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THE ONLY REVOLUTION THAT REALLY MATTERS | And How To Spark It

by GIANPAOLO PIETRI on 03/15/2010

“True revolutions have no leaders. True revolutions are within.”
| ME |
Revolution is a word that I have often thought about throughout my life. I was attracted to its power to the point where I think it played a major role in my decision to major in History during my undergraduate studies at Tufts University in [...]

Tagged as: HISTORY, How to, LIFESTYLE, Lifestyle Design, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PHILOSOPHY, PRODUCTIVITY, REVOLUTION

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MAY I BE FRANK? | Or Readjusting Your Default Setting

by GIANPAOLO PIETRI 03.13.2010

These words bug the hell out of me. Being frank, or better yet, brutally honest, should be the default setting in your life compass. It shouldn’t be something you aspire to, or a conclusion that you reach based on circumstances that surround you. In fact, you should never even feel the slightest urge to ask [...]

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THE BEST OF 2009 | Here Are Our Picks

by GIANPAOLO PIETRI 03.03.2010

After some careful consideration, we have decided to do a special tribute post for the best articles we published in 2009. Though the blog is very young (it was begun in November of last year), we thought it was appropriate to begin now a feature we plan to continue in the future as the blog [...]

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OPTIMIZATION | The Optimalists Currently Under Renovation

by GIANPAOLO PIETRI 03.02.2010

IN PROGRESS
For the next the day or two, The Optimalists will be going through a slight modification of its layout and design for the future benefit of our readers. First I want to streamline the layout of the blog to make previous articles and images more accessible to visitors, as well as give the blog [...]

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THE SIMPLE TRUTH ABOUT NETWORKING | If You Build It, They Will Come

by ALESSANDRO 03.01.2010

“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
| MARTIN LUTHER KING |
There is an old maxim among real estate developers that says, “If you build it, they will come”. But all true developers of land know this is not [...]

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HOW TO BLOG LIKE YOU MEAN IT

by GIANPAOLO PIETRI 02.22.2010

“The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean”
| ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
When I first started my blog, I didn’t have a very clear direction as to where I wanted to go with it. I knew I wanted to write. I knew I had something to say, but I didn’t [...]

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DON’T CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS | Let Them Run Wild

by GIANPAOLO PIETRI 02.19.2010

“There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul.”
| ARNOLD BENNET |
What I am about to say will defy everything you have been taught throughout [...]

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EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT | And Also the Same

by GIANPAOLO PIETRI 02.15.2010

“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.”
| James Dean |

When you travel, you see new people every day. Actually, when i travel, I see new people every hour, and even every minute. Everywhere I go, somebody new stands before me, or sits at the table next to mine. Rarely do [...]

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BOOK REVIEW | Reclaim Your Dreams by Jonathan Mead

by GIANPAOLO PIETRI 02.10.2010

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
| SOCRATES |
Do you know who you are? Why you live? What you live for? Have you ever even bothered to ask yourself these questions? From the word go, Reclaim Your Dreams, takes readers on a journey to the depths of the Self, forcing them to ask the tough [...]

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THE OPTIMAL QUESTIONS | Nils Holger Moormann

by GIANPAOLO PIETRI 02.08.2010

EDITOR’S NOTE: We have been following Nils Holger Moormann’s furniture collections for some time now. Nestled in the cool, green mountains of upper Bavaria, Nils’ studio has been developing timeless pieces of furniture that bring concepts of form and function down to their very essence. Working with mostly young, unknown designers, whose concepts he brings [...]

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DONT THINK WHAT IS | Think What You Want To Be

by GIANPAOLO PIETRI 02.03.2010

“It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.”
| Carl Jung |
I find this to be the biggest difference between people who are successful doing what they love, and those that are stuck in the 9 to 5 rut, or otherwise plugging away on a career and a [...]

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