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How Do You Explain A Divorce To Your Kids?
Stick to the facts and explain that although mom and dad are no longer loving each other in a way they need to stay together, they will always be there as parents, and will always be there for the kids. See if your kids have any questions, be loving, and assume them you still love them.
Is It “A Historic” Or “An Historic”?
Benjamin says a historic because there is an “h” in front of the word. You have to also sound it out. It also depends whether you pronounce the first letter as a consonant or a vowel.
What Is The Value In Helping Small Creators Succeed?
Successful founders get less happy over time because while the numbers go up and up, their satisfaction goes down. They get disconnected from the positive impact of their companies, and the negative stories start to outshine.
The emotional impact of creating good in the world, by helping other people, is incredibly powerful.
How Would You Feel If Your Dad, Or Anyone You Knew, Wrote Porn?
For Jamie Morton, he says that weirdly enough, he doesn’t feel that weird about it. He does think it’s great that his 60 year old dad feels comfortable enough to share his innermost fantasies with the world.
How Can Business Leaders Find Peer Pressure To Stand Out In Life?
Society puts a lot of pressure on people to fit in, not to stand out. Seek out people who care to stand out as much as you do, and those people will keep you going, when you feel like quitting.
How Did Burt Handle Mental Approaches That Worked Against Him?
Burt restates how lucky he was to have his mom, wife, and writers with him. Their mentality was that they were going through this together, so they would figure it out. Even with that, there was still a level of stress with thinking that he was a failure, despite the revenue coming in.
What Is A World View Analyst ?
Someone who asks others what motivates their day-to-day lives. Responses sometimes include people who have never considered the question or perhaps have a "canned" response to the question.
When Does Y Combinator End?
At the end of roughly 10 weeks, Y Combinator program culminates with a "Demo Day."
In 2009, Y Combinator batch grew so big that all of the startups could not fit into the building at once; the Demo Day had to be held over a two day period.
At the end of three months, only the dinners end and everything else continues.
What Makes Freight More Difficult Than Regular Package Delivery?
Anything that is too heavy for a driver to pick up is a freight package, and it requires a whole different network to move it around.
Physical packages cannot go through the same trucks. The conveyor belts are too narrow for freight for pallets...etc.
Meanwhile, package delivery companies own their logistics end-to-end, which enables simple conveniences like tracking. Freight is too large in volume to be operated by just one company, and as a result, user experience of shipping is very distributed.
Can Fear Be Good For You?
YES. Fear is the compass, and there is always something valuable in the end.
Of course, if it's the matter of life and death, then it's a good idea to listen to your body and run away from the fear, but as far as our modern life is concerned, fear is good.
How Did Tony Hsieh Get His Entrepreneurial Start In Pizza?
As a Junior at Harvard, Tony Hsieh decided to take over the student grill, but instead of selling burgers and fries like it used to, Tony would sell pizza which yielded higher margins.
Further, while most other students were only interested in running this grill in their Senior year, by taking over the operations as a Junior, Tony was able to amortize his costs over two years and to make more money.
Knowing he was the only Junior bidding on this grill, Tony was willing to be the highest bidder. He submitted his bid as "Highest bid +1 dollar," and naturally ended up winning.
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