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Perfect #postworkout meal #eatcleantraindirty @pkoller18 @kantadam @mfreeswick (at Pita Grill)

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#justdoit #somethingbetterthannothing

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#ztrain #solidmanagement

This visual really struck me today. My take is…stay grounded, guide - don’t tell, work hard alongside your teammates and you will move forward quicker. Have you experienced both forms of “leadership"?

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#health #water #doesthebodygood

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These days, creating a personal website is pretty easy. You don’t need to know about web hosting or code—the newest kids on the block are hosted profile pages with templates you can fill in with p

#careermanagement #personalbranding

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#search #content #SEO

Forrester: Consumers Prefer Organic Search, Not Search Ads, For Discovery

Forrester, in its annual report on how consumers found websites during the past year, discovered that 54% of respondents found websites through natural search results in 2012, up from 50% in 2011. Social networks were the second-most preferred discovery resource, with 32% using them in 2012, up from 25% in 2011 and 18% in 2010.

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#truestory #stayfit

1. Testosterone

It applies to weight training. Testosterone is the essence of manhood. When you lift weights and gradually increase the level of resistance, your muscles produce testosterone. This gives you the energy, stamina, and aggressiveness you need to take on the world.

On days after a big weight training work out, I’ve experience a significant increase in energy. I tend to pop out of bed (I’m usually groggy) and feel more vigorous over the course of the day.

2. Clarity and Concentration

An active body has been linked to an active mind. The more consistently you exercise, the less prone you’ll be to grogginess and lapses in concentration. As anecdotal evidence of this, my best cure for writer’s block has always been going for a long walk, run, or hitting the gym.

3. Reflection

Exercise is a time to let your mind unwind while your body does the work. Strangely, when you stop actively trying to solve a mental challenge, the solution often pops into your head. Exercise is an opportunity for your subconscious mind to put together the pieces.

4. Enjoyment

Working out needn’t be seen as a chore or obligation. There are tons of enjoyable ways to exercise. For example, if you live in a scenic area, going for a run or bike ride along a beautiful route can brighten things up. Since I moved to Los Angeles a couple months ago, running on the beach has gotten me out the door much more frequently.

Other great options include: using exercise as a chance to spend time with friends and family, playing a sport or game, striving to achieve new personal bests, week after week.

5. Cleansing

Have you ever gone a couple weeks without exercise and noticed that you begin to sweat an exorbitant amount? That’s because sweat, along with toxins, tends to build up over time. Sweating regularly through exercises removes these toxins and will help you feel more comfortable.

6. Better Sleep

Studies have shown that exercise improves sleep. I love my sleep, so this is big for me.

7. Longer Life

When you choose to exercise, you’re making an investment, not just in your present physical appearance, but in the rest of your life. People who exercise regularly live longer and stay healthier into old age. If not for yourself, consider the family members that love and depend on you.

8. Stress Relief

Exercise has also been shown to reduce stress. This is a combined result of the benefits of cleansing, reflection, and a physical outlet for frustration.

9. Superior Strength and Endurance

About 4 years ago I went through a rough stretch where I gained 15-20 pounds in only a few months. Being unfit drastically changed the way I could move my body. It threw off my balance and made everyday tasks more difficult and uncomfortable. By exercising regularly, you’ll be better able to live and act, and in the event of an emergency, seize the moment.

10. Self Confidence

The sum of all these benefits is self confidence. (And, yes, looking good will help here too.) Greater self confidence is drives success, so its value can’t be underestimated. Exercise and fitness are an enormous part of reaching your potential.

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When you don’t sleep, eat crap, don’t exercise, and are living off adrenaline for too long, your performance suffers. Your decisions suffer. Your company suffers

Evan Williams (via bijan)

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Back Exercises: The Top 10

Every man should be focusing on back exercises at least once a week. A gigantic back is thedefining…

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Useful ads are better: IBM's new ad campaign features outdoor billboards that double as benches, ramps and awnings.

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If you are working from your inbox, you are working on other people’s priorities

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#careermanagement #options

How to Make the Decisions That Will Define You

“Pretend you need to make a choice between doing this or doing that. Both options have their merits. Both have upsides and downsides. Absent a clear winner (which is often the case) what should you do?

Always go with the hard choice.

Here’s why:”

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#hilarious

Oh, Tumblr, you never disappoint me. 

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When Jack Dorsey wrote a blog post about reconsidering the term ‘users,’ he hit a real nerve in the startup community. He argued that a word commonly used and deeply ingrained in its culture is wrong: it’s too passive, too abstract and carries negative connotations to drug usage. He then...

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#beast #getfit

Jason Momoa Workout and Diet: Khal Drogo

Fans of Game of Thrones loved Jason Momoa’s performance as Khal Drogo, the mean and powerful king…

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If Snowden had surrendered himself to U.S. authorities, he almost certainly would have faced charges that carry penalties of decades in prison. He might have rationally feared being subject to years of pretrial detention and the kind of degrading treatment Manning faced. And if he had chosen to fight the charges, he would have risked spending decades in prison if he lost.

Has the US become the type of nation from which you have to seek asylum? (via markcoatney)

#hopefullynot #NSA #Prism

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The list of technology companies allegedly participating in a vast US government surveillance program known as PRISM, which was just reported by the Washington Post and Guardian, is notable for one name that’s not on it: Twitter.

#fuckyeah

Twitter boosts its privacy cred with its absence from the NSA’s surveillance program - Quartz

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#twitter #privacy #boom