Month: May 2014


  • ToVa Weekend: You, Your Resume and Your Brain on Caffeine

    The weekend is here at last and with it comes two articles (and one video) that’ll help you even out your E-v-E ratio. Read on for tips on how to change your core self-image, represent softer achievements on your resume with numbers and avoid a caffeine overdose. How to Change Your Beliefs and Stick to […]

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  • When Opportunity Knocks, Swing For The Fences

    Fernando Tatís has a unique claim to fame: he is the only Major League Baseball player to hit two grand slams in one inning of play. He accomplished this feat on April 23, 1999 against the Dodgers. Roll the footage: What makes this feat all the more incredible is the fact that Tatís is the only […]

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  • You Are The Sole Author Of Your Life Story

    Every kid has that fantasy career when they’re growing up: firefighter, police officer, movie star, author, etc. For me the dream was to be an astronaut and walk on the moon. Unfortunately, two realities brought me down to Earth (see what I did there?): I was not interested in acquiring the math and science background […]

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  • ToVa Weekend: Idea Generation and Better Self Talk

    Here are some of the best articles I’ve come across this week, including fantastic advice from creative professionals and the best way to talk to yourself when you want to excel. Have a great weekend! 99U Conference Recap Vol. 1: What Are Your Creative Values? 99U Conference Recap Vol. 2: Rethinking the Way We Work […]

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  • Keep Things In Perspective

    Deadspin recently ran a great piece that was ostensibly about the expense of weddings and the tendency of some couples to lose sight of the only necessary components of a wedding: two people wanting to get married and the person of official authority who can make it legal. In such scenarios – and in everyday life […]

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  • Camus On Happiness, Experience and Gratitude

    I finished reading The Stranger this week, which has me thinking about Albert Camus. The author of many novels, essays and letters, Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957 and is remembered by many as one of the finest writers – and thinkers – of his generation. That his philosophy often informed his […]

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