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Take Two (Or Three, Or Infinity) | Rick Manelius
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Take Two (Or Three, Or Infinity). Take Two (Or Three, Or Infinity). Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 21:40. When I look at the writings of people I respect, I see that they have no issue with riffing on the same topic over and over again. And each time they layer on some new aspect. They are not afraid to repeat themselves, but they do so in a way that is not a straight copy. Quick stats: COO of newmedia. And its sister companies DRUD. Graduated from MIT in '03 (BS) and '09 (PhD); Life hacker and peak perf...
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How Real-Time Feedback Can Greatly Improve Your Performance | Rick Manelius
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How Real-Time Feedback Can Greatly Improve Your Performance. How Real-Time Feedback Can Greatly Improve Your Performance. Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 19:53. Grateful that I can still walk without pain, I'm not going to take any chances by playing soccer, basket, ultimate frisbee, or anything else that could put me back on crutches for 6 months. That all changed when I decided to add a big goal to my bucket list: a century ride. Long Feedback Loops Are Ineffective. The problem I faced in the beginning of my t...
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Overcoming Learned Helplessness | Rick Manelius
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Thursday, January 1, 2015 - 16:45. A properly trained adult elephant, despite weighing several tons, can be restrained with nothing more than a single rope. Why? The good news is it doesn't have to be this way. What may have been true X years ago may no longer be the case. We may live in a new location, have different friends, have a different job, and so on. Any one of these factors can be enough to make the previously impossible, possible. We grow up, we have new experiences, we get promoted, we learn ...
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Reflections on My First Year of Fatherhood | Rick Manelius
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Reflections on My First Year of Fatherhood. Reflections on My First Year of Fatherhood. Monday, April 6, 2015 - 21:08. Thirty-one million five hundred and thirty six thousand seconds. As of April 7th, 2015 at 2:16am, that is the exact amount of time my daughter Evelyn has been alive on planet earth. Of course most people would use different units of measure (31,536,000 seconds = 365 days = 1 year), but I chose seconds to emphasize just how massive that amount of time. In no particular order. My wife and ...
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Bucket List Item Complete: Red Rocks Century 2015! | Rick Manelius
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Bucket List Item Complete: Red Rocks Century 2015! Bucket List Item Complete: Red Rocks Century 2015! Sunday, August 9, 2015 - 11:00. Image Caption: After cycling 105 miles over 9 hours with over 12,000 feet of elevation gain, I receive a surprise visit from my fan club (i.e. my wife Emily, my daughter Evelyn, and my father-in-law Doug) as they cheer me across the finish line. Was vindication that I could take on the impossible even after suffering a major setback years earlier. Biking: My Saving Grace.
