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Ben Casnocha ( http://ben.casnocha.com ) in conversation with Colin Marshall ( http://colinmarshall.livejournal.com/ ). 0:39 - Theories about writing; how to practice; developing your "voice". 5:28 - Taking the best from the best writers. First imitate; then come up with your own voice. 10:00 - Your first draft is crap. Embrace suckage. 10:57 - We need a museum of first drafts. 12:30 - Philosophies of self-improvement; tips and tricks versus…
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Ben Casnocha (http://ben.casnocha.com) in conversation for 35 minutes with #1 career coach, U.S. News and World Report editor, and radio host Marty Nemko (http://martynemko.blogspot.com). 0:55 Marty's clients are now freaking out about finding a new job, not just how to move up in the ranks. 1:22 There are two groups of people: the entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial people. Non-entrepreneurial people should work for the government or government…
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Ben Casnocha and Josh Kaufman (PersonalMBA.com) in conversation for 40 minutes about books, self-education, the process of reading, ambition, and other topics. 1:13 Josh says he's reading personal development books since it's the beginning of the year and you want to start the year off right 2:14 Steve Pavlina? He promotes 30 day experiments - just test something and see how you like it 4:30 Reducing goals into manageable, bite size pieces helps…
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0:59 Ramit explains what he's telling his readers about personal finance in these tumultuous times 5:00 Has the media done a good job explaining the crisis? 8:00 Ben says he admires those who have conceded the complexity of the situation 8:50 Ben says most young people he talks to don't really care what's going on in D.C. re: finance industry 9:08 Ben says if you're going to be an engaged citizen, you should follow what's going on even if it doesn't…
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Ben Casnocha and Cal Newport in conversation for Think Different TV: http://www.thinkdifferenttv.com Chapter Markings (Let whole video load before jumping to a section): 0:54 - Cal tells us what his third book is about 3:33 - Ben says people confuse "mysterious" with "impressive" 7:49 - Difference between being an impressive person vs. an interesting person 15:10 - Cal talks about the "confounding effect" that distorts our sense of interestingness…
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