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Jun 25 13 tweets 10 min read
10 of the most useful websites on the internet (that you’ve probably never heard of):
12ft.io

Sick of paywalls?

Meet 12ft ladder. It lets you bypass any paywall.

The idea is simple: news sites don’t show the Google crawler a paywall so they can appear in search results.

12ft grabs this cached, un-paywalled version of the page and shows you.
10minutemail.com

If you’re like me, you’re constantly signing up for new services or freebies online that require an email address.

Our inbox pays a hefty price.

Luckily, 10 Minute Mail gives you a free temporary email address so you can avoid this.
Myfridgefood.com

Lots of random ingredients in the fridge that you want to use but don’t know how to combine them?

MyFridgeFood tells you what to make and takes the thinking power out of cooking.

What’s in your fridge...?
archivve.visualizevalue.com

Want to spruce up an upcoming presentation with powerful visuals that stick in your audience's mind?

Look no further.

A searchable, tagged database of all Visualize Value (@visualizevalue) assets built by @piercejkearns
@visualizevalue @piercejkearns sleepyti.me

Do you sometimes wake up tired and groggy?

This happens when you wake up in the middle of a sleep cycle.

SleepyTime tells you what time you need to go to bed to wake up at the end of a sleep cycle so you don’t feel tired when you wake.
@visualizevalue @piercejkearns whatshouldireadnext.com

Enjoyed a book and want to find another one like it?

WhatShouldIReadNext tells you what to read after you finish a book based on a huge database of other peoples’ favorite recommendations.
@visualizevalue @piercejkearns justwatch.com

Can’t figure out where that Movie or TV Series you want to watch is streaming?

You need JustWatch.

It allows you to search the name of any movie or tv series and locate where you can watch it online.
@visualizevalue @piercejkearns manualslib.com

Sick of stashing away the manuals of new products, only for them to take up cupboard space, and never be used again?

There’s a better way.

Find it—along with thousands of other manuals—online with Manuals Lib.
@visualizevalue @piercejkearns meet.jit.si

Another video call app? I know what you’re thinking.

But, Jitsi is different. It requires no sign-up to start a meeting.

Simply make a room name, send the link to others, and everyone can join without signing up or paying.
@visualizevalue @piercejkearns lucidchart.com

Need to map out complex ideas and get clarity on the best solutions?

Need to get team alignment on a shared vision?

Need to plan detailed execution?

LucidChart has everything you need—and more.
@visualizevalue @piercejkearns That’s 10 of the most useful websites I've used.

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Jun 26
12 ideas that will make you smarter (that you probably haven't heard of):
Jootsing

An extreme version of thinking outside the box that involves:

1) First gaining deep knowledge of the system and its rules

2) Then stepping outside to find something that subverts its rules

3) And finally, using your findings to make something new and creative Jootsing
Worm's Eye View

Whether you’re a techie, politician, or corporate executive, you can’t fix a problem just by taking a top-down view.

You also need to look at the world bottom-up, through the workers’ eyes.

Be curious like a child and walk in others’ shoes.

@gilliantett Worm's Eye View
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Jun 24
The most powerful new mental models I've encountered:
The Business Dad Paradox

Technology has allowed us to become more efficient in our work.

Increased efficiency means more of the most precious commodity: time.

But time for what, exactly? Usually, to do more work.

h/t @annehelen & @cwarzel The Business Dad Paradox
@annehelen @cwarzel Miles’s Law

”Where you stand depends on where you sit.”

”Human’s social views (and behaviour) arise from the settings in which people live and work, especially when those settings create incentives for particular beliefs, priorities, or justifications.”

h/t @MattGrossmann Miles’s Law
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Jun 23
Most people suck at career choices.

Let’s change that.

Here are the best resources I’ve found on finding work that feels like play to you (and succeeding more because of it):
1/

How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You) by @waitbutwhy

”If a career is like connecting the dots, we should probably rank “getting wise about dot-jumping” pretty high on our to-do list.

The best place to start is by looking at your own past.”

waitbutwhy.com/2018/04/pickin…
@waitbutwhy 2/

Figuring out what to do with your life by Julian Shapiro.

”Write down the values you passionately care about.

Order those values from most to least important.

Place a checkmark next to the value that it has a high likelihood of fulfilling.”

julian.com/blog/life-plan…
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Jun 22
Mental models that will make you way smarter:
The Rule of Three

”Whenever you’re trying to persuade a person to do something, always present 3 reasons. Not 2, not 4, but exactly 3.”

It gets people’s attention and most of us have been hard-wired to expect things in groups of 3—so it’s more persuasive.

h/t @ameet The Rule of Three
@ameet Morphological Analysis

A powerful form of problem-solving and creativity that involves ‘decomposition’ followed by ‘forced association.’

Decomposition: Breaking something down to its component parts.

Forced association: Combining things that haven’t been combined before. Morphological Analysis
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Jun 19
7 mental models you can use to actually be productive (instead of just reading about mental models that make you “feel” productive):
Decomplication

We’ve been led to believe that our everyday problems—weight loss, productivity, saving money—require complex solutions.

This is called ‘artificial complexity.’

Decomplication is the process of boiling problems down to their simplest form.

h/t @nateliason Decomplication
@nateliason Via Negativa

When we have a problem, our natural instinct is to add a new habit or buy a solution.

But usually, you improve your life by subtracting instead.

The foods you avoid are more important than the foods you eat.

Subtracting distractions is the key to productivity.
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Jun 18
20 of the smartest things that have ever been spoken: 🧵
“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

—Benjamin Franklin
“Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact:

Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.”

—Steve Jobs
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