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  • The Friday Roundup – Shooting at Blue Hour & YouTube Tips

    The Friday Roundup – Shooting at Blue Hour & YouTube Tips Published on April 12, 2024 Why Should You Shoot During Blue Hour? No-one really talks much about β€œblue hour” although the pro’s often either try to replicate it with lighting or specifically assign scenes to be shot at this time. More often you will…

  • πŸ—Ί The Map is Not the Territory

    πŸ—Ί The Map is Not the Territory

    Cartography (the study and practice of making and using maps) is somewhat of a lost art. On one hand, the rise and fall of cartography makes perfect sense as the exquisite handmade maps of ancient times have been replaced by readily available satellite imagery. The word cartography itself is antiquated, combining two Ancient Greek words…

  • Routine

    Routine

    Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Routine I’ve always loved variants of this quote, Don’t tell me what you value, show me your calendar and your checkbook, and I’ll tell you what you value. Yet, for most…

  • BFW: How to Read Multiple Books at the Same Time

    BFW: How to Read Multiple Books at the Same Time

    Dear Reader, Hello Brain Food Wednesday readers! Welcome to another edition of Brain Food Wednesdays, your weekly intellectual feast. In this edition, issue 223, we talk about syntopical reading. Introduction Many people have several books on the go. Usually I read one book at a time, else I complete none of them. However, there is…

  • πŸ“š How to Read Like a Pro (& Amplify Your Reading Gains)

    πŸ“š How to Read Like a Pro (& Amplify Your Reading Gains)

    In this edition of Practical PKM: How to use the 4 Levels of Reading to get more out of books you read An example of how I use MOCs to connect ideas Details on my upcoming Reading Masterclass A cool Obsidian plugin to streamline creating book notes My book notes from How to Read a…

  • Bread and Circuses

    Bread and Circuses

    Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Bread and Circuses I’ve thought about this quote a lot over the years and even more so recently. Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt. – Juvenal The…

  • BFW: How Good Are You at Problem Solving?

    BFW: How Good Are You at Problem Solving?

    Dear Reader, Hello Brain Food Wednesday readers! Welcome to another edition of Brain Food Wednesdays, your weekly intellectual feast. In this edition, issue 222, we talk about problem solving. Introduction In the past, have you attended conferences, bought books from speakers you loved, then promptly placed them on your bookshelf when you returned home? Or…

  • Having Thoughts vs. Thinking

    Having Thoughts vs. Thinking

    Hi Reader, Continuing to pull on this thread of “nothingness” or “no-thought” that I mentioned a couple weeks ago… Sitting down to write occurs to me as a moment full of possibility. Yet as soon as I start typing that sense vanishes. It’s like I’m saying to myself as I sit there staring blankly out…

  • πŸ” An Inside Look at My Obsidian-Based Task Management System

    πŸ” An Inside Look at My Obsidian-Based Task Management System

    I remember several years ago being enamored with people I followed online sharing their OmniFocus setups. Custom perspectives were the big thing back then (views that showed only tasks that met specific criteria), and everyone was coming up with clever ways to slice and dice what they needed to get done. I carefully studied how…

  • Top 10 Mouthwatering Springdale Restaurants Await You!

    Top 10 Mouthwatering Springdale Restaurants Await You!

    Well, hello there, Happy Friday! Lynn here. Early Spring, Late Spring.. who knows what the weather will do today? The only thing to do is keep doing the things you love, regardless of the weather. One of my favorite things to do is to find fantastic restaurants. Have you checked out the awesome places to…