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Life Is Not a Movie

Success

Roger Ebert’s cancer diagnosis Since about 2006, not that he was counting, Ebert had been unable to eat or speak. The jokes, gossip, laughs, arguments, and memories I miss. In a time when gossip and stupidity inundate media coverage of film, it serves an important purpose.” It was an act of Ebert. Not one sip. Not one word.

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How to Put Rumors to Rest

Men With Pens

We heard gossip about all kinds of amazing things in this fantastic second edition release of the Write for the Web ebook, like: • 85+ pages of brand-new, fresh, never-before-read-by-human-eyes (we don’t count James) content, all of it designed to help you become the biggest, baddest web writer the Internet ever did see. Vicious lies.

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How To Avoid Being A Toxic Person: 13 Simple Tips

Brilliantly Better

Don’t Gossip Talking behind other people’s back is like putting your exhaustion pipe to somebody else door, while pretending you’re looking in a different direction. ’ Even people who avoid gossiping don’t realise that talking bad about yourself makes you believe it eventually. Great post. Stay Motivated!

2010 40
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Why the 80/20 Rule Could Make You Less Productive

Brilliantly Better

Small tasks that may imply you are spending your time are constant mail checking, gossiping with your work mates, being in your kids play checking your iPhone. You should not spend your time in small tasks: Spending is here the key word. You should not spend time, never. I have stared doing such activities in ly life too.

2010 40
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Why the 80/20 Rule Could Make You Less Productive

Brilliantly Better

Small tasks that may imply you are spending your time are constant mail checking, gossiping with your work mates, being in your kids play checking your iPhone. You should not spend your time in small tasks: Spending is here the key word. You should not spend time, never. I have stared doing such activities in ly life too.

2010 40
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What Can Argentine Tango Teach You About Brilliant Blogging?

Brilliantly Better

The Attitude: The tango community can be quite the political, social, and gossip mega circle. And with blogging, if you are boring yourself with stuff you are writing, or are simply not enjoying the process anymore, how can you expect anyone else to come along for the ride, to follow or subscribe or participate in your blog?

2010 40
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Are You A Valid Person?

Brilliantly Better

But after working a few years in the traditional media world – which, by the way, is not a very friendly place to be, always challenged, filled with gossip and back talking – I felt the need for a change. I’ve always been fascinated by the digital world, but never been interested in build a career on top of it.

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