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Insight Timer - A full exercise routine with the push of a button

For more than a year I successfully use the interval timer functionality of Insight Timer on my iPhone when I conduct stretching sessions. I'm convinced that this simple tool is the main success factor, that helped me maintain the 20-40 minutes long sessions for the benefit of my health. With

How to Take Over the World - My Favorite Storytelling in History

If you'd like to dive a bit more into biographies - and you should - start with this podcast series by Ben Willson. Ben picks out great leaders from all over history and explores the actions and traits that made them great. I adore his unique narration style. He speaks

Share pictures on WhatsApp in HD

When you share pictures via WhatsApp, their image quality will get automatically reduced to safe bandwidth and storage space on your phone. That's not ideal when you share pictures with someone who wants to keep them in their photo library. For example event or vacation pictures or the occasional great

The Cult of Done

Productivity is a beast. We all need to get things done in order to work and live. But when we focus on our productivity, it can quickly feel as if we suck the soul out of our existence as human beings. Well, not anymore after you read this: The Cult

The Story of Coffee

With the Story of Coffee, Tim Ferris features an amazing guest episode from Dr. Mark Plotkin about The Story of Coffee. Mark has his own podcast Plants of the Gods but released this episode first on Tim’s stream. Like many people, I do love coffee but I was not

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