Angela's Book Takeaways & Quotes » Deep brevity http://books.angelaognev.com Thought-Provoking Ideas from Design, Psychology, Economics, etc Thu, 04 May 2017 09:11:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 If given 20 minutes, use 10. http://books.angelaognev.com/given-20-minutes-use-10/ http://books.angelaognev.com/given-20-minutes-use-10/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:36:18 +0000 http://books.angelaognev.com/?p=281 “It is the insecure who feel they must spend every bit of time allotted to them to embellish their record; […]

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]]> http://books.angelaognev.com/big-bang-theory-of-sex-and-spontaneity/feed/ 0 Continue to try in the face of failure http://books.angelaognev.com/continue-to-try-in-the-face-of-failure/ http://books.angelaognev.com/continue-to-try-in-the-face-of-failure/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2015 04:36:40 +0000 http://books.angelaognev.com/?p=85 Whatever label it goes by, [design thinking] is an approach to problem solving that is distinguished by a few key […]

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]]> http://books.angelaognev.com/continue-to-try-in-the-face-of-failure/feed/ 0 The downside of freedom is choices http://books.angelaognev.com/the-downside-of-freedom-is-choices/ http://books.angelaognev.com/the-downside-of-freedom-is-choices/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2015 10:32:16 +0000 http://books.angelaognev.com/?p=82 Do you want more choices? Most of us would say yes. Whether its for pricing plans, website design, menu items, […]

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]]> http://books.angelaognev.com/the-downside-of-freedom-is-choices/feed/ 0 Deliver happiness to everyone, including ourselves http://books.angelaognev.com/deliver-happiness-to-everyone-including-ourselves/ http://books.angelaognev.com/deliver-happiness-to-everyone-including-ourselves/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2015 10:19:05 +0000 http://books.angelaognev.com/?p=79 I thought about how easily we are all brainwash by our society and culture to stop thinking and just assume […]

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]]> http://books.angelaognev.com/we-are-information-insecure/feed/ 0 Three breeds of feedback http://books.angelaognev.com/three-breeds-of-feedback/ http://books.angelaognev.com/three-breeds-of-feedback/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:30:05 +0000 http://books.angelaognev.com/?p=63 The very first task in assessing feedback is figuring out what kind of feedback we are dealing with. Bradly, feedback […]

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