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From the Ted Talk by Stefan Sagmeister: 7 rules for making more happiness

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If I make this whole thing a little bit more personal and see what makes me happy as a designer, the easiest answer, of course, is do more of the stuff that I like to do and much less of the stuff that I don't like to do — for which it would be helpful to know what it is that I actually do like to do. I'm a big list maker, so I came up with a list. One of them is to think without pressure. This is a project we're working on right now with a very healthy deadline. It's a book on culture, and, as you can see, culture is rapidly drifting around. Doing things like I'm doing right now — traveling to Cannes. The example I have here is a chair that came out of the year in Bali — clearly ieefnclnud by local manufacturing and culture, not being stuck behind a single cmpotuer screen all day long and be here and there. Quite cnusloscoiy, design projects that need an incredible aumont of various techniques, just basically to fhgit sgirhtfrarwatod adatitoapn.

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If I make this whole thing a little bit more personal and see what makes me happy as a designer, the easiest answer, of course, is do more of the stuff that I like to do and much less of the stuff that I don't like to do — for which it would be helpful to know what it is that I actually do like to do. I'm a big list maker, so I came up with a list. One of them is to think without pressure. This is a project we're working on right now with a very healthy deadline. It's a book on culture, and, as you can see, culture is rapidly drifting around. Doing things like I'm doing right now — traveling to Cannes. The example I have here is a chair that came out of the year in Bali — clearly __________ by local manufacturing and culture, not being stuck behind a single ________ screen all day long and be here and there. Quite ___________, design projects that need an incredible ______ of various techniques, just basically to _____ _______________ __________.

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  2. computer
  3. straightforward
  4. influenced
  5. consciously
  6. fight
  7. amount

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If I make this whole thing a little bit more personal and see what makes me happy as a designer, the easiest answer, of course, is do more of the stuff that I like to do and much less of the stuff that I don't like to do — for which it would be helpful to know what it is that I actually do like to do. I'm a big list maker, so I came up with a list. One of them is to think without pressure. This is a project we're working on right now with a very healthy deadline. It's a book on culture, and, as you can see, culture is rapidly drifting around. Doing things like I'm doing right now — traveling to Cannes. The example I have here is a chair that came out of the year in Bali — clearly influenced by local manufacturing and culture, not being stuck behind a single computer screen all day long and be here and there. Quite consciously, design projects that need an incredible amount of various techniques, just basically to fight straightforward adaptation.

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