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A powerful life hack from Rick Rubin: "The Ruthless Edit" Rather than asking what you can remove from your life to simplify it, be ruthless: Start with the things you can't live without and then ask of each additional thing, would this make my life better? (h/t Paul Millerd)

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Kevin Dahlstrom3 years ago

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Ian Weiner, CFP®, CEPA®3 years ago

@p_millerd I could definitely do my hair like that. Beard won’t get that long, unfortunately

Elise Asanias3 years ago

@p_millerd Love this, thanks for sharing Kevin!

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