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Struggle for attention. Among startups, one of the most popular monetization models is … advertising! And in order to start selling advertising, the guys need to optimize one little magic parameter — the total time spent by users in the application every day.
By Michail Bukin5 years ago in Motivation
How to Enjoy Life Without Alcohol
Annie Grace says, "Alcohol is the only drug on Earth you have to justify *not* using." You worry about becoming sober for this very reason and carry on drinking to avoid having to justify your choice. I understand the situation you're in, I drank past this feeling for years. I'd drink to fit in, to make and keep friends, to have "fun". Inside I was miserable and depressed. I believed alcohol was the answer I needed, the answer to all of life's worries. It wasn't until I hit rock bottom that I realised the lie I was living. Sobriety was the answer I truly needed.
By Liam M 5 years ago in Motivation
We Can Still Benefit from the Stoic Philosophy in the 21st Century
British philosopher and writer Alan Watts once wrote the story of the Chinese farmer. Once upon a time, there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his neighbors came around to commiserate. They said, "We are so sorry to hear your horse has run away. This is most unfortunate." The farmer said, "Maybe." The next day the horse came back bringing seven wild horses with it, and in the evening everybody came back and said, "Oh, isn't that lucky. What a great turn of events. You now have eight horses!" The farmer again said, "Maybe."
By NelisT5 years ago in Motivation
Care Less, Do More: 7 Realistic Reasons Why You Never Achieve Anything
Yesterday I listened to a 20-minute voice note from a friend. Fear was the main topic—fear of failure and never achieving anything significant in her life. I listened attentively and wrote down a few prominent points of discussion. Why do some people never achieve anything major in life? Why do some people fail to achieve goals over and over again?
By Edina Jackson-Yussif --personal growth 5 years ago in Motivation
LOW-COMMITMENT IDEAS FOR NANOWRIMO
November is known to all writers as NaNoWriMo (or National Novel Writing Month). The challenge, which is taken by thousands of writers every year, is to write 50K words in 30 days, thus finishing the first draft of your novel.
By Amanda Fernandes5 years ago in Motivation
How to improve your 5km times
So a little context on me. I have been running on and off for the last decade. Being part of competitive basketball teams as well as very into my Parkruns; I’ve always made sure to have somewhat of a base level of fitness. However, it wasn’t until the start of lockdown that I actively devoted a lot more time, dedication, and hard work to improve my running ability.
By Noah Douglas5 years ago in Motivation
Write to Live, Live to Write
I get a lot of people visiting my blog in search of graffiti, but it’s really about writing. Serves me right for calling my writing workshops graffiti living! So, here are some notes on what I mean by graffiti living — adapted from handouts I did for creative writing workshops that I ran and talks that I gave.
By James Garside5 years ago in Motivation
