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I'd love to get ideas on overcoming jet lag.
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Ideas
Lag
Overcoming
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I get some of my best ideas while out walking.
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Ideas
Walking
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In my office, I like it quiet, so I can concentrate.
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I Can
Office
Quiet
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Yeah, it's a weird little niche, but by God, it's my niche.
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Littles
Niche
Yeah
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I think it's important to associate with positive, upbeat people.
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Important
People
Thinking
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I'm really good at building things that shoot, hurl, or throw stuff.
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Building
Building Things
Stuff
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You get energy from other people, so hang out with energetic people.
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Energetic
Energy
People
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When something good hits me, I'll use Siri to make a note so I don't forget.
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Forget
Siri
Use
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I'm a writer and I also do a lot of professional speaking on risk taking and creativity as well.
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Creativity
Risk
Wells
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There are interesting scientific and historical connections between these things that I just love.
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Connections
Historical
Interesting
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I started a funny book from the 1930s called The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse. Wodehouse is a comic genius.
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Book
Comic
Genius
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Leonardo Da Vinci. Leonardo is arguably the world's most famous polymath. So many thoughts and so many different ideas!
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Different
Ideas
World
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My home office and workshop are on an overlook on the only deep river gorge on the entire length of the Mississippi River.
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Home
Office
Rivers
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Every day, I walk with my dog - summer, winter (it gets -20 F in Saint Paul), rain or shine. The nicer the day, of course, the longer the walk.
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Dog
Rain
Summer
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I spend a fair amount of time just thinking about whether something is feasible or not, and if it is feasible, whether it's really worth doing.
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Fairs
Ifs
Thinking
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When I write, I love finding connections between ideas. When the connections are plentiful and strong, then I know it's a pretty good subject to write about.
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Ideas
Strong
Writing
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I work with a lot of different editors at different publishers and magazines and so on, and having a system of shared folders makes keeping track of things a snap.
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Different
Editors
Track
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I have a large standalone workshop on the back of my property where I prototype and build stuff. It's bright, roomy, and has a giant door so it's easy to bring projects in or out.
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Doors
Giants
Stuff
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I've seen Leonardo Da Vinci notebooks which are filled with tiny, messy scrawls written in mirror image across the page. I'd love to know how he kept all his projects going at once.
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Notebook
Mirrors
Pages
Tiny
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Some things are better than other things: Google, Gmail, my vintage Montgomery Wards socket set (30+ years, still going strong), my Estwing framing hammer, and my Dremel rotary tool.
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Strong
Vintage
Years
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There are a lot of ideas I've had that I originally was quite taken with, but over time, I lost steam. They stay on my list, but between me and you, I'm probably never going to do them.
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Ideas
Lists
Taken
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I travel internationally a lot and I have a hard time sleeping and staying awake normally after crossing multiple time zones, especially going east. I've tried light therapy but not found it too helpful.
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Hard Times
Light
Sleep
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In my home office, I built a custom sit-stand desk to which I connected a big, kidney shaped glass top which I got for cheap at Ikea. Kidney-shaped desk tops are, I think, the most efficient of all possible desk shapes.
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Home
Glasses
Thinking
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I always have a ton of projects in mind. On my ToodleDo list, I divide projects into those I'm actively working on, those I'm not doing but believe I will do, and those that sound good, but who knows if I'll ever get to them.
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Believe
Mind
Sound
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I specialize in science and history, with a special emphasis on including do-it-yourself projects in the mix. My dozen or so books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. I'm also a contributing editor at Popular Science and at Make Magazine.
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Book
Editors
Special
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In my workshop, I like to have the TV on for background noise, but I only put on shows that you don't really need to watch in serial order; stuff you can glance up every once in a while and still know what's going on; for example, Cops reruns, Jeopardy!, and Forensic Files.
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Background Noise
Example
Order
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