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RESOURCES FOR CAREER AND LIFE

The following is notes and tips I've applied recently in my successful job search. Mindset via Podcast In 2013 I was lacking in a social life and had trouble adapting to a new country and new dynamic as a father. I simply went onto iTunes top ten podcast and stumbled upon the School of Greatness by Lewis Howes and The One You Feed. These two podcast substituted for my lack of community, and provided refined mindset and positivity to keep a sustainable attitude. If you are the average of your 5 closest friends, you can also mold your mindset to be the average of the 5 podcast you listened to. The people in my group may repeat themselves and keep it cheery, but who wants a Chicken Little. Trust me I’ve worked with a Chicken Little,   once that’s shit is airborn it changes direction and comes your way, and that’s an itch you don’t want to scratch. Standout 2.0 I picked this up at Dubai airport on a lark, and this book had a great impact on my growth. There was a colleagu...
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Tropickle, we are indeed in a pickle

It is interesting, in an age of information overload. We are also watching our choices spiral out of control. I love Snickers, and actually, think Hazelnut Snickers is a stroke of genius for Nutella lovers.
However, after hearing a recent Planet money podcast episode about Tropickles from Walmart and watching The Minimalist, coincidently that same night. We are at a turning point. 

Frugal FI'ers who defy logic and retire early are a minority, and I think will remain so. Minimalist will also be a freak fringe. Consumers are a product and aren't going to find an antidote soon. If companies indeed start inventing new foods just to get us in the shops, Fast Fashion has transcended beyond. Ironic that clothes have insanely diminishing value these days. But what about pop food, it will be a new fad that isn't fully consumed and reaches the dump quicker that our taste buds adapt to a hybrid of unnatural colors, flavors and smells (this exists already, I'm not naive). But with 20% of the population still starving, kind of ironic to invest money in food that will reach more for a shorter time, than food that will reach those few for a longer time. 

Perhaps, that will be a byproduct, some throwaway from the labs that ends world hunger...one could hope.

http://nbc4i.com/2017/07/18/walmart-releases-tropickles-fruit-punch-flavored-pickles/
https://www.theminimalists.com/netflix/
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/11/17/564956657/episode-806-walmarts-pickle

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