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What Is An Epipen?

Epipen, otherwise known as Epinephrine auto injector, is a medical device that auto inject medicine into your body, typically the thigh. To use the epipen: stab it to the thigh and keep for ten seconds.


What Is The Hottest A Person Can Get And Still Survive?

There is no perfect answer to this question. Depending on their health, a person might be able to tolerate elevated temperatures (~107°F) for some time, but an extremely hot internal temperature (120° Fahrenheit) will destroy cells and kill a person in less than 5 minutes.


Who Is Santi Subotovsky?

Santi Subotovsky is from Argentina. He founded AXG Tecnonexo, a SaaS e-learning company in Argentina. He has been on the board of Zoom since 2014, when he lead Emergence Investment in the company.


Why Did Sahil Lavingia Leave Pinterest Before His Stock Vested?

The same cocktail of ambition, ego and ignorance that led Sahil to join Pinterest, was the reason he was able to leave to pursue his own company, leaving millions of dollars on the table. He'd gain that in experience and connections via Gumroad.


What Are Weavers Doing In Life?

They reach down and grab people out of the valley. They live a relationalist life, not an individualistic life. They have a different set of values, which include moral motivations, vocational servitude, radical virtuality, and are geniuses at relationships.


What’s Walker’s Purpose For Having People Create Autobiographies?

He wants people to be super clean and clear by getting all of their verbiage and story out of the way. In doing so, people will be really clear about who they are and what they're doing in the world to help them see if they are aligning their values and life.


What Makes A Great Photograph?

Sam Abell has been a National Geographic Photographer for 35 years and an inspiration to Christopher P. Michel. He is not just a photographer, but a philosopher who takes pictures.

Sam taught Christopher to make the best photographer he can, every time he picks up his camera. It does not mean you would always make the best photographer, but when you put your best effort, using all the right techniques, you increase your chances of getting the best image.

Next time you take photo, even if it's just with your iPhone, instead of taking 50 photos, slow down and take one or two photos, but visualize what you want to get out and get that shot.


How Did Color Comm First Begin?

It first started off as a luncheon, then it grew to a community and corporation. It has been around for seven years now and it continues to conduct ways for women of color to advance in leadership positions.


Was It Clear In Early Days That Pinterest Was Onto Something Big?

Although much like in any early startup is was not yet clear where the product would be, Sahil says it was clear they had a great team, and that was an indication of potential success, and what made Pinterest a great team to join.


What Is The Dunning Kruger Effect?

Incompetent people lack the expertise to recognize that they are incompetent. We can observe this in other people, but it is very hard to see it in one self. We might think we are doing great at something, while in fact be doing it quite poorly.


How Do You Stay Productive When You Are Distracted By Too Many Tasks?

Context switching, practice it. When faced with multiple tasks, most people will try to resist, and turn everything off so they could focus on only one task. That does not work, if you are kept distracted. If instead you teach yourself to go from one task to another, with the goal of finishing the new tasks fast and quickly getting back to the original, then being distracted will no longer be a reason to worry. The distraction will no longer appear distracting.


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