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Steve Livingston

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Steve Livingston
@stevelivingston Oct 24, 2025, 8:30 PM UTC

How do we fix it?

>How do we fix it? This is the exasperated question that my friend asked over a drink. A fairly typical discussion that is happening the world over right now. Prices rising. Standards falling. Wha…

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Steve Livingston
@stevelivingston Oct 23, 2025, 5:05 PM UTC

I've been resisting Notion

It was the same with Facebook when it first came out - for whatever reason, I decided to give it a miss. And then I watched practically every single person on the globe jump on the FB bandwagon. But…

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Steve Livingston
@stevelivingston Oct 22, 2025, 5:34 PM UTC

Get some equity

You can try to build wealth via income. Or you can try to build wealth via equity. When I say 'equity', I mean shares / stocks / securities (whatever you want to call them) in, ideally, a promising f…

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Steve Livingston
@stevelivingston Oct 21, 2025, 5:22 PM UTC

Aloofness

What if aloofness was the answer? That deep sense of positive expectation of an intended outcome. Something that you didn't need to trouble yourself thinking about. A sense of nonchalance. Like it wa…

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Steve Livingston
@stevelivingston Oct 20, 2025, 9:07 PM UTC

Admiration

I really admire folk like Seth Godin. Seth's blog has been running his daily blog since 1995 (and I don't think he's missed a single day since...). Every day, he rocks up and posts. No matter what hi…

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Steve Livingston
@stevelivingston Jun 29, 2025, 11:41 AM UTC

Everyone loves Alfred

The Mac app that saves me an hour every day at work. It's called Alfred (Mac only, I'm afraid), and it's transformed how I work. In fact, I think I'm chained to Apple for life because of this very ap…

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Steve Livingston
@stevelivingston May 18, 2025, 7:19 PM UTC

Sunday Night Plan

1. One notecard 1. 3 action points for tomorrow 1. (5 action points at a push) 1. A commitment to avoid all distraction until the above are completed 1. Rinse and repeat until Friday

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Steve Livingston
@stevelivingston May 17, 2025, 8:59 PM UTC

Enough (or is it?)

If you just pushed harder If you just worked harder If you put more hours in If you just did that little bit more... Then you could have that thing. But then what? Was it worth it? Is there now a new…

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Steve Livingston
@stevelivingston May 15, 2025, 8:32 PM UTC

The Tech Platform

Everyone wants to build a tech platform It'll make your business scale It'll make your business slick It'll make your business light touch It'll make your business automated It'll make your business…

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Steve Livingston
@stevelivingston May 14, 2025, 9:16 PM UTC

Days go quick

Days go quick So you've got to pause and look around Too easy to fall into routines To dance to others' tunes It takes self discipline to be stubborn with your time Guard it! Days go quick Tomorrow,…

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