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Aug 20 13 tweets 9 min read
10 insanely useful free websites you needed but no one told you about (instant bookmarks):
#1: Companies.tools

Ever wondered what technology the most successful startups in the world are using?

Wonder no more.

CT provides a curation of the design, research, code, support, and feedback tools of the best tech teams.

companies.tools Companies.tools
#2: Excel Formula Bot

Using excel, but forgot the right formula? @bresslertweets has you sorted.

Excel Formula Bot uses AI to transform text instructions to an excel formula.

The result? No more remembering complicated excel formulas.

excelformulabot.com Excel Formula Bot
@bresslertweets #3: Calm Calendar

Synchronise your events between your personal and work calendars, while excluding private details.

The result?
• Fewer conflicts
• Better privacy
• One source of truth for your personal & work calendar

calmcalendar.com Calm Calendar
@bresslertweets #4: TypeLit

Kill two birds with one stone with TypeLit:

1) Improve your typing skills
2) Learn from any book in the world

How? TypeLit provides typing practice on any of your favourite books—or you can choose from dozens of pre-loaded classics.

typelit.io
@bresslertweets #5: Synthesia

Create professional videos—with no prior knowledge of video creation—using AI avatars, all from the comfort of your laptop.

Features:
• Web-based app with diverse AI avatars
• Create custom avatars
• 60+ languages

synthesia.io Synthesia
@bresslertweets #6: myNoise

Think of myNoise as free noise-canceling headphones.

It can create any noise you like to mask those you don’t:
• Busy streets
• Noisy colleagues
• Loud cafes or restaurants

You can listen to rain, white noise, or even the Ocean!

mynoise.net myNoise
@bresslertweets #7: PDF24 Tools

Need to edit a PDF but don’t want to pay for an expensive Adobe subscription?

PDF24 allows you to access everything you need to handle PDFs online and be more productive—completely free.

tools.pdf24.org/en/ PDF24 Tools
@bresslertweets #8: Cleanup.pictures

Did you take a great photo but there's an object you need to remove?

With Cleanup.pictures, you can remove any unwanted object, defect, person or text from your pictures in seconds.

cleanup.pictures Cleanup.pictures
@bresslertweets #9: Rome2rio

Find the best way to get from A to B, anywhere in the world.

Compare every possible transport option all in one search:
• Plane
• Train
• Bus
• Car
• Ferry
• Bike share
• Driving
• Walking

Where to next?

rome2rio.com Rome2rio
@bresslertweets #10: Class Central

Find the best online courses in the world, all in one place.

Class Central aggregates courses from:
• 1000 Universities (Harvard, Stanford, etc.)
• 70 Providers (Coursera, Udemy, etc.)
• 600 Institutions (Google, Amazon, etc.)

classcentral.com Class Central
@bresslertweets That’s 10 of the most useful websites I've found.

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Most people suck at doing the most important thing daily.

Let's change that.

Here are 10 insanely useful prioritization mental models:
Calendar-Priority Alignment

1. “What are your priorities?”

2. “If I look at your calendar, would it be obvious to me that those are your priorities?”

Hack: Use your Calendar as your to-do list so that your highest priority to-dos actually get done.

h/t @rabois
@rabois Warren Buffett - 2 List Strategy

Steps:
1. Write down your top 25 goals

2. Circle your top 5 goals on that list

3. Place any goal that you didn’t circle on the “avoid at all costs” list—these are the tasks that aren’t important enough to move you towards your long-term goals Warren Buffett - 2 List Strategy
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10 mental concepts that will make you way smarter:
Robustness Principle

Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.

Set your expectations appropriately such that you’re not disappointed when what you receive from others is below your own standards.

Be charitable and assume the best of others.
Hormesis

Low doses can have the opposite effect of a high dose.

A little bit of sun is good for the body, but too much is bad.

Exercising regularly is great, but skipping rest days will destroy your muscles.

Apply stress, but not too much. Hormesis
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9 simple ways to extend your lifespan:
Intermittent Fast

During fasting, our bodies undergo important changes including:
• Increased antioxidant production
• DNA repair
• Removal of damaged or dead cells (which can cause cancer)

We weren’t designed to snack all day.

See Lifespan by @davidasinclair for more
@davidasinclair Limit Alcohol

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It ruins your motivation and will leave you underachieving your potential.

Not to mention the negative effects on the heart and body.
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Aug 11
10 mental concepts that will probably make you smarter:
Tim Ferriss Discomfort Razor

Your success in life can be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations you're willing to have.

Growth and comfort don't exist in the same room.

Act accordingly.

h/t @tferriss
@tferriss 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.

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Aug 10
Most people suck at making decisions.

So they take no action and create regrets.

There's a better way: Learn decision-making mental models.

Here are 10 of the most powerful (that you can apply today):
10/10/10 Rule

We're all guilty of making decisions without thinking about long term consequences.

To avoid this, ask:
• How will I feel about this 10 minutes from now?
• 10 months from now?
• 10 years from now?

This helps clarify the decision that results in a win/win/win.
Pre-Mortem

Involves assuming that your decision has failed and working backwards to determine what the potential causes were.

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• Reveals blind spots
• Simplifies thinking

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Use them properly and they'll save you hours, days, even weeks.

Here are 11 Mac apps that you shouldn't live without...
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Raycast is “Ctrl + F” for your whole computer.

Simply press command + space, and you can open any file, app, or link in seconds.

You can also add a whole-suite of extensions built by community to take your productivity to new levels.

raycast.com Raycast
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CheatSheet helps you memorize keyboard shortcuts for all your favourite Mac apps.

Just hold the Command Key for a few seconds and you’ll get a list of every shortcut available in that app.

mediaatelier.com/CheatSheet/ CheatSheet
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