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There was only one album for me in 2022. All others felt weak. Except maybe SZA... But still going through that one... @kendricklamar 👑 #music #goodtimes #goodvibes https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2SRTej-1-NIWId5YV9u4HfFCIAdZe20OBJH40/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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HBR's Guide to Thinking Strategically by many authors ⭐⭐⭐ // Out of all the chapters "Zoom In, Zoom Out" was one of my favorites. Here are some takeaways: ✅ Zooming in brings the details into sharp focus. Zooming out is essential to big-picture decision making. ✅ The lens through which leaders view the world can help or hinder their ability to make good strategic decisions, especially during crises. ✅ Both perspectives—worm’s-eye and bird’s-eye—have virtues and pathologies. But they should be vantage points, not fixed positions. ✅ A failure to zoom can spell doom. ✅ Zoom in to see problems while zooming out to look for similar situations, root causes, and principles or policies that will help prevent the crisis from recurring. #goodtimes #goodvibes #yas #learning #strategicthinking #bookworm https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjnwL1v4CbGk8rm4HJw3D0AxRN_S2NiVl7HKk0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who's Next by @la_reid ⭐⭐⭐ // Enjoy to discover the mind of mecha producer LA Reid... He's only the guy that discovered @usher @outkast @pink @avrillavigne And catapulted the careers of @justinbieber @badgalriri @mariahcarey and many more 🫣😍 #goodtimes #goodvibes #yas #learning https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjnNm8PBcb0tmgKXLq0SKps7ntCR_xYxRvHrE0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys by @lol.tolhurst ⭐⭐⭐ // Interesting to learn about the sensibilities around the enigma that was and is @thecure. #goodtime #goodvibes #yas #happy #picturesofyou #thecure #robertsmith https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjmxiovLHN-7-UlLjJS4qp10uElxAEtfwr6MU0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil ⭐⭐⭐⭐ // "The thing that makes art interesting is when an artist has incredible pain or incredible rage. Punk wasnt about decay, punk was about the apocalypse. Punk was about anhilation." #goodtimes #goodvibes #music #punk #influences https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjmZ96vIlV0UXSnmWu65h4imZaPAvWqKeopjU0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Another #Halloween with my partner in crime, 18... I meant @gabyba3! 🤭 One of my favorite time of the year to simply be creative 🙂 #goodtimes #goodvibes #yas #traditions https://www.instagram.com/p/CkW8RUBDQjI3qS4Uih9rbdGq8ZiIGUrXVq7oN40/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Make It Stick by Brown, Roediger and McDaniel ⭐⭐⭐⭐ // You know me... It's all about learning any/something 24/7/365 🤓♥️ This book is helpful and provides frameworks for learning and teaching. So much I didn't know that I didn't know about how to know. #Takeaways ✅ Relate new knowledge with previous knowledge and your own experience with it. ✅ Mastery is about having knowledge ready and know when/how to apply it. ✅ Don't be fooled by the illusion of knowledge. Repeating is not knowing. ✅ Convert new knowledge in mental structures. ✅ How you view yourself and your capability to learn makes a difference in what and how you learn. ✅ Knowledge is about understanding underlying principles or complex info. #learning #bookworm #backatit #goodtimes #goodvibes #bookstagram #makeitstick #education https://www.instagram.com/p/CaQ2wR4sx6CS0Hhosgr4YSTY3yb6VuHSmht55Y0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Always committed to music 🥰 this year was a bit off in terms of whole albums, but here are the ones I enjoyed the most! 1️⃣ Death by Rock & Roll - @theprettyreckless 2️⃣ An Evening With Silk Sonic - @silksonic (@brunomars + @anderson._paak) 3️⃣ Anxient Dreams In a Modern Land - @marinadiamandis 4️⃣ Still Sucks - @limpbizkit 5️⃣ Dancing With The Devil... The Art of Starting Over - @ddlovato SPECIAL MENTIONS: ✅ Typhoons - @royalblooduk ✅ Greenfields: The Gibb's Brothers Songbook (vol. 1) - @officialbarrygibb ✅ Luis Miguel La Serie T2 - @diego ✅ #7DJ - @maluma ✅ No Gods No Masters - @garbage ✅ Future Past - @duranduran #goodtimes #goodvibes #yes #music #albums #spotify https://www.instagram.com/p/CYJ00fkrX79dB_WJ_KPxamfdSOM0E1SxM2GEIQ0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Show Your Work by @austinkleon ⭐⭐⭐/5 I still think Steal Like an Artist is hard to top, but this was an enjoyable read. Here are some of my fave bits: 📍Find a "scenius". Under this model, great ideas are often birthed by a group of creative individuals - artists, curators, thinkers, theorists, and other tastemakers- who make up an "ecology of talent". 📍Raw enthusiasm is contagious. 📍 Don't talk to people you don't want to talk to and don't talk about stuff you don't want to talk about. 📍If you want to be interesting, you have to be interested. 📍Some of our most meaningful and most cherished cultural artifacts were made for money. 📍You can't be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again. #goodtimes #goodvibes #goodreads #bookworm #yas #learning #interested #austinkleon #creativity https://www.instagram.com/p/CWMytwfMSUHE9orExlbRUFyRmxvpG7A_Fe7Vl80/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Una de las partes mas importantes para mi cuando viajo, es conocer un poquito de la historia del lugar en el que estoy. En Guadalajara, visité el Museo Cabañas y aparte de ser gigante (y Patrimonio de la Humanidad), tiene una galera de los Frescos de Jose Clemente Orozco. Mis pocas fotos y video no le hace justicia a lo Increible que es, más que la tecnica y arquitectura del lugar, la manera en la que juega con las dimensiones y perspectivas del espacio para contar parte de la historia mexicana e ilustrar los pensamientos del futuro. Una gran experiencia sin duda ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #mexico #guadalajar #art #museocabañas #museum #history #goodtimes #goodvibes #traveling https://www.instagram.com/p/CU3vvfhD-umtqMxKK9O2bS2koErfPXQsXm6bi80/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The Rap Yearbook by @shea.serrano ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ // It's not only about one of my favorite subjects (music) but it covers rap history chronologically 😍♥️ the writing was witty, entertaining and engaging. I'm even sharing a couple pages so you can see it was a dynamic read. Loved the fact that each year had a rebuttal so I could learn from others' perspectives. I made a playlist of all the songs mentioned, IT'S LONG, but hey that's the type of person I am. Definitely see myself coming back to it. So much I knew and so much I didn't! 🤓 #goodvibes #goodtimes #rap #raphistory #wutangclan #wutang #wu #biggie #tupac #eminem #nas #jayz #music #book #bookworm #nerd #reading #hellsyeah https://www.instagram.com/p/CS3BWHGDvbknx5NTd89-puzeyhB3uMGe9VUjSU0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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My love for Slipknot is a history of musical violence. I was often scared of the masks and almost felt the entered my life by brute force. If @coreytaylor's vocal dynamics lured me towards @slipknot, Joey Jordison was the reason I stayed. Whoever likes metal or rock can't deny what Joey brought to the genre. An absolute monster behind the kit who made it seem effortless, like he was floating in between beats. He challenged sound, aesthetics and the role of a drummer in a band against 8 other fucking dudes, mind you. I couldnt look away and thought how can someone so tiny be this intimidating? I was fascinated. Plus, his masks were consistent and amazing. My heavier taste in music comes from enjoying Joey's drumming so much. My experimental ventures with darker sounds come from all the shit he did, even with the dolls. I got super hooked up with Slipknot after having a dream starring Joey in a bus tour (we ain't ready for this story yet). He hasnt been in Slipknot for about 8 years but was a founder, he made the sound be the killer beast it was and still is. Some may think feeling sad for his death is stupid, but when someone has influenced you into discovering things you ultimately love and then losing them, it fucking sucks. Im thankful for the music he left, his legacy can't be ignored. The true #1. #joeyjordison #slipknot #rip #sad #music #legacy #insane #cantbelieve #fan #respect #deadmemories #tilelwedie #thenine https://www.instagram.com/p/CR26sYjDRcq/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor ⭐⭐⭐ // It was an interesting light read. My favorite part is that's based in a lot of studies and has an easy way to understand how our brains work. Enjoyed it. Here are some takeaways: 🙃 There is no single meaning; happiness is relative to the person experiencing it. This is why scientists often refer to it as “subjective well-being”—because it’s based on how we each feel about our own lives.2 In essence, the best judge of how happy you are is you. 🙃 Constantly scanning the world for the negative comes with a great cost. It undercuts our creativity, raises our stress levels, and lowers our motivation and ability to accomplish goals. 🙃 Our best weapon in the battle against bad habits [...] is simply to make it harder for ourselves to succumb to them. #goodtimes #goodvibes #bookworm #happiness #reading #yas #shawnachor #advantage #brain #habits #learning #Rewire #wellnbeing #positive #negative #happinessadvantage https://www.instagram.com/p/CRnLlNFDSMH/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The Art of War by Sun Tzu ⭐⭐⭐.5 / 5 || I get why this a classic. You must know the audible version is narrated by #LittleFinger so it made it even more enjoyable. I was picturing #GameofThrones settings all around. Anyway while some thoughts seemed outdated to me, some core ones still stand. I think the parts that stuck with me more were: ⚔️ The 9 battlegrounds: I just thought it was a great analogy for different situations in life and work. Forbes has a great illustrated article about it. I can share if you're interested in that sort of thing. ♟️Strategic Attacks + Tactical dispositions: it was about the superior power strategy brings and while it may seem obvious to some, you'd be surprise how many just don't see it. 🕵️‍♀️ Intelligence + espionage: invest in the good shit and like @thehomeedit would say: IT'S A SYSTEM!! Anyways, nice read. #goodtimes #goodvibes #thisiswar #artofwar #yas #latepost #morecoming #suntzu #thehomeedit #the #bookworm #read #goodread #war #strategy #lessons #got https://www.instagram.com/p/CQkD78QjyFB/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Hi. My name is Gwen and I'm in a committed relationship 😍 SHAZAM AND ABRACADABRA 💥 - My new boo making my heart explode 🎧🎵🎚️💽 #beastieboys #beastieboysmusic @beastieboysstory #love #music #sony #damn #sounds #inlove #yas #fuck #omg #forreals #goodtimes #goodvibes https://www.instagram.com/p/CPE7irwDsVQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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"A Fish Doesn't Know It's Wet" by @pharrell ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Back in aries season, I read this book by the mightiest of Aries out there. A lot of nice photography and artwork that I didn't even know existed. What I liked most about it is that it's about his work but with a focus on the people he collaborates with, he's constantly talking about others and I thought that was a nice change of pace given that most books tend to only focus on the artist and their life. Skateboard P is a figure of creativity. He is the master of creation, an innovator and visionary. He is definitely #other @i_am_other 😍🔥👑 #pharrell #pharrelwilliams #skateboardp #goodtimes #goodvibes #collabs #aries #adidas #chanel #photogrqohy #book #booknerd #bookworm https://www.instagram.com/p/COeT6w3D2tK/?igshid=11lydtpmsrbdi

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Think Much  |   @wnq-typography