Other · Calvin Correli · Sep 9, 2020
6 Tips for Remote Work (and Some Bonuses)

A lot of people are working remotely now, and whether you're new to it or you've been doing it for a while and want to uplevel, these tips will help.

T…

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Other · Calvin Correli · Oct 11, 2017
More customer service fun

Received this one from fitbit this morning:

Let me translate:

Hi Calvin,

Thank you very much for getting back with us and providing us with the inf…

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Other · Calvin Correli · Oct 6, 2017
My scented candle making process

Here it is, in condensed form:

  • Fill up the ziploc container with wax flakes
  • Microwave at 100% for 2 minutes
  • Add a few more flakes, but don’t fill…
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Other · Calvin Correli · Sep 1, 2017
The struggle

A draft from July 2011. Publishing now.

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There’s a struggle between our inner Self and our outer learned, adapted sense of self.

Deconstructing …

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Other · Calvin Correli · Sep 1, 2017
Our job

This has been sitting as a draft since November 2010. Figured I'd post it now ...

Steven Pressfield:

Our job in this lifetime is not to shape oursel…
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Brad Feld a few years ago:

 

I spent this weekend at LindzonPalooza. Once a year Howard Lindzon gets together a bunch of his friends at the inters…

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Other · Calvin Correli · Aug 13, 2017
Mark Twain—and Christianity

Watched the PBS documentary on Mark Twain, and it was excellent. It's a two-part show, part of the American Lives series by Ken Burns.

Toward the end…

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Other · Calvin Correli · Aug 8, 2017
Prohibition

Watching the Ken Burns PBS documentary on prohibition on Netflix. It's super interesting.

A few things I didn't know:

  • Before prohibition, up to 70% o…
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Other · Calvin Correli · Jul 23, 2017
Starting vs finishing

When you first start a work of art — a book, a piece of music, a painting, whatever — all the possibilities are open, it can become anything.

When you…

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