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Hump Day Links: Reads on Writing & Better Living

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Quote of the day:

Confusion is the sweet of learning.

~RHETT ALLAIN

LEARNING

Two common misconceptions about learning, Wired

CREATIVITY

How a walk can boost your creativity, Fast Company

CURIOSITY

Curiosity is as important as intelligence, HBR

AGING

Aging and the ability to enjoy the more simple things in life, NYT

NUTRITION

The benefits of eating a paleolithic diet, The Guardian

BOOKS

Two types of writers: The hedgehog and the fox, Brain Pickings

WRITING

Don’t bel...

Before start writing: Mise-en-Place

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Anthony Bourdain, an American chef and television personality, known for the TV show No reservations, wrote in his best-seller book called Kitchen Confidentialthat ‘mise-en-place is the religion of all good line cooks.’

Meez is mise-en-place: your set up, your station prep, your assembled ingredients and, to some extent, your state of mind.

As a cook, your station, and its condition, its state of readiness, is an extension of your neurons system—and...

What does it take to be successful?

InI say Who, What, and Where!, Marcy Hunt wondered: What is having success in life?

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Having the talent? Having the achievement? Having the talent plus the achievement? Having the publicity? Or having the talent plus the achievement plus the publicity?

Probably, these elements together with others that were not mentioned—like hard work, mind you—can lead to success; but I’m afraid there’s no equation to guarantee victory.

Not long ago, I came across a defi...