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Genius is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in your mind at the same time. But a real genius takes apart opposing ideas and balances them into something new. The objective of this blog is to challenge mainstream thoughts and to get you to think different about your surroundings. Rise above polarity. Choose something new. There is nothing worse than being a fence sitter.

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"A theorist is considered great, not because his theories are true, but because they are interesting.”" via Instapaper http://ift.tt/1PqjaKz

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Passion Is Not Passion Without Work

Passion is an experiment. You won't find it until you've combined elements of interest, education, and experience.

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Passion is not something you know until you've taken the effort to discover it. Don't wait for passion to find you. Go out and find what it is or might be.

And then pursue it.

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Morning Zombies & Late Night Owls

There's stark contrast between taking the train in the morning and late at night.

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People are just crazier at night, weird. Do we just get lazy, scared, and out of our skin when it gets pitch dark? We're like wolves unleashed into the night.

Morning people are just plain boring. No mystery there. They're the strangers that don't want to talk, even open the door for you. The morning is all about them and their routine.

Morning and night. Light and dark. We're emotionally driven animals.

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The Answer

What's interesting about math is that there's always an answer but rarely a new answer.

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People considered a math genius are those that solve math problems quickly. But then what?

More rote genius.

Math is just an element of what we create. Ideas, initiative, and pertinacity are the real game changers.

Are you going to be a math person or a person who uses math for to create things for the market?

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Work Backwards

Working backwards is one way to look forward. If you ever see the end product or solution in your head but can't put the first step to creation down on paper, you need to work backward.

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Take out a pen and a long horizontal piece of paper. Draw one box at the end to the far right. That's your finished good or dream coming to fruition. 

Now work backwards from right to left, breaking down the progressive steps into separate boxes.

You'll be amazed at how effective starting at the end rather than the beginning clears your mind. By working in reverse, you gain the focus and energy to push forward. 

Calm down and and built it back up for real. 

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Time To Shine

It doesn't matter if your boss takes your idea into upper management.

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What matters is that it gets approved and you get to do the work. You gave it birth and you'll get the knowledge it takes to put it into reality. Your boss looks bright and maybe gets a raise but your experience will be indispensable. You'll pull from the experience for the rest of your career. Be brilliant.

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Newness Never Gets Old

We have an insatiable need for the new.

New shoes, new iPhone, new haircut, new job. 

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We get so bored with our existing items that merely changing the packaging inspires us to re-consume.  

Things grow old for three main reasons:

We mature and find new hobbies.

We lose passion.

We need the upgrade to stay relevant. 

We like new stuff because it gives us excitement.  Excitement fades when we master the original or better stuff comes along.  

Toy maker Mattel is making interactive Barbies.  The new Barbies includes a camera for displaying pictures on the doll's clothing.  

Newness amazes the baby and the grownup.  This weekend I moved this website to a different host, only to come right back to Tumblr again.  Now I have a newly designed page which should keep me excited for a few months. 

Owning NEW stuff is a habit with practical and impractical needs.  The newness never stops. 

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Luck, Aggressiveness, & Timing

You can be late and still be first. Such was my experience in waiting for a train to Manhattan. I arrived about a minute before departure but was the first one on. The train pulled up exactly where I had been waiting on the platform. I got the first open seat. It took a little luck, aggressiveness and good timing. It's never to late to start and be first.

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Stay Awake To The End

When the train goes beyond our destination, we stay wide awake. When the train's last stop is our's we relax and fall asleep. Staying awake is a necessity to production. It's the certainty that puts us to sleep.

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Back To Fun

The harder you try, the worse it gets. 

It's even harder to recover if you're an introvert.  

We need to play like we're kids again.  Have fun.  

Fun is the only way to get our play back. 

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Everything Needs A Name

The need to know is a natural human desire.  

When we don't know, we get nervous.  We beg for someone to solve the mystery.

We start googling every possible diagnosis.  And we make believe that some of the results are true.  

We even add things that never before existed just to get closer to an association.  "Please someone, God, tell me what this thing is!"

When we discover what we have we finally calm down. At least the doctors figured it out, gave the illness a name.  

The next few months will be about cry and struggle.  "I can't believe I have this!"  

But at least now we know, what it is and that it has a name.  

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Acknowledge Fear and Move On

Being the first is always risky. First in line, first to raise your hand, first to go on a date. It's even hard on products. The first can in the grocery aisle and the first car on the lot are often bypassed. Could they have been tampered with? Everyone hates "first" because there's no precedent, no foresight, and plenty of doubt. What's it like on the other side of risk? Is it safe to feel embarrassed and possibly fail? Risk is a gut feeling. The people whom act first accept fear and failure but know that each is a pillar to confidence and progress. Next time you hear the question, so "Who wants to go first"?. Go first and feel the rush. Words come out wrong? Great, mistakes are a weakness leaving the mind. The next time you see 15 cans of the same product take the first one that appears. Go home, cook it, and ask yourself if it's really been tampered with. Are you afraid of success or more afraid of failure?

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That coke can "kill" you.

Scare tactics make people change their habits. But only for a short time. Credible threats take mountains of evidence. Everybody has to stop for a bad habit to die. Nobody is going to stop a bad habit if they're surrounded by resistors. Resistors form a niche of deaf ears. No matter what we hear about vice, especially those related to health, we keep on doing it until the scare becomes a reality or the niche dissipates.

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Riding backwards

Riding a train backwards makes us sick because getting ahead is our natural progression. Backwards riding, however, is the only way to make smarter decisions about our future. Sure, move ahead fast and forget the past. Be an aggressive brute with a trophy case. Or reminisce and think about what you've learned and what opportunities you may have missed. And take time to celebrate your wins. The only shame in constant progression is the inability to look backward. Turn around once in a while and don't miss a thing.

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There's Always More Reward

Looking for a parking spot with time left on the meter is a matter of luck. Add that to the complexity of finding a spot that's close to the entrance at the end of the day. You'll find a spot, no worries. The challenge you have is finding a spot that has sufficient funds and is close to the entrance. Timing is everything. Of course, the best spots are the farthest away. So you drive up a little bit more with the hope you'll find your perfect match. A spot opens up mid way through the parking lot. There's just enough money in the machine so you pull in. Relief. But on your way into the entrance, you see a spot with twice the amount of time left and only 30 feet from the entrance. Damn, only if you had been risky enought to drive up another 100 yards. But you're still satisfied. It's better to get something decent than nothing at all.