Alex Karasyov
Quantum Fantasy
By The Sword
May 11th
There is a few things I absolutely can’t live without. Rock music is one of them. I have grown up listening to Deep Purple, Queen, Pink Floyd, Uriah Heep, Beatles, and a bunch of other bands I can’t even remember. I probably heard Smoke on The Water before I turned one. Thanks Dad, I really learned to love Rock music before I learned anything else.
I have been a long time fan of Guns’N'Roses. As someone who played in bands for the last three years of my high school career I find that Slash is one of the few guitarists who makes the guitar really scream. I haven’t heard much of his stuff outside of Guns’N'Roses and Velvet Revolver until now. His new self titled solo album – Slash – is a great collection of rock. The song By The Sword with Andrew Stockdale singing, has been in my head for a week. Make sure you turn up your stereo or put your best headphones on to listen to this song. The mixing is really amazing.
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To Do or Not To Do…Not To Do (lists).
Apr 29th
 a CEO heading to his office by Gleb Shulishov |
I hope you have a to do list of some kind. If you don’t…well… you disgust me…just kidding…but seriously get one. Life just becomes so much easier having things on paper rather than in your head.
How about a Not-To-Do list? Didn’t you ever catch yourself doing things you don’t want to or shouldn’t do? I recently decided to create one, hearing so much about how useful it is. It is. So I decided to share.
Here is some things from my not-to-do list:
Work
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Do not e-mail or facebook first thing in the morning or last thing at night.
Start morning productively. Do something instead of checking email. Don’t ruin your sleep but filling your head with next days email
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Do not watch TV shows in the morning.
This can just ruin all morning productivity. Did this for a while and started noticing how little gets done. Especially working from home.
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Do not start working until a clear goal is set.
No one should work without a clear goal. If there is no goal you are just wasting time.
Health
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Do not make excuses not to run or do cardio.
Really, don’t. You got to do some kind of cardio.
*Most of the work stuff is borrowed from Tim Ferriss.
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Starbucks and Teleportation
Apr 13th
Meetings that are not in office are in Starbucks. “Let’s meet in Starbucks on x and x street.” Starbucks is everywhere. Since I work in Starbucks quite often, I also travel from Starbucks to Starbucks quite often.
So here is my question.
When will Starbucks implement teleportation services into their cafes? Think about the convenience. You walk into a Starbucks close to your home and teleport to a Starbucks on the other end of the city. Just like that. Get a cup of tea as you exit. Or a coffee if you like that better.
Transportation problem solved once and for all. Now just to figure out teleportation…
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Privacy and Why You Don’t Need It
Apr 2nd
 Something… went wrong somewhere by Ian Sobolev |
Benefits of sharing information about yourself:
- employers and/or clients accessing information on you(that would speed up their decisions)
- creating a brand for yourself
- easier to network and bring great people towards you(includes googling people you meet on the street)
- easier to keep in touch with your friends and for your friends to keep in touch with you. Skip the “What have you been up to?” conversation
There is an evolution of information that is slowly emerging. Information is no longer read by the speaker, the reader now decides what information they consume. This is social movement that is happening everywhere. More and more people start googling each other when they meet. You choose what information you want and you find it. If you can’t find it, you go somewhere else. Guess what? If a prospective client, business partner, boss, friend, government official, investor, or anyone who wants to know something can’t find information about you they will go with the person who they can find information about. Trust is the main concern.
You might say that there are people who might use your insights against you. You mean assholes. Yeah, there are assholes out there, but guess what? There always were assholes out there and they will probably be there for a long time. Until then, please learn how to handle them in a gentle and polite manner because the deeper you go into the rabbit hole the more assholes you will meet. But they also will become less and less significant, when you meet truly amazing people.
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