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10 Lessons Learned from Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (Review)

November 16, 2018 By Ben McEvoy

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I lost touch with my creativity this year. Then Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic helped me get it back.  I’m not the Eat Pray Love type. But I’ll give any of Gilbert’s fiction a go now. That’s how impressed I was with Big Magic, how profoundly it moved me, and the impact it had on relighting a dying creative […]

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Dan Brown Teaches Writing Thrillers MasterClass Review

November 6, 2018 By Ben McEvoy

I’m always impressed when I see a new MasterClass launch. But every so often there’s one that blows me away. Like the Dan Brown Teaches Writing Thrillers MasterClass. It’s those classes that scare me. The classes where I didn’t even really know the teacher, nor cared about the subject, often turned out to be the […]

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Tom Morello Teaches Electric Guitar MasterClass Review

November 3, 2018 By Ben McEvoy

At this point I’ve taken most of the MasterClasses and it’s safe to say that I’m addicted. Thank goodness for the All Access Pass making it affordable to devour all of the classes. So when a really cool new class pops up in my All Access Dashboard, it doesn’t matter if I’m in the same […]

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What Is The Best Literary Magazine? The Paris Review vs Tin House vs Granta (Ranked & Rated)

November 1, 2018 By Ben McEvoy

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Even in today’s dying magazine market, there are a lot of literary magazines to choose from. But what is the best literary magazine? I’ve read them all and narrowed down the best literary magazines to a top three list composed of: The Paris Review Tin House Granta But out of those three, what is the […]

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David Axelrod & Karl Rove Teach Campaign Strategy MasterClass Review

October 30, 2018 By Ben McEvoy

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Just one lesson in and the David Axelrod & Karl Rove Teach Campaign Strategy MasterClass was already shaping up to be one of the best MasterClasses I’ve ever taken. My All Access Pass is easily the best investment I’ve made when it comes to online education. The fact that it allows me to access the entire MasterClass catalogue […]

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No-BS Bodybuilding Review (John Doe Bodybuilding)

October 26, 2018 By Ben McEvoy

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No-BS Bodybuilding, the new book from John Doe of John Doe Bodybuilding, is the best book on advanced health and fitness I’ve ever read. I was expecting it to be great. After all, I’ve followed John Doe for a long time now and all of his stuff is great. But I didn’t expect No-BS Bodybuilding […]

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How To Build Strong Habits With Social Habit Building Techniques (SPAR App Review)

October 22, 2018 By Ben McEvoy

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Every day for the last 14 days, I stared into the camera on my phone and expressed gratitude. I’ve done gratitude challenges before, but I always found it hard to stay consistent. After a few days in a row, I didn’t fuss if I missed a day or two.  Then those missed days would lead swiftly […]

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How to Get Millions of Views on Quora (and Upvotes and Comments)

October 17, 2018 By Ben McEvoy

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My first Quora post was in 2015. I was bored. Didn’t really know what Quora was, but saw a question about studying that I thought I could answer. It took me about 15 minutes to rattle off the answer. I left it. Forgot about it. Came back a few weeks later and was blown away […]

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Daniel Negreanu Teaches Poker MasterClass Review

October 11, 2018 By Ben McEvoy

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I enrolled in the Daniel Negreanu Teaches Poker MasterClass because I wanted to hit some poker games with my brother. Also the masterclass was part of my All Access Pass (I love this thing), so I thought, ‘Why not?’ My attitude going into the masterclass was casual. But it didn’t take long before Daniel Negreanu made […]

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Spike Lee Teaches Independent Filmmaking MasterClass Review

October 3, 2018 By Ben McEvoy

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MasterClass continue to be full of surprises. It’s like they’ve gathered all my heroes in one area and it doesn’t seem like their A-list catalogue is going to halt anytime soon.  Man, I love kicking back with a Spike Lee joint. So when I logged into my All Access Pass area (to sink my teeth […]

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