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Being clear about things that are normally muddy seems like a potential competitive advantage...The big opportunity though seems to be to find things that are murky and confusing and to redesign them so that they're clear. There are some obvious candidates - phone tarrifs, loan payments, energy bills, EULAs - but the interesting ones will be where we don't even notice things are murky any more. Keep reading.

Taking a break for some fresh air and green landscapes may help to boost your productivity, see evidence from Artist Dave Kinsey in the video above. 

'Just being old doesn’t mean much. I would say that to survive for a hundred years you have to be nimble and flexible and relevant. And being relevant in 1950 is different from being relevant in 1980 or relevant in 2014.” Keep reading.

Great post from Noah Brier, co-founder of Percolate, on worthy sellers. 

The best seller in the world is more like a doctor than a bulldozer. They treat every new client as an opportunity to understand the challenges and try to reach a diagnosis. When they encounter a barrier they don’t run it over, instead they feel around, understanding every nuance of the barrier that stands in front of them. They feel for curves and openings and every other important aspect until they understand that the best way to the other side is one step up, three steps over, and a small twist of the wrist.Keep reading.

The further we push out the boundaries of knowledge and innovation, the more the next great value breakthroughs--that is, the next new hot-selling products and services--will come from putting together disparate things that you would never think of as going together. Keep reading.