The Wealth Studio™ Concept

The WEALTH STUDIO™ concept by Ross Gott and ZeroCelsius Wealth Studio.

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Ask for stories, not answers.

Tips from a comedian and a journalist on the art of going from small talk to big ideas — all summer long.

How To Turn Small Talk Into Smart Conversation by Chris Colin and Rob Baedeker on IDEA.TED.COM

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Alternatives to the deadly “What do you do?”

Small Talk Advice by Troy Patterson of Slate.com (via chunksochill)

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Would love to create a series of Field Notes booklets for Base3, Wealth Studio design, etc.

(Thanks be to Billy, of course, for the link.)

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Disclaimer - A Wealth of Common Sense

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Great disclaimer language.

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It’s back to this idea of what are we truly afraid of. I am more afraid of settling — I am more afraid of not giving what I can give — than I am afraid of doing it. And so when we’re sitting quietly, there’s a debate we have to have with ourselves all the time, which is: “What is my work?” And if “My work is to have more impact,” I don’t think we start by asking — I think we start by giving… Once you get hooked on that, culturally, then doors open — doors open because your work precedes you. You are your work — not your resume, but the ruckus you have made before, the people you have touched before… For the [creative person], what’s going on outside is trivial compared to what is going on inside… Don’t try to change the structure of the outside world [hoping that] then you’ll be fine, then you’ll be creative and then you’ll be brave. No. First, figure out how to be creative and brave and courageous, and the outside world will change on your behalf… It’s always the same case — it’s always the case of you’re a human, trying to connect to another human. And if you just pick one human that you can change for the better, with work that might not work — that’s what art is.

Seth Godin

source: Brainpickings

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The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives

Shankar Vedantam

“Those who travel with the current will always feel they are good swimmers; those who swim against the current may never realize they are better swimmers than they imagine.”

Absolutely fantastic and culturally necessary read on our hidden biases, to which even the best-intentioned of us are susceptible:

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SHAPES OF STORIES

Insightful views of well known story plots. via Mark Ligameri

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Four distinct cognitive modes emerge from how the top-brain and bottom-brain systems can interact. The degree to which each of the brain systems is used spans a continuum, ranging from highly utilized to minimally utilized. Mover Mode results when the top- and bottom-brain systems are both highly utilized. When people think in this mode, they are inclined to make and act on plans (using the top-brain system) and to register the consequences of doing so (using the bottom-brain system), subsequently adjusting plans on the basis of feedback. Ac­cording to our theory, people who habitually rely on Mover Mode typically are most comfortable in positions that allow them to plan, act, and see the consequences of their actions. Perceiver Mode results when the bottom-brain system is highly utilized but the top-brain system is not. When people think in this mode, they use the bottom-brain system to try to make sense of what they perceive in depth; they interpret what they experience, put it in context, and try to understand the implications. However, by definition, people who are operating in Perceiver Mode do not often initiate detailed or complex plans. Stimulator Mode results when the top-brain system is highly uti­lized but the bottom-brain system is not. According to our theory, when people rely on Stimulator Mode they may be creative and original, but they do not always know when “enough is enough”—their actions can be disruptive, and they may not adjust their behav­ior appropriately. Adaptor Mode results when neither the top- nor the bottom-brain system is highly utilized. People who are thinking in this mode are not caught up in initiating plans, nor are they fully focused on classifying and interpreting what they experience. Instead, our theory predicts that they are open to becoming absorbed by local events and immediate imperatives. They should tend to be action-oriented, and responsive to ongoing situations.

Forget the left brain vs. right brain divide – a new theory of cognitive modes explains human personality by dividing the brain into top and bottom. (And yet, and yet, let’s not get too carried away with the concept of “personality.”)

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10 Inspiring Quotes from the Eames Family Kerrie Kelly, dwell.com

In 1988, Charles Eames’s only daugh­ter, Lucia, inher­it­ed the icon­ic Eames house in Pacif­ic Pal­isades, Cal­i­for­nia after the death of her step­moth­er, Ray. The house—along with Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling­wa­ter and Mies van der Rohe’s…

Same principles apply to a wealth studio.

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A Video Visualization of the Creative Process

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Vsauce Looks at Mistakes in Popular Culture and History

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When we surround ourselves with people who believe what we believe something remarkable happens... Trust emerges.

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...it is the promise that starts an ongoing experience. A promise just big enough to get me started on something that gets better all the time is the best way to engage, because that ever-improving experience will continue to delight and surprise, increasing my word of mouth and satisfaction.

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"Minimalism is not a style, it is an attitude

…a way of being. It’s a fundamental reaction to noise, visual noise, disorder, vulgarity. Minimalism is the pursuit of the essence of things, not the appearance. Minimalism is beyond time. It is timelessness. It is the stillness of perfection.” Massimo Vignelli via August de los Reyes (via gregmelander)

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How to make your own luck