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Best 8 Moments of Season 8: COMMIT

Season 8: COMMIT was a sprawling Season that lasted for nine months. We asked the X-Team community what their 8 favorite events of Season 8 were. Here are the results.

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How to Be More Optimistic

If you want to be a pessimist, read the news. If you want to be an optimist, look around. Here's how you can train yourself to be more optimistic.

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A Review of X-Team Season 8: COMMIT

It's been ten months since our last Season review. Did X-Team stop Seasons? We didn't. Instead, Season 8: COMMIT was our biggest and boldest Season ever.

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X-Summit 2021: COMMIT

The 2021 X-Summit was a week-long virtual rollercoaster of games, music, Vault drops, and lots of prizes. Here's a summary of its biggest events.

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How to Set Up a Work From Home Office (With Pictures)

Remote work gives you the freedom to work wherever you want. But that doesn't mean you should. If you're serious about remote work, you need a work from home office.

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How to Lead a More Rational Life with Bayes' Theorem

Bayes' theorem is heavily used in machine learning, AI, statistics, and other areas. But it's also a useful tool to lead a more rational life.

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Davi Giroux on Releasing 2 Rock Singles on Spotify

Davi Giroux is the lead vocalist and guitarist of a rock band that recently released two singles on Spotify. In this interview, we talk about the band's creative process.

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Schedule Your Self-Reflection

Self-reflection is crucially important for leading a healthy, productive life, but only when it's done right.

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4 Practical Ways to Stay Focused

Programming requires focus as few other careers do. But it's hard to stay focused for long time periods. Here are 4 practical ways to stay focused.

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The 5 Android Frameworks to Consider When Building an App in 2021

This is a list of 5 Android frameworks that will greatly streamline your app development process and allow you to quickly and easily build the bones of your Android app.

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Shorten Your Deliverables

When you're interested in many things, you have to choose what you want to commit to. But how do you know what to commit to before you've tried it out? You need to shorten your deliverables.

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Michal Kawalec on His Multi-Day Transalp Bike Journey

In the spirit of Keep Moving Forward, Michal Kawalec recently completed a multi-day bike journey that took him across the Alps. Here's how it went.

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Non-Linear Workdays Are Yet Another Benefit of Remote Work

Office work doesn't allow you to switch up your routine when you most need it. With the right ingredients, remote work does.

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Micro Speed Macro Patience

Do you want to achieve mastery? Think micro speed macro patience. Here's what that means.

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Try New Things

The explore/exploit tradeoff explains why babies stick their feet in their mouths, why the elderly stick to what they know, and why trying new things makes you feel younger.

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