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#705 When you’re sitting in the back of a packed car and the driver turns really fast

September 22, 2018August 8, 2018 Neil Pasricha

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Time to get squished.

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#706 That moment at a concert when the crowd all figures out what song the band is playing
#704 Peeling off the price tag without any sticky shredded paper left on the thing

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he problem isn’t that we have negative thoughts in our brain. 

The problem is that we think we shouldn’t have negative thoughts.

It’s okay.

We all have them. 

Keep moving.

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Incredible travel tips from Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly):

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Does popularity predict longevity?

Not necessarily!

When I spoke with Lindyman @paulskallas on 3 Books, he pointed out that the "topic of the day" rarely carries forward into the future. What does? Listen to the full chapter to learn how to apply the Lindy heuristic to topics…

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