Find A Spark | Ideas to inspire

A title image for the This Is Water video from David Foster Wallace's Kenyon College commencement speech

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This is Water

Emilie Wapnick presenting her TED talk on why some of us don't have one true calling

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Why some of us don’t have one true calling

A screenshot from the New York Times video showing Usain Bolt's 9.63s 100m world record vs. every 100m Olympic medal winner since 1896.

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Usain Bolt vs. every 100m medalist ever

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Screened Out

The cover of the DVD for Contact, the film adaptation of Carl Sagan's book on humanity's first contact with extraterrestrials

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Contact

The home of the Dervaes family — they manage to grow all the food they need on 1/10 of an acre, using urban agroecology

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Urban Agroecology

A train track, with trees and sunset in the background - a possible inspiration location

Blog Post

My Inspiration Location

An open study book, laying on a table with pencil on top and notes to the right

Blog Post

4 insights on learning from Josh Waitzkin

A screenshot from South Park, advertising the documentary 6 Days to Air

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6 Days to Air

A screenshot from an animation showing the distance from Earth to Mars

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Distance to Mars

The title for the What I've Learned YouTube video on how high or low levels of salt (sodium) affect your health

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Salt: Are you getting enough?

Man with big hair and sunglasses, with lots of enthusiasm

Blog Post

How to avoid killing your enthusiasm

A shower head, for cold shower therapy

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Cold Shower Therapy

Piotr Wozniak, creator of SuperMemo and spaced repetition pioneer

Article

Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn?

A person passing a flower to someone else, representing sharing

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Sharing, not imposing

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Anki

The cover of This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein

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This Changes Everything

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Habitica

A crossroads in the woods, a path in the snowy ground splitting in two. Two paths to take between the trees.

Blog Post

2 career change lessons from leaving my job

Episode 117 of the Tim Ferriss Podcast with Kelly Starrett talking about Crossfit

Podcast

Tim Ferriss Podcast #64: Crossfit