#nick winter

[steammanofthewest]

Exploding Bomb Spanish dime novel cover, Nick Winter No. 21, circa 1910, "El rey de los estafadores" (The King of the Con Men), anonymous. "Get back! If I have to die we'll all die together." French movie detective magazine.

The Steam Man of the West

[steammanofthewest]

Knife-wielding woman Spanish dime novel cover, Nick Winter No. 23, circa 1910, "La Vengadora" (The Lady Avenger), anonymous. "Scoundrel! I'll take what I need from your safe." French movie detective magazine.

The Steam Man of the West

[stevenvenn]

May the Fourth be with you.

[moviessilently]

Nick Winter and the Theft of the Mona Lisa (1911) A Silent Film Review

Nick Winter and the Theft of the Mona Lisa (1911) A Silent Film Review

On August 21, 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre. A few days later, this comedy was released spoofing the theft and the less-than-competent investigation. The jokes were torn from 1911 headlines, will they yield modern laughs? (more…)

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[moviewatchprojectofdoom]

Georges Vinter (1879-1945), French actor and director. Most famous for his title role in Pathé’s popular Nick Winter detective film series (1910-1921).

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

[dannionline]

Success Spirals

Set yourself a series of achievable goals and then achieve all of them until you expect only success and failure is no longer familiar. This is a great way to get started living a motivated life. 

Pre-Commitment

Choose now to limit your later options, preventing yourself form making the wrong choice in the face of temptation. 

Motivated Friends

Surround yourself with motivated people to have their motivation rub off on you. Reading biographies of inspirational people is an easier example of this.

Visualization

Visualize the success you want to achieve, contrasting it with the life you currently live. Add in implementation intentions and process visualization for more oomph. 

Flow 

Tasks which are too easy or too hard are not engaging, so find ways to make tasks challenging but possible Compete against yourself, or against others. Make a game of it. 

Passion

Look for ways to connect tasks with major life goals, so that you can remind yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing. Set up extra reminders of those connections where you’ll see them. Make sure you’re on a path to goals you actually want and that the journey is making you happy. If it isn’t, consider something more intrinsically motivating. 

Self-Care

Everything is more fun if you’re alert. Sleep well, eat well, get fit, guard your circadian rhythms, and avoid burnout. Cure energy lows with quality breaks, movement, sunshine, and good music. Match intensive tasks with periods of high energy. 

Perfection-Killing

If you can’t bring yourself to do your main task, at least get some other things out of the way. It’s not perfect, but perfect is the enemy of good. 

Rewards

Celebrate your successes with any reward that will motivate you (treats, crazy dance parties, an hour of social media or video games?) 

Playing Hard

Plan times to have as much fun as you can - this leads to more efficient recreation, and it also lets you focused on your goals during the other times, rather than just having low-grade leisure constantly tempting you as an option.

For more, buy The Motivation Hacker eBook for $2.99! 

[dannionline]

Imagine that you're another person, more competent than yourself, who was just dropped into your current life at this moment, without any of your current obligations but with all of your current predicaments. Forget everything that has come before and where you used to be going. What would you do?

Nick Winter, The Motivation Hacker

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Bill Murray as the lounge singer Nick Winter from SNL