Summary of Stephen King’s book This is not a book that attempts to explain writing from a technical point of view, although King details the principles in a dedicated section. It is a rather intimate book that approaches the art of writing from the perspective of the author’s personal life. You’ll learn about some of the techniques, but you’ll also…
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Be informed when Club xThinking opens The discovery of unfair advantages that we enjoy without knowing it There is often something that irritates us, that torments us because it gives us the impression that it is holding us back in our progress. The fact of not having been advantaged in life can indeed prove to be a heavy handicap except…
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The clock is ticking and the anxiety is mounting. What am I doing with my life? How would I feel if I were to die tomorrow? Would I be plagued by regrets or remorse, or could I leave with a light heart? Be informed when Club xThinking opens This is a question that we all ask ourselves at some point,…
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Your task is not to seek love, but simply to seek and find all the obstacles you have built against love.” Jalal al-dîn RûmiDjalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhi (Persian: جلالالدین محمد بلخی) or Rûmî, who was born in Balkh (present-day Afghanistan) in Khorasan (a large region of Persian culture) on September 30, 1207, and died in Konya (in present-day Turkey) on…
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Our intuition is sometimes our most valuable asset when it comes to making a decision. The apparent chaos, or at least the upheaval we witness, leaves little room for clarity. This confusion paralyzes our ability to make decisions, which makes us somewhat passive, well not quite. Indeed, not making a decision is a decision in itself. The problem is that…
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In order to progress rapidly in a field, it is advisable to follow in the footsteps of masters who have excelled in that same field either because they have had incredible results or because they have managed to theorize and systematize the steps that led them to reach a certain degree of excellence. The follower’s complex One of the main…
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Gao Xingjian (Chinese: 高行健; pinyin: Gāo Xíngjiàn), born January 4, 1940, in Ganzhou, China, is a Chinese-born French writer, playwright, director, and painter who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2000 To travel is to discover or to discover oneself? Probably both, or rather it is the promise of discovering the world when in the end it is only…
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There is no better place than in his heart to celebrate a small accomplishment. This is not the mark of narcissism, it is above all the proof of gratitude to destiny. Our efforts are not often rewarded as much as we had hoped for, but they are always rewarded. There is no better place than in one’s heart to celebrate…
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Messi, a true soccer icon, has much more to teach us off the field. He owes his success primarily to a character and work ethic that make him unique as a person. The qualities he brought to the game of soccer are lessons we can learn from in our own lives and in areas beyond the game. The consistency…
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A Lesson In Essentialism Time is limited, and time spent learning can be a significant part of our daily lives. One principle that could be used to save time is to not dwell on things that are only worth reading once. Unless our business is related to information that suffers from rapid obsolescence (e.g. news etc.), there is no need…
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