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By Hammond Prag

The extra mile is a lonely place, he says, because almost everybody who reaches it looks around, notices nobody else came, and turns back. That line comes out of a post collecting quotes from a famous founder, and it is sharper than most of the quotes it sits among.

The placebo effect gets a whole piece, treated as evidence that belief does measurable physical work rather than as a curiosity, with ten lessons drawn out and applied to ordinary life.

One post inverts the usual advice by listing ten reliable ways to fail, which turns out to be far easier to act on than another list of virtues.

He also writes about repeated words and thoughts as a deliberate method, and about a meditation approach he claims saves an enormous amount of time.

Thirteen posts, most of them long, several assembled from other sources with the credit attached. Read the placebo one, which is the most substantial thing anywhere in it.

7 Inspiring Steve Jobs Quotes That Just Might Change Your Life

Oct 24, 2015 · By Hammond Prag
Share this post and help spread the love! What inspires you? There are a lot of things that can provide inspiration – seeing other people accomplish great things, seeing other people overcome…
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10 Powerful Life Lessons of the Placebo Effect

Oct 23, 2015 · By Hammond Prag
Share this post and help spread the love! Source: Masters of Mind Control The relationship between our minds and our bodies is exceedingly complex, and often functions in ways that we simply haven’t…
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Inspirational Quotes For Overcoming Your Fear Of Failure

Oct 11, 2015 · By Hammond Prag
Share this post and help spread the love! Fear is something that we all deal with, and it can prove to be crippling if you let it. I’ve talked about how I…
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Interesting Book About 48 Laws Of Power

Oct 9, 2015 · By Hammond Prag
Share this post and help spread the love! When it comes to morality and ethics, people are used to thinking in terms of black and white. Conversely, “The 48 Laws of Power”…
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The Miracle Power Of Repeated Words And Thoughts

Sep 12, 2015 · By Hammond Prag
Share this post and help spread the love! Thinking is usually a mixture of words, sentences, mental images and sensations. Thoughts are visitors, who visit the central station of the mind. They…
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Meditaton Hack That Saves You 70,000 Hours

Sep 8, 2015 · By Hammond Prag
Share this post and help spread the love! By Karl Moore, Source: Zen12 We’ve all heard about the powerful benefits of meditation: Less stress, greater relaxation, sharper thinking, improved memory, enhanced creativity,…
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Steve Jobs’ Mind Power Secrets

Sep 7, 2015 · By Hammond Prag
Share this post and help spread the love! “The world has lost a great visionary” mourns the headlines of the world news the day Steve Jobs passed away. Now you would be…
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The Most Powerful Affirmations Ever Created

Jul 13, 2015 · By Hammond Prag
Share this post and help spread the love! Affirmations are simple, yet powerful phrases you can repeat to yourself throughout the day in order to reprogram your conscious and subconscious mind. They…
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How To Make Friends And Interrogate People

Apr 4, 2015 · By Hammond Prag
Share this post and help spread the love! A new guide from some former intelligence agents promises to train you to elicit the truth from ‘targets’ such as ‘the plumber’ or your…
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Effortless Happiness Hacks That Can The Secret To

Mar 17, 2015 · By Hammond Prag
Share this post and help spread the love! Have you ever noticed just how unhappy you can get over the fact you are not happy? Unexamined, this behavior seems to make sense.…
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