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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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Thank You!
Hi there! My guess is that if you're reading this, you're looking for a way to thank me. To be honest, I used to really struggle with...
Ono Northey
Feb 26, 20192 min read
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How to raise my standards
Step 1: Have a reason. Nobody does anything without a reason why. We need leverage to change and to grow. So, why do you want to raise...
Ono Northey
Feb 25, 20191 min read
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How to find my passion
How do we discover our passion, find our purpose, cultivate a life mission, create an ikigai, develop a techne, craft our why... or any...
Ono Northey
Feb 25, 20197 min read
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why personal development doesn't work for kids
Think back to when you were a teen. Everything was wrong, but none of it was your fault. Everyone was out to get you. That librarian who...
Ono Northey
Jan 28, 20191 min read
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thank you sir, may I have another
Have a shit year? Have a year that just tanked? I think we've all been there. The questions are, who did we choose to become as a...
Ono Northey
Jan 14, 20193 min read
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dealing with negative reviews
We all get bad reviews. Some are very constructive and make our writing better. Others, we just sort of scratch our heads and wonder...
Ono Northey
Jan 14, 20192 min read
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how to overcome writer's block
There are two kinds of writer's block. The kind that is right at the beginning, often called "blank page syndrome" and the kind that...
Ono Northey
Jan 9, 20192 min read
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Busy work boss
Have you ever had a boss who punished you for being efficient? I have. I have often been quoted throughout my youth as having said that...
Ono Northey
Jan 3, 20193 min read
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Writing your second book
Writing the second book in your series will often times seem a lot harder than the first. If you've read "How I write a book", perhaps...
Ono Northey
Dec 21, 20182 min read
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Decision overwhelm theories & hacks
There is a theory that there are only so many questions we can answer, or decisions we can make in a day. This is why so many successful...
Ono Northey
Nov 9, 20184 min read
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