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The cover of the book Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

Book

Love in the Time of Cholera

Fireworks above a line of trees - representing a New Year's resolution

Blog Post

An alternative New Year’s resolution

Author Rob Date 28th February 2016

A family tree showing how closely related George V, Wilhelm II and Nicholas II were.

Blog Post

World War One — a family affair.

A close-up of some marbles, representing the subjectivity of quality

Blog Post

Quality is always subjective

A cartoon of Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61

Website

The Man in Seat 61

Rajesh Rao presenting his TED talk on a Rosetta Stone for a lost language — deciphering the ancient Indus script

Video

A Rosetta Stone for a Lost Language

An image of deep space with many stars - representing deep learning

Blog Post

Improve your concentration with Deep Learning

Adam Grant presenting his TED talk on the surprising habits of original thinkers

Video

The surprising habits of original thinkers

An infographic showing how memory works, including details on the brain, how to improve your memory and how memories are created

Infographic

How memory works

An infographic from Information is Beautiful showing the size of the codebases of different types of software

Infographic

Million Lines of Code

Two Rubik's Cubes, one unsolved and one solved, representing a changed mindset

Blog Post

Overcoming my problems – changing my mindset

Episode 148 of the Tim Ferriss Podcast with Josh Waitzkin as a guest

Podcast

Tim Ferris Podcast #148: Josh Waitzkin returns

Writing paper and a fountain pen

Blog Post

I’m writing my own 2017

A person holding a map in their hands, representing a search for procrastination

Blog Post

Overcoming my problems – Identifying procrastination

Two doughnuts, of the jam-filled variety, representing one way to look at efficiency

Blog Post

Learn to trust yourself with doughnuts

A book, magnifying glass and pen with a globe in the background - tools for language learning

Guide

Language learning: Quick start guide

The cover of Poke The Box by Seth Godin

Book

Poke The Box

How to remember any name — a Find A Spark memory hack resource

Hack

How to remember any item

The cover of the DVD of One More Time with Feeling, the documentary tracking the creation of the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album Skeleton Cave

Film

One More Time with Feeling

Website

The World’s Healthiest Foods