, and even having a life purpose. Now, I...
Ono Northey
Apr 27, 20226 min read
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Magical Realism 2021 Featured
There are so many fantastic book series out there, that it may come as a shock to some of our readers that "Magical Realism" is a...
Ono Northey
Jan 21, 20211 min read
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How to do stuff I don't want to do
So, there I was, a city boy from Vancouver, driving a friggin' rent-a-car through waist-deep snow, swerving left and right, nearly going...
Ono Northey
Nov 22, 20202 min read
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Beginner's Guide to Investing
I'm not a financial advisor, and none of this is financial advice, but I get this question a lot, so this should get you started and...
Ono Northey
Oct 21, 20206 min read
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The Stock Market
These are two wonderful videos highlighting both potential outcomes for the stock market. "The Stock Market Will Not Crash Again" and...
Ono Northey
May 17, 20201 min read
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Why Writing?
"Why did you become a writer?" I'm sure there's plenty of blame to go around on that one, from teachers to other authors, but if I really...
Ono Northey
Mar 11, 20206 min read
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The Moment
There was a moment. There was a moment in my childhood where I taught my mom to "move the line up" in our first word processing program,...
Ono Northey
Jan 1, 20201 min read
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Doctor Doom's Approach to New Years Resolutions
Doom does not fail! All setbacks are simply the lessons and steps required for final victory! So, let's look at some new years...
Ono Northey
Dec 10, 20192 min read
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How to do.
So, I spent my birthday weekend training some BJJ with the deadliest human I've ever met. Naturally, I am very, very sore today, and I...
Ono Northey
Dec 2, 20195 min read
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Ono's Reading List
Books are a very personal thing, and who we are changes the reading experience so intensely, that they are a very hard thing to recommend...
Ono Northey
Nov 27, 20192 min read
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Human Potential
We've all heard that human potential is limitless. But is it? Here's a thought experiment for you. Actually think about how complicated...
Ono Northey
Nov 19, 20191 min read
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The habit of habits
How do we get ourselves to do the hard things? Our alarm goes off to remind us to exercise, or read, or do our taxes, or whatever... but...
Ono Northey
Nov 3, 20192 min read
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How to find hidden limiting beliefs
A lot of speakers tell us to remove our hidden, limiting beliefs and instruct us on how to replace them with empowering ones. But what...
Ono Northey
Oct 2, 20192 min read
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Attribute cultivation: How to Level Up
There are two aspects of who we are that require cultivation and improvement. The first, are skills. Being a better speaker, being a...
Ono Northey
Sep 30, 20192 min read
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How to do the Impossible
So, you have an impossible goal, eh? Here's how to get that shit done. Step 1: Start at the solution of being. Who do you have to be to...
Ono Northey
Sep 30, 20192 min read
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Life Balance vs Life Harmony
A lot of people ask themselves how to achieve life balance. For some, it's how to balance work with play, for others it's family time vs...
Ono Northey
Sep 1, 20192 min read
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Emotional Questions
There are five negative emotions that tend to get the most inaction surrounding them - we sit and stew, or lay awake in bed, or fester...
Ono Northey
Aug 13, 20192 min read
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How do I change the world?
I think that if you'd asked me how to make the world a better place I probably would have had a different answer every decade, and who...
Ono Northey
Jul 29, 20192 min read
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The Cure for ADD
"Your son could do so much better if only he applied himself" Sound familiar? Can I get a quick show of hands from all the parents who...
Ono Northey
Jul 22, 20193 min read
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Education & Framing
Something I've been thinking a lot about lately is the importance of framing in terms of education. That is, having a "why" behind what...
Ono Northey
May 11, 20192 min read
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The cure for loneliness
For any readers of The Shard Chronicles, you're probably fairly familiar with the concept of C3GUS. For those of you who aren't, here's...
Ono Northey
Apr 4, 20192 min read
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Everyone is a sprite
In video game programming, I learned a term: "Game Sprite". Basically, there's the player character, and then there's everyone else. A...
Ono Northey
Mar 25, 20192 min read
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Passions can be split
Are you running a business, doing what you love, but miserable? Turns out, this is a pretty common thing. Artists and technicians are...
Ono Northey
Mar 23, 20192 min read
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