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Spoken Growth

Oct 17, 2017

In this day and age, it can be hard to keep your child from being exposed to Elon Musk. Although you may do your best on the home front, they may inevitably stumble across a profile piece or news item on TV at a friend’s house or the computer at the school library. For that reason, it’s better to be prepared for...


Oct 1, 2017

The most important skill for a young person today is learning quickly and effectively. Since the Great Recession, nobody buys the false impression that you can get a credential after studying for four years, land a job, and then have a career with the same core set of skills over your entire life. Even professional...


Sep 12, 2017

I’m a pretty high-strung guy by nature. I have trouble sitting still, I can rarely focus on anything for more than five minutes, I’m always worrying about the future, and oh shit did that girl just look at me?

So naturally, I’ve been advised to try meditation many times over the years. And naturally, I’ve found...


Aug 18, 2017

Do you know what Steve Jobs, John D. Rockefeller, Amelia Earhart, and Ulysses S. Grant have in common?


They each possessed the talent of turning obstacles into opportunities drawn from the Stoic ideologies of Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius.


Aug 5, 2017

This episode was initially published as an article on Medium.com by Larry Kim.

It begins:

These productivity techniques will keep you on track and happy.

1. Turn Off Alerts
It’s terribly tough to get into your Zen zone when your phone is buzzing every few minutes. Depending on how chatty your phone is, you may get...