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      <title>How to Build Native Dashboards in Notion - Notion Dashboard View</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Building native dashboards in Notion allows you to get insights across your company, track and visualize important metrics.</description>
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      <title>Notion Custom Agents Explained</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Custom agents are AI-based, specialized automation workflows that run directly in your Notion workspace and are connected to any external tool. This essay and video delve into their philosophy and practical application.</description>
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      <title>A Framework for Life - To Live Your Life</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Some thoughts and practices I have been developing over time and am ready to share, or maybe not.</description>
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      <title>Constant imaginary conversations</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Notion AI Computer Access</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>AI computer access allows Notion AI to run code, generate and edit files, use MCP, and more, without using your local machine.</description>
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      <title>Information overload and action gaps</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>So many of us continue indulging in gathering information, seeking intellectual understanding, knowledge, and insights. Yet a wealth of intellectual information doesn’t lead anywhere…</description>
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      <title>Notion Permissions Guide for Teams: Handling Members, Guests, Groups</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How do you correctly establish access and restrictions for users in Notion? This essay and video delve into the details of Notion permissions and user types.</description>
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      <title>On charisma</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Can you do something without doing it?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Superhuman Docs - What You Need to Know</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Bring attention back to the task at hand</title>
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      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/bring-attention-back-to-the-task-at-hand</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Claude Notion External Agents</title>
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      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/claude-notion-external-agents</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Don’t know your dream</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to use Notion External Agents - AI Agents orchestration in NotionNotion External Agents</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Some things that stay the same</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Now is a good time to practice</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Everything that arises is a bleep in silence</title>
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      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/everything-that-arises-is-a-bleep-in-silence</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to effectively manage your Notion workspace</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>With so many features and options, how can you organize the Notion workspace without letting it overwhelm you and your team?</description>
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      <title>Weber-Fechner law of stimulus for change</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Fear is scary</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to build any automation inside Notion - Notion Workers</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Notion Workers allow you to custom code any automation without using additional tools.</description>
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      <title>Attention is an antidote to entropy</title>
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      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/attention-is-an-antidote-to-entropy</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Can you build reliable custom apps with AI? On Agentic AI Coding</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/custom-app-building-ai-cursor</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/custom-app-building-ai-cursor</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Is it now realistic and worthwhile to build your own personal software? In software, the answer is increasingly yes, and tangibly so. Using Cursor, Claude Code, or a similar IDE, you can spin up a local or cloud-hosted application in minutes.</description>
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      <title>It doesn’t have to be like that</title>
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      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/it-doesn-t-have-to-be-like-that</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Antecedent reappraisal - why placebos work</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/antecedent-reappraisal-why-placebos-work</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/antecedent-reappraisal-why-placebos-work</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Building business apps with Softr AI</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/softr-ai-cobuilder</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/softr-ai-cobuilder</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Softr AI Cobuilder enables building custom internal business apps with AI. An interesting tool in evolution. This post and video show how it works.</description>
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      <title>Coda MCP Overview - Connect Coda with AI Tools</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-mcp</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-mcp</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>With the Coda MCP, you can connect your Coda workspace with any AI tool, reading from and taking actions across your Coda docs.</description>
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      <title>Sekala &amp; Niskala</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/sekala-niskala</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/sekala-niskala</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Gut feelings and rationality are biologically intertwined</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/gut-feelings-and-rationality-are-biologically-intertwined</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/gut-feelings-and-rationality-are-biologically-intertwined</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Dopamine is about expectation of intermittent reward</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/dopamine-is-about-expectation-of-intermittent-reward</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/dopamine-is-about-expectation-of-intermittent-reward</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Manage Your Email and Calendar in Notion - Notion AI Agents Connections</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-ai-calendar-email-connections</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-ai-calendar-email-connections</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>It is possible to connect your workspace with your email and calendar, building a centralized space where your work and knowledge live dynamically. This post explores the calendar and email Notion AI connections.</description>
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      <title>Stress as status signaling</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/stress-as-status-signaling</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/stress-as-status-signaling</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The types of cognitive abilities</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-types-of-cognitive-abilities</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-types-of-cognitive-abilities</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>This is Strategy - Book Summary</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/this-is-strategy</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/this-is-strategy</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Strategy is the set of choices a business makes to stand out and thrive in the long term. It involves systems and games. This book delves into the theory and practice of strategy in the modern world.</description>
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      <title>This Underrated System Powers Your Well-Being - Lymphatics</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/lymphatic-system</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/lymphatic-system</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The lymphatic system runs throughout the body and maintains fluid circulation and homeostasis. Here are some practices and physiological facts to know.</description>
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      <title>Restrict to free</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/restrict-to-free</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/restrict-to-free</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Schumpeter’s Law</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/schumpeter-s-law</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/schumpeter-s-law</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Maintenance is the work</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/maintenance-is-the-work</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/maintenance-is-the-work</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>yoyu - spare space</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/yoyu-spare-space</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/yoyu-spare-space</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Choice vs Decision</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/choice-vs-decision</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/choice-vs-decision</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Measure Notion and AI Adoption in Your Organization - Notion Workspace Analytics (Enterprise)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-enterprise-workspace-analytics</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-enterprise-workspace-analytics</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Workspace analytics show features and AI usage across people in Notion for enterprises, facilitating data analysis and adoption strategy definition.</description>
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      <title>Strategy is often an unseen option</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/strategy-is-often-an-unseen-option</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/strategy-is-often-an-unseen-option</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Custom App Design in Softr - Vibe Coding Block Overview</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/softr-vibe-coding</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/softr-vibe-coding</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Softr Vibe Coding Block lets you create custom app components with AI-generated code (React) that you can also edit manually.</description>
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      <title>Words used as fillers</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/words-used-as-fillers</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/words-used-as-fillers</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>First do, then (optional) say</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/first-do-then-optional-say</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/first-do-then-optional-say</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to generate PDFs from Notion via automation (Make)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-to-pdf-automation</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-to-pdf-automation</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to automate file generation (Google Docs and PDF) from Notion with Google Docs + Make.</description>
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      <title>Carrying opposite emotions</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/carrying-opposite-emotions</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/carrying-opposite-emotions</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to connect investments and financial data in Coda (Finta Pack)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-finta</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-finta</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to automate financial data from your accounts into Coda via the Finta Coda Pack - for personal or business use.</description>
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      <title>Rhythms and pace</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/rhythms-and-pace</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/rhythms-and-pace</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Apply the Working Together Management System in Notion (Includes Template)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/working-together-management-system-mulally-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/working-together-management-system-mulally-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A complete Notion operating system that implements Alan Mulally’s Working Together Management System for modern leadership teams.</description>
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      <title>Don’t ask chatgpt for your opinion</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/don-t-ask-chatgpt-for-your-opinion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/don-t-ask-chatgpt-for-your-opinion</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Sync Jira to Notion (Notion Native Jira Sync)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-jira-sync-native</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-jira-sync-native</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to use the native Notion Jira Synced Database - building charts and views of Jira data in Notion.</description>
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      <title>Is there alignment?</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/is-there-alignment</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/is-there-alignment</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Sync Jira to Coda (Jira Coda Pack &amp; Dashboard)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/jira-coda-sync</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/jira-coda-sync</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to use the Jira Coda Pack for one or two-way syncing between Jira and Coda, including creating dashboards.</description>
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      <title>What’s the difference between a Sunday and a Tuesday</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/what-s-the-difference-between-a-sunday-and-a-tuesday</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/what-s-the-difference-between-a-sunday-and-a-tuesday</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Softr Databases and Workflows - Overview</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/softr-databases-workflows</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/softr-databases-workflows</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Softr Databases and Workflows allow centralization of data within your app, which can speed up build and launch time.</description>
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      <title>The personal is global</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-personal-is-global</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-personal-is-global</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Day In The Life Videos</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/day-in-the-life-videos</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/day-in-the-life-videos</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Future Authoring</title>
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      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/future-authoring</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Send AI Meeting Summaries to Participants Right from Notion</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-ai-meeting-notes-summary-email-automation</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-ai-meeting-notes-summary-email-automation</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Principles and the automation template to send AI meeting summaries from Notion to all participants via email.</description>
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      <title>Everything is built on sand, but we must live as if it were built in stone</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/everything-is-built-on-sand-but-we-must-live-as-if-it-were-built-in-stone</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/everything-is-built-on-sand-but-we-must-live-as-if-it-were-built-in-stone</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Apply Any Page as a Template via the Notion API</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-templates-api-page-content</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-templates-api-page-content</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Notion template API parameter lets you apply any prebuilt page or data source template in one call, including blocks the standard API can’t create</description>
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      <title>Internal vs External Decision-Making</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/internal-vs-external-decision-making</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/internal-vs-external-decision-making</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Notion AI Agent Use Cases (Agent Personalization Templates)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-ai-agent-personalization</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-ai-agent-personalization</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Notion AI can take actions across your entire workspace—here are 7 custom agent templates (personal coach, marketing strategist, task prioritizer, and more) that turn generic AI into a personalized assistant that knows your context and does real work.</description>
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      <title>Sincere not serious</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/sincere-not-serious</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/sincere-not-serious</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>A few things I notice</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/a-few-things-i-notice</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/a-few-things-i-notice</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Humility mindset</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/humility-mindset</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/humility-mindset</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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    <item>
      <title>Notion Databases Explained + API Changes (New Notion Data Model)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-database-data-source</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-database-data-source</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Notion’s “database” now means a container that can hold multiple data sources, while each data source is the table of records (pages) you work with. This shift changes organization, permissions management, and API behavior. In this post and accompanying video, I showcase the new database model, explain why it matters, and provide guidance on how to avoid common pitfalls.</description>
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      <title>Boredom</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/boredom</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/boredom</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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    <item>
      <title>How to Track Team Leaves (PTO) in Notion (Includes Template)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-team-leave-tracker</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-team-leave-tracker</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Run time‑off with clarity and control. The Team Leave Tracker is a ready‑to‑use Notion system that lets managers approve and analyze leave while team members submit and track their own requests—cleanly, securely, and in one place.</description>
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      <title>Identification with habits and routines</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/identification-with-habits-and-routines</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/identification-with-habits-and-routines</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to automate access in Notion databases (build client portals &amp; more)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-database-access-rules</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-database-access-rules</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A practical guide to Notion’s page‑level access for databases on Business and Enterprise plans, showing how to automate per‑row permissions with person properties across Clients, Projects, and Tasks so each client and contractor sees only their relevant work.</description>
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      <title>Shift Into Freedom - Book Summary</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/shift-into-freedom</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/shift-into-freedom</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Awake awareness is already here, prior to thought and effort; notice the shift from being aware of objects to being awareness itself, then let this open, spacious knowing embody as love and move out into action through “small glimpses, many times,” until the separate, head-based self relaxes and life lives itself.</description>
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      <title>Processing emotions?</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/processing-emotions</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/processing-emotions</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Build a Product Sales Analytics Dashboard: Stripe &amp;amp;amp; Gumroad Sales to Notion</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/stripe-gumroad-sales-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/stripe-gumroad-sales-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A practical guide to piping Stripe and Gumroad sales into Notion using Make or n8n, with a starter database, step-by-step setup, and analytics plus AI insights to inform smarter product decisions.⁠⁠</description>
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    <item>
      <title>Weekly Reflection #</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-reflection</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-reflection</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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    <item>
      <title>How to automate project setups in Notion (auto-tasks/project delivery)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/automate-project-tasks-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/automate-project-tasks-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>When you sign a new client, you may have default projects and tasks to create. This process is crucial for delivering the best service to your clients, but it can be time-consuming and involve significant administrative work. Fortunately, it can be automated using templates and automations in Notion.</description>
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      <title>Principles vs Values</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/principles-vs-values</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/principles-vs-values</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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    <item>
      <title>Webflow Forms to Notion CRM Automation</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/webflow-forms-to-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/webflow-forms-to-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to automate form submissions from Webflow to Notion (Make automation template included)</description>
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      <title>Why we explicitly celebrate independence and not dependence</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/why-we-explicitly-celebrate-independence-and-not-dependence</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/why-we-explicitly-celebrate-independence-and-not-dependence</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Notion-powered AI Agents: Use Notion as a Data Source with Flowise and Notion MCP</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/flowise-notion-mcp-ai-automation</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/flowise-notion-mcp-ai-automation</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to connect Flowise AI with the Notion MCP server - retrieve data from your Notion workspace with AI.</description>
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      <title>Innovation mindset #259</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/innovation-mindset-259</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/innovation-mindset-259</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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    <item>
      <title>Notion is Going Offline</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-offline</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-offline</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Offline mode in Notion, a serious guide.</description>
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      <title>Path identification #258</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/path-identification-258</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/path-identification-258</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Connect Stripe Sales to Notion CRM - Automate Sales &amp;amp;amp; Project Pipeline</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/stripe-to-notion-crm</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/stripe-to-notion-crm</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to automate Stripe payments into your Sales &amp;amp; CRM system in Notion. This essay and video show one option to automate part of your sales &amp;amp; onboarding process.</description>
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      <title>Levels of Mind - #257</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/levels-of-mind-257</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/levels-of-mind-257</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Drag-and-drop Tasks from Notion into Your Calendar - Notion Calendar Database Integration</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-calendar-database-integration</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-calendar-database-integration</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to do time blocking in Notion Calendar, seeing events, easy drag-and-drop interface, and more integrations between Notion databases and Notion Calendar.</description>
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      <title>Nature &amp; Productivity</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/nature-productivity</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/nature-productivity</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Use Notion MCP in Make - Exploration (Automate Notion with AI)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-mcp-make</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-mcp-make</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Learn how to connect and implement the Notion MCP server in Make as part of your automations or AI Agents. Automate Notion with AI.</description>
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    <item>
      <title>How to Find Cheap/Affordable Notion Templates</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/affordable-notion-templates</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/affordable-notion-templates</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to shop for Notion templates and other mental models for cheap or premium Notion templates.</description>
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      <title>One blockage for some people is the unconscious fear of identity loss when change happens (if i don’t do this thing exactly like this, then …)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/one-blockage-for-some-people-is-the-unconscious-fear-of-identity-loss-when-change-happens-if-i-don-t-do-this-thing-exactly-like-this-then</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/one-blockage-for-some-people-is-the-unconscious-fear-of-identity-loss-when-change-happens-if-i-don-t-do-this-thing-exactly-like-this-then</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>A practice of your own</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/a-practice-of-your-own</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/a-practice-of-your-own</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to automate meetings from Cal.com to Notion (includes n8n, Make, Zapier template)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/cal-notion-automation</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/cal-notion-automation</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Automate your leads and other meetings scheduled via  Cal.com  directly into your Notion CRM - includes automation templates in n8n, Make, and Zapier.</description>
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    <item>
      <title>Gratitude as a portal to abundance/success</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/gratitude-as-a-portal-to-abundance-success</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/gratitude-as-a-portal-to-abundance-success</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>A state of wonder - #252</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/a-state-of-wonder-252</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/a-state-of-wonder-252</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Build Your Second Brain - How to Use Notion MCP in Cursor</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-mcp-cursor</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-mcp-cursor</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to install and use the Notion MPC (Model Context Protocol) in Cursor AI (and any other similar tools)</description>
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      <title>All the features of Notion databases + Feed View</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-database-settings</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-database-settings</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to set up databases in Notion - overview and details about the Notion database settings menu</description>
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      <title>Shoulds</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/shoulds</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/shoulds</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The Iterative/Experimentation Mindset</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-iterative-experimentation-mindset</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-iterative-experimentation-mindset</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Weekly Reflection #249</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-reflection-249</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-reflection-249</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to build custom web apps &amp; client portals with Coda and Softr</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-softr</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-softr</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How build client portals, internal apps, or MVPs using Coda and Softr.</description>
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      <title>Immortal by Borges - analysis</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/immortal-by-borges-analysis</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/immortal-by-borges-analysis</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to upload files to Notion via automation (Make, Zapier, n8n, Pipedream)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-file-uploads-api</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-file-uploads-api</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to programmatically upload files to Notion properties or blocks. This guide explains all the steps involved with a practical demo using Make ( make.com ).</description>
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      <title>Rules for life by Sister Corita Kent inspired by John Cage</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/rules-for-life-by-sister-corita-kent-inspired-by-john-cage</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/rules-for-life-by-sister-corita-kent-inspired-by-john-cage</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Notion AI For Work - Latest Notion AI Upgrades &amp; New Features</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-ai-for-work</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-ai-for-work</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A new AI Meeting Notes block that transcribes meetings and automatically summarizes them in your Notion workspace. This and other updates are now available in Notion AI.</description>
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      <title>The fundamental process of evolution</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-fundamental-process-of-evolution</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-fundamental-process-of-evolution</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Better to have fear push you from behind</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/better-to-have-fear-push-you-from-behind</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/better-to-have-fear-push-you-from-behind</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to use Make AI Agents</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/make-ai-agents</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/make-ai-agents</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to create and run AI Agents in Make - automate creative tasks with AI.</description>
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      <title>Are you waiting for the tsunami?</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/are-you-waiting-for-the-tsunami</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/are-you-waiting-for-the-tsunami</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>There is more to nutrition than calories - insulin and metabolic health</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/metabolic-health-insulin</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/metabolic-health-insulin</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Feeling well requires looking beyond calories to explore nutrition more deeply. This essay examines the influence of insulin and metabolic health on your life.</description>
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      <title>Everything always changing</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/everything-always-changing</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/everything-always-changing</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>6 Unique Notion Mail Features You Need to Know</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-mail-features</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-mail-features</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Notion Mail has some unique features that make it an interesting email client for increasing intentionality in how you process and conceptualize emails.</description>
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      <title>What, Why, How</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/what-why-how</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/what-why-how</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Overview of Notion nodes in n8n - Notion API/Automation</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-n8n-nodes</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-n8n-nodes</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Overview of every Notion node (triggers and actions) available in n8n (automation software).</description>
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      <title>One decision maker and the others commit or leave</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/one-decision-maker-and-the-others-commit-or-leave</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/one-decision-maker-and-the-others-commit-or-leave</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Dropping resistance - letting go</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/dropping-resistance-letting-go</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/dropping-resistance-letting-go</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Notion workspace webhooks: instant automation from Notion workspace events</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-workspace-webhooks</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-workspace-webhooks</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Workspace webhooks immediately send data from Notion workspace events to a webhook URL. This opens up possibilities of instant automations and a closer monitoring of what happens in a workspace than ever possible before.</description>
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      <title>Advanced Travel Planning System (Notion Template, Coda &amp;amp;amp; Airtable)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/adventure-architect-advanced-travels-manager</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/adventure-architect-advanced-travels-manager</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Advanced travel planning and management system for frequent travelers, available in Notion, Coda, and Airtable. Plan, track, review your travels all in one place.</description>
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      <title>Why travel if the world is increasingly homogenous?</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/why-travel-if-the-world-is-increasingly-homogenous</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/why-travel-if-the-world-is-increasingly-homogenous</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Achieving simplicity often requires complexity</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/achieving-simplicity-often-requires-complexity</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/achieving-simplicity-often-requires-complexity</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Types of conflict behavior</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/types-of-conflict-behavior</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/types-of-conflict-behavior</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>On business partnerships/hiring - Weekly Reflection #236</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-business-partnerships-hiring-weekly-reflection-236</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-business-partnerships-hiring-weekly-reflection-236</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The Strangest Secret - Book Summary</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-strangest-secret-summary</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-strangest-secret-summary</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>We become what we think about. In this classic and short book, Nightingale provides real-world mindset shifts and principles to live a life of abundance and achievement.</description>
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      <title>The importance of becoming good at identifying mistakes and avoiding their compounding</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-importance-of-becoming-good-at-identifying-mistakes-and-avoiding-their-compounding</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-importance-of-becoming-good-at-identifying-mistakes-and-avoiding-their-compounding</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The Big Five Personality Traits &amp; Social Status Seeking - How Your Personality Affects Status-Seeking Behavior</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/personality-big-five-social-status</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/personality-big-five-social-status</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>We play social status games all the time. Our Personality Traits significantly influence the degree to which we engage in these games. This essay explores how personality correlates with status-seeking behavior through the lens of evolutionary psychology.</description>
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      <title>The psychology of status</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-psychology-of-status</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-psychology-of-status</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Use the Softr Rest API (Example with Coda)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/softr-rest-api</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/softr-rest-api</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>With the Softr REST API, you can connect any data source or tool to power your custom application. This post explains how to use the REST API and gives an example of using Coda.</description>
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      <title>When you are truly something, you don’t have to say you’re it</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/when-you-are-truly-something-you-don-t-have-to-say-you-re-it</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/when-you-are-truly-something-you-don-t-have-to-say-you-re-it</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>On keeping a resonance calendar</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-keeping-a-resonance-calendar</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-keeping-a-resonance-calendar</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Questions and Principles of Strategy</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/strategy-questions</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/strategy-questions</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Strategy is the overarching framework behind your business or life decisions. It is a cohesive thread that unites your decision-making process. It is the container of all containers.</description>
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      <title>Brain plasticity - motivation &amp; relevance as necessary mechanisms</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/brain-plasticity-motivation-relevance-as-necessary-mechanisms</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/brain-plasticity-motivation-relevance-as-necessary-mechanisms</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to create a Zapier Agent - AI Agents in Zapier</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/zapier-agents</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/zapier-agents</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Zapier Agents allow you to create Automations based on natural-language instructions (prompt). This essay and video explore how to use Zapier Agents with a practical example.</description>
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      <title>Slow Productivity - Book Summary + Notion/Coda/Airtable Template</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/slow-productivity</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/slow-productivity</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Do fewer things, work at a natural pace, and obsess over quality—these three principles of Slow Productivity provide a roadmap to accomplishment without burnout.</description>
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      <title>The ultimate decision-making question</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-ultimate-decision-making-question</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-ultimate-decision-making-question</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>No matter the choice, you may regret it</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/no-matter-the-choice-you-may-regret-it</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/no-matter-the-choice-you-may-regret-it</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to build a custom app with Notion and Softr (includes restricted user access)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-softr</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-softr</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Using Notion as the backend and Softr as the front end, you can build custom apps available on all devices. This combination opens up many possibilities for building internal or external tools.</description>
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      <title>Reality is made of opposites</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/reality-is-made-of-opposites</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/reality-is-made-of-opposites</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>On subtracting instead of adding</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-subtracting-instead-of-adding</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-subtracting-instead-of-adding</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Custom personal training app/portal with Notion &amp; Softr</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/ptos-notion-softr</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/ptos-notion-softr</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A system for personal trainers to manage all their client data in Notion, while optionally providing their clients with a custom app built in Softr.</description>
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      <title>Am I moving from a place of love or of fear?</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/am-i-moving-from-a-place-of-love-or-of-fear</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/am-i-moving-from-a-place-of-love-or-of-fear</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>24 Assets - Airtable Template</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/24-assets-airtable</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/24-assets-airtable</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Airtable template to manage all your business processes and internal operations based on 24 Assets, building a business that can scale and sell.</description>
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      <title>How Emotions Are Made - Book Summary</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/how-emotions-are-made</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/how-emotions-are-made</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Emotions are highly considered in the current social discourse, yet we don’t seem to really understand them. In this book, Lisa Feldman Barrett explains the latest research on Emotions simply.</description>
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      <title>You are always in the practice</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/you-are-always-in-the-practice</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/you-are-always-in-the-practice</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to send data from Google Sheets to Pinecone Vector Store | n8n AI automation</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/n8n-sheets-pinecone</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/n8n-sheets-pinecone</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Learn how to automate sending data from Google Sheets (or any other app) to a Pinecone index using n8n.</description>
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      <title>The Practice</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-practice</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-practice</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>What businesses look like from the inside - chaos  and order in business operations</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/chaos</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/chaos</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>At its core, creating and sustaining a business requires balancing exploration (innovation) with exploitation (execution)—a constant interplay between chaos and order. Organizations that master this balance are the ones that survive and thrive.</description>
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      <title>On doing the thing that got you here</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-doing-the-thing-that-got-you-here</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-doing-the-thing-that-got-you-here</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Your path to your way</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/your-path-to-your-way</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/your-path-to-your-way</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Past vs. present &amp; future</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/past-vs-present-future</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/past-vs-present-future</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Trillion Dollar Coach - Book Summary</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/trillion-dollar-coach</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/trillion-dollar-coach</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Trillion-dollar coach offers philosophical and practical lessons on leadership and management from the real-world experience of Bill Campbell’s coachees.</description>
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      <title>Quiet confidence compounds over time</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/quiet-confidence-compounds-over-time</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/quiet-confidence-compounds-over-time</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Entitlement is the fear of frustration</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/entitlement-is-the-fear-of-frustration</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/entitlement-is-the-fear-of-frustration</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to create Forms in Notion - Notion Forms overview</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-forms</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-forms</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Notion Forms enable you to gather data from both internal and external individuals in your Notion workspace. This essay and video explain how Notion Forms function.</description>
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      <title>Bird by Bird - Some instructions on writing and life (book summary) | Anne Lamott</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/bird-by-bird</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/bird-by-bird</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>In “Bird by Bird”, Anne Lamott shares first-hand, timeless insights on writing and living, sprinkling some witty humor along the way.</description>
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      <title>Transference</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/transference</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/transference</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Crab mentality</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/crab-mentality</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/crab-mentality</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Notion Layouts - everything you need to know</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-layouts</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-layouts</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Layouts are a new way of organizing properties at the top of database pages in Notion.</description>
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      <title>Crab mentality - crabs in a bucket</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/crabs-in-a-bucket</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/crabs-in-a-bucket</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Once you can start taking action and reducing the paralyzing impact of your limiting beliefs to a minimum, the additional layer of barrier you may encounter are the people around you, who can’t fully psychologically handle the envy stemming from seeing someone else close enough to them raise out of the bucket and into “success”.</description>
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      <title>Weekly reflection #216</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-reflection-216</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-reflection-216</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to create your personal training client app with no code (template) | Airtable &amp; Softr</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/pt-airtable-softr</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/pt-airtable-softr</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How you can create an app for your personal training clients using Airtable and Softr (including downloadable template).</description>
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      <title>The shallow pretense of failure - on failure &amp; fakeness</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-shallow-pretense-of-failure-on-failure-fakeness</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-shallow-pretense-of-failure-on-failure-fakeness</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Paradoxical intention - repost</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/paradoxical-intention-repost</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/paradoxical-intention-repost</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to conduct a GTD-style weekly review in Notion - with template</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-review-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-review-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to conduct a weekly review (in GTD-style) in Notion.</description>
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      <title>Annoyances are opportunities to develop character</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/annoyances-are-opportunities-to-develop-character</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/annoyances-are-opportunities-to-develop-character</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to import data from Asana to Notion (natively)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-asana-importer</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-asana-importer</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to import Asana data into Notion by using the native Notion importer.</description>
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      <title>The practice of a weekly review</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-practice-of-a-weekly-review</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-practice-of-a-weekly-review</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Cognitive distortions that keep you from achieving all you want</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/cognitive-distortions-that-keep-you-from-achieving-all-you-want</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/cognitive-distortions-that-keep-you-from-achieving-all-you-want</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to build an AI chatbot with no code - Flowise AI</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/flowise-ai</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/flowise-ai</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How you can develop a retrieval-augmented-generation (RAG) chatbot using Flowise AI and Supabase.</description>
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      <title>Possible ways to create a workload view in Notion (task hours by assignee)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-workload-visualization</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-workload-visualization</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>In this transcript and video, I explore two ways to visualize total task hours by assignee in Notion.</description>
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      <title>Working at a natural pace</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/working-at-a-natural-pace</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/working-at-a-natural-pace</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Three limit strategies for slow productivity</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/three-limit-strategies-for-slow-productivity</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/three-limit-strategies-for-slow-productivity</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Outlive (The science and art of longevity) - Book Summary</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/outlive</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/outlive</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>In &quot;Outlive,&quot; dr. Peter Attia presents a comprehensive approach to extending healthspan and improving quality of life. Healthspan is the length of time you live in good health conditions (free from disease). Quality of life is your momentary experience, involving how you feel about your life.</description>
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      <title>Everything you need to know about Notion Charts - how to create native charts in Notion</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-charts2</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-charts2</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to use Notion Charts and some use cases (includes full demonstration video).</description>
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      <title>When you get to know the inner workings of a business, you realize the chaos it is</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/when-you-get-to-know-the-inner-workings-of-a-business-you-realize-the-chaos-it-is</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/when-you-get-to-know-the-inner-workings-of-a-business-you-realize-the-chaos-it-is</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Journaling questions to break through insights</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/journaling-questions-to-break-through-insights</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/journaling-questions-to-break-through-insights</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to trigger webhooks from Notion databases and buttons - Make, Zapier, n8n, Pipedream</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/webhook-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/webhook-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Discover how to create and setup webhooks that can be triggered from Notion databases, also using dynamic URL parameters from property values.</description>
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      <title>How to manage and track goals in Airtable - Airtable Goal Setting Toolkit</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/goal-setting-airtable</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/goal-setting-airtable</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A free template to manage and track your personal goals using the latest goal-setting scientific evidence.</description>
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      <title>When are you stubborn vs. determined?</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/when-are-you-stubborn-vs-determined</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/when-are-you-stubborn-vs-determined</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Self belief and selflessness</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/self-belief-and-selflessness</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/self-belief-and-selflessness</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to restrict access to Coda docs - Sync page access control feature updates</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-sync-pages</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-sync-pages</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The key element of access control restrictions so far are synced pages. These are pages you can add to a Coda Doc that pull data automatically from a page in a separate Doc, or the entire Doc. You can add as many synced pages as you want to a Doc.</description>
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      <title>Some problems can’t be solved with more thinking - repost</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/some-problems-can-t-be-solved-with-more-thinking-repost</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/some-problems-can-t-be-solved-with-more-thinking-repost</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Comfort creep and expectations adjustment</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/comfort-creep-and-expectations-adjustment</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/comfort-creep-and-expectations-adjustment</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to publish Notion pages with custom domains: Notion Sites 2024 overview</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-sites</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-sites</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to manage custom domains and use Notion Sites in Notion (including full video overview).</description>
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      <title>The perfect repeatable week</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-perfect-repeatable-week</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-perfect-repeatable-week</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How your life choices are influenced by the role models you pick</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/role-models</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/role-models</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Choosing the people whose behaviors, beliefs, and ideas influence you is a critical decision in life. The impact of relationships on work and life opportunities attests to this. Your next job is often secured through your relationships, as suggested by this study. Your reputation within your social circle and industry significantly affects your ability to find opportunities.</description>
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      <title>We create our world through layers of thoughts</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/we-create-our-world-through-layers-of-thoughts</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/we-create-our-world-through-layers-of-thoughts</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The Great CEO Coda Template - System for Teamwide Collaboration Based on “The Great CEO Within”</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/great-ceo-coda</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/great-ceo-coda</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A collaborative centralized system for startups and small-medium businesses. Based on The Great CEO Within by Matt Mochary.</description>
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      <title>Non identifying with the mask(s) you wear in the world</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/non-identifying-with-the-mask-s-you-wear-in-the-world</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/non-identifying-with-the-mask-s-you-wear-in-the-world</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to automate YouTube videos tracking with Make</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/youtube-api-video-tracking</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/youtube-api-video-tracking</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>In this post and the associated video, I walk through a step-by-step process of retrieving and storing video data from your (or any) YouTube channel into Google Sheets.</description>
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      <title>Pillars of Integrity</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/pillars-of-integrity</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/pillars-of-integrity</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Role models impact your life’s trajectory</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/role-models-impact-your-life-s-trajectory</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/role-models-impact-your-life-s-trajectory</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>When things go wrong, focus on the road</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/when-things-go-wrong-focus-on-the-road</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/when-things-go-wrong-focus-on-the-road</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Hope as a safe blanket against action</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/hope-as-a-safe-blanket-against-action</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/hope-as-a-safe-blanket-against-action</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to use the Coda Canvas Column</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-canvas-column</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-canvas-column</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Find out how the advanced features and flexibility of Canvas Column can change the way you manage data.</description>
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      <title>Thinking of yourself less</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/thinking-of-yourself-less</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/thinking-of-yourself-less</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Static and dynamic cultures in the beginning of infinity by david deutsch</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/static-and-dynamic-cultures-in-the-beginning-of-infinity-by-david-deutsch</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/static-and-dynamic-cultures-in-the-beginning-of-infinity-by-david-deutsch</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Overview of Notion AI and Coda AI as of April 2024</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-coda-ai</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-coda-ai</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Overview of Notion and Coda AI as of April 2024, with a particular focus on databases/tables and how AI can interact within them.</description>
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      <title>Maximizing vs satisficing and the paradox of choice</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/maximizing-vs-satisficing-and-the-paradox-of-choice</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/maximizing-vs-satisficing-and-the-paradox-of-choice</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to build a client portal in Notion with the new Notion Home</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-client-portal-notion-home</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-client-portal-notion-home</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A demonstration of how to build a client portal to manage client projects and tasks with simple access management and centralized tasks with Notion Home.</description>
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      <title>Essential principles of effective asynchronous work</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/async-work</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/async-work</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How entropy affects both life and organizations and the importance of maintaining a balance between order and chaos. In this essay, I posit how clear writing, video recordings, and systematic work approaches are vital in an asynchronous work environment.</description>
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      <title>How to make custom API calls with Notion (and other apps) in Make</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/custom-api-calls-make</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/custom-api-calls-make</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to make custom API calls in Make, using the Notion API. The principles shown in the video apply to any other app in Make (not just Notion).</description>
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      <title>Going back to fundamentals - they matter most</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/going-back-to-fundamentals-they-matter-most</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/going-back-to-fundamentals-they-matter-most</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The myth of the money limit to happiness and how we seek more because we compare to others</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-myth-of-the-money-limit-to-happiness-and-how-we-seek-more-because-we-compare-to-others</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-myth-of-the-money-limit-to-happiness-and-how-we-seek-more-because-we-compare-to-others</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Can you be happy(er)? A guide to a heightened sense of happiness</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/how-to-be-happier</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/how-to-be-happier</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>In Eastern philosophies, unsatisfactoriness—a sense of existential and practical discomfort in everyday life—is considered an inherent part of the human condition, within each of us. Much of the suffering we experience is manufactured by our distorted thoughts, trying to help us make sense of the circumstances around us. In this line of thought, each of us ultimately seeks to remove this sense of constant unsatisfactoriness, attempting to do it in different ways…</description>
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      <title>Repost - you don’t keep tensing your muscles (stress analogy)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/repost-you-don-t-keep-tensing-your-muscles-stress-analogy</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/repost-you-don-t-keep-tensing-your-muscles-stress-analogy</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Repurpose - On strategy and cultivating one’s own garden</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/repurpose-on-strategy-and-cultivating-one-s-own-garden</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/repurpose-on-strategy-and-cultivating-one-s-own-garden</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Getting Stuck in Identity Habits</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/getting-stuck-in-identity-habits</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/getting-stuck-in-identity-habits</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to see all your tasks in Notion in one place - Notion Home</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-home-tasks-centralization</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-home-tasks-centralization</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to use and customize Notion Home, potentially turning your workspace into a more effective and personalized hub for productivity.</description>
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      <title>Import, transform, and use your data from CSVs into Coda</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-csv-import</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-csv-import</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Explore the ways to import data into Coda from CSV files and third-party tools.</description>
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      <title>Transactional Analysis</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/transactional-analysis</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/transactional-analysis</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Transactional Analysis: why we interact the way we do</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/transactional-analysis-why-we-interact-the-way-we-do</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/transactional-analysis-why-we-interact-the-way-we-do</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Altercasting</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/altercasting</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/altercasting</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Wherever you go, there you are - starting from madame de bouvary</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/wherever-you-go-there-you-are-starting-from-madame-de-bouvary</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/wherever-you-go-there-you-are-starting-from-madame-de-bouvary</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The reverse bucket list</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-reverse-bucket-list</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-reverse-bucket-list</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>What do you really want?</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/what-you-really-want</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/what-you-really-want</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>An exploration into the transformative power of embracing life</description>
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      <title>Notion Calendar: All the Essentials You Need to Know</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-calendar</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-calendar</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Notion Calendar can be one of the latest tools in your toolkit. This article explains all the essentials you may want to know about it.</description>
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      <title>The failure list</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-failure-list</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-failure-list</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Full guide to Airtable Interfaces - Visualize your data and create forms in Airtable</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/airtable-interfaces</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/airtable-interfaces</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>With customizable dashboards, detailed record views, and integrated form capabilities, Airtable Interfaces enhances data visualization and decision-making processes.</description>
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      <title>Writing culture in teams (and in life in general)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/writing-culture-in-teams-and-in-life-in-general</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/writing-culture-in-teams-and-in-life-in-general</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Mindfulness over mindlessness, always</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/mindfulness-over-mindlessness-always</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/mindfulness-over-mindlessness-always</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The 2024 evidence-based goal setting system in Notion (with template)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-goal-setting-toolkit</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-goal-setting-toolkit</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Define your priority goal, break it down into micro-actions, track your habits, and flip reward coins for random reward generation. All in one digital system.</description>
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      <title>How to use synced databases in Notion (automatic sync with Asana, Jira, GitHub, and more)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-synced-databases</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-synced-databases</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Notion synced databases allow you to dynamically and natively sync data from third-party tools (Asana, Jira, GitHub) into Notion. Explore everything you need to know about Notion synced databases.</description>
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      <title>tension &amp; relaxation as a philosophies of life</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/tension-relaxation-as-a-philosophies-of-life</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/tension-relaxation-as-a-philosophies-of-life</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>weekly highlights - #177</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlights-177</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlights-177</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Import, transform, and use your data from a CSV into Notion - full guide</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/csv-import-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/csv-import-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to import CSV files into Notion (as databases) while automatically populating relation properties.</description>
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      <title>Questions from the coaching habit</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/questions-from-the-coaching-habit</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/questions-from-the-coaching-habit</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The Coaching Habit - Book Summary</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-coaching-habit</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-coaching-habit</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&quot;The Coaching Habit&quot; by Michael Bungay Stanier presents seven fundamental coaching questions to foster growth and development. It aims to transform leaders into solution guides by helping individuals discover their own answers. This method penetrates the heart of challenges and promotes autonomy and resilience. It</description>
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      <title>Reflections on regrets of the dying and life lived forward</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/reflections-on-regrets-of-the-dying-and-life-lived-forward</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/reflections-on-regrets-of-the-dying-and-life-lived-forward</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to map Notion relation properties in Notion automations with Make</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-auto-relation-mapping-make</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-auto-relation-mapping-make</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Explore an innovative solution for sharing a section of a Notion database without exposing the source while maintaining relations.</description>
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      <title>One thing at a time - the boredom of impermanent action that leads to progress</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/one-thing-at-a-time-the-boredom-of-impermanent-action-that-leads-to-progress</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/one-thing-at-a-time-the-boredom-of-impermanent-action-that-leads-to-progress</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Visualizing Your Notion Data: A Guide to Creating Charts from Notion Databases (before native Notion Charts)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-charts1</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-charts1</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to create charts from Notion databases. Explore plug-and-play solutions like Graphext, ChartBase, and Grid, or dive into advanced options with API using Airtable, Tableau, or Power BI.</description>
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      <title>Rapoport’s rules of conversation</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/rapoport-s-rules-of-conversation</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/rapoport-s-rules-of-conversation</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The Surrender Experiment - Book Summary</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-surrender-experiment</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-surrender-experiment</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Explore the remarkable journey of Michael A. Singer in his book, &quot;The Surrender Experiment.&quot; Discover how embracing meditation and surrendering to life</description>
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      <title>The unread library effect (Keil &amp; Rozenbilt)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-unread-library-effect-keil-rozenbilt</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-unread-library-effect-keil-rozenbilt</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to use Notion in Make - the ultimate guide (Integromat/Make)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-make</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-make</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>This essay covers important workflow automation principles, the process of creating a connection between Notion and Make, the different modules available in Make, and how to use custom API calls.</description>
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      <title>Context switching anxiety - why you feel pulled to context switch mindlessly</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/context-switching-anxiety-why-you-feel-pulled-to-context-switch-mindlessly</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/context-switching-anxiety-why-you-feel-pulled-to-context-switch-mindlessly</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The stories we craft determine our present self</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-stories-we-craft-determine-our-present-self</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-stories-we-craft-determine-our-present-self</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Notion Formulas 2.0: A Concise Overview</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-formulas-2-dot-0</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-formulas-2-dot-0</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Formulas 2.0 offers a more powerful and efficient way to manipulate and analyze data within Notion.</description>
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      <title>Pursuing a worthy ideal as success</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/pursuing-a-worthy-ideal-as-success</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/pursuing-a-worthy-ideal-as-success</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to create a sync table in Coda Packs</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-packs-sync-table</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-packs-sync-table</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Discover how to leverage Coda Packs to streamline your business management processes. This beginner guide explores the steps to create sync tables in Coda Packs, allowing you to centralize data across your entire business and make your Coda docs the main source of truth.</description>
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      <title>Fluid &amp; crystallized intelligence</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/fluid-crystallized-intelligence</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/fluid-crystallized-intelligence</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Ambidexterity in business and life</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/ambidexterity-in-business-and-life</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/ambidexterity-in-business-and-life</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Everything you need to know about Coda 4.0 (latest updates)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-4-dot-o</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-4-dot-o</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Coda 4.0 is the latest version of Coda with major changes. This post delves into all the new features of Coda 4.0</description>
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      <title>The Complete Guide to the 24 Assets: A Notion Template for Entrepreneurs</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/24-assets</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/24-assets</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>This template is based on the book and principles &quot;24 Assets&quot; by Daniel Priestley. It is a comprehensive business management system to mindfully scale your business, and increase its valuation and attractiveness to investors, potential buyers, target customers, and team members.</description>
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      <title>Surrendering to the flow of life events</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/surrendering-to-the-flow-of-life-events</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/surrendering-to-the-flow-of-life-events</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Overhead - the multi-order effects of work and decisions</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/overhead-the-multi-order-effects-of-work-and-decisions</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/overhead-the-multi-order-effects-of-work-and-decisions</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Resonance calendar journey</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/resonance-calendar-journey</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/resonance-calendar-journey</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>24 Assets primer</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/24-assets-primer</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/24-assets-primer</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Latest Notion/Coda features August 2023</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/latest-notion-coda-features-august-2023</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/latest-notion-coda-features-august-2023</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to create native automation in Notion: Notion database automations</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-database-automations</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-database-automations</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A powerful new feature to create light native automation in Notion databases.</description>
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      <title>Rules are made by other clueless humans like you - you can respectfully push the boundaries</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/rules-are-made-by-other-clueless-humans-like-you-you-can-respectfully-push-the-boundaries</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/rules-are-made-by-other-clueless-humans-like-you-you-can-respectfully-push-the-boundaries</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The Essential Principles of Training for Enhanced Healthspan and Longevity</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/healthspan-training</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/healthspan-training</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The key principles of training and movement for healthspan optimization, according to the current evidence.</description>
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      <title>Keeping the main thing the main thing &amp; busyness</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/keeping-the-main-thing-the-main-thing-busyness</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/keeping-the-main-thing-the-main-thing-busyness</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Airtable Advanced Fundraising System - the CRM for startups that scale</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/fundraising-airtable</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/fundraising-airtable</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The advanced startup fundraising CRM that scales as you round up. Built in Airtable. This template is for you if you are looking to raise money for your venture and don</description>
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      <title>Paradoxical Intention - concept from Viktor Frankl</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/paradoxical-intention-concept-from-viktor-frankl</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/paradoxical-intention-concept-from-viktor-frankl</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Drama Triangle</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/drama-triangle</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/drama-triangle</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>On Integrity - according to the Conscious Leadership Group</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/integrity</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/integrity</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Integrity is the energetic wholeness that you harbor in everyday interactions with yourself and others. This post explores the meaning and implementation of integrity, according to the Conscious Leadership Group.</description>
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      <title>How to sync your Zotero references in Coda (Using Make)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/zotero-coda</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/zotero-coda</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A deep dive into implementing automation to connect Zotero items to Coda tables, including items and authors.</description>
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      <title>More thinking won’t solve your problems</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/more-thinking-won-t-solve-your-problems</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/more-thinking-won-t-solve-your-problems</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to automatically create tasks in Notion from Slack (Make automation)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/slack-notion-tasks</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/slack-notion-tasks</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>In this post, I will guide you through the process of sending tasks from Slack to Notion with ease using automation and Make in a few steps.</description>
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      <title>How Coda AI works - overview and best practices</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-ai</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-ai</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Coda AI is the native artificial intelligence tool you can use in Coda. This post delves into all the features and functionalities of Coda AI and its three building blocks.</description>
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      <title>Do you see me? Do you see me? -- on listening and the fundamental thing every one (including you) wants</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/do-you-see-me-do-you-see-me-on-listening-and-the-fundamental-thing-every-one-including-you-wants</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/do-you-see-me-do-you-see-me-on-listening-and-the-fundamental-thing-every-one-including-you-wants</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Reward-prediction error: the powerful force shaping behaviors and decisions</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/reward-prediction-error-the-powerful-force-shaping-behaviors-and-decisions</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/reward-prediction-error-the-powerful-force-shaping-behaviors-and-decisions</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Coda Personal Trainer OS - Coda Template</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/ptos-coda</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/ptos-coda</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>This template is a centralized system for personal trainers to elegantly create, manage and share programs with clients, all in one place.</description>
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      <title>The last time meditation</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-last-time-meditation</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-last-time-meditation</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>On regret and feelings</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-regret-and-feelings</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-regret-and-feelings</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Implementation intention - Weekly Reflection</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/implementation-intention-weekly-reflection</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/implementation-intention-weekly-reflection</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Personal Trainer OS: design, manage, and track your clients’ programs in Notion - Notion Template for Personal Trainers</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/ptos-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/ptos-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Personal Trainer OS is a centralized and scalable system for personal trainers to create, manage, and share programs with clients.</description>
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      <title>The energetic presence of people doing Camino de Santiago in Porto - a personal reflection</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-energetic-presence-of-people-doing-camino-de-santiago-in-porto-a-personal-reflection</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-energetic-presence-of-people-doing-camino-de-santiago-in-porto-a-personal-reflection</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The ability to be a loser - #148</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-ability-to-be-a-loser-148</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-ability-to-be-a-loser-148</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Defense mechanisms and relationships</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/defense-mechanisms-and-relationships</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/defense-mechanisms-and-relationships</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Pragmatic ambitions: goal-setting sanity</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/pragmatic-ambitions</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/pragmatic-ambitions</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Pragmatic ambition is the patient and determined pursuit of achievable lifestyle-centered goals that you can see from a pragmatic distance.</description>
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      <title>Pragmatic desires and wordly desires</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/pragmatic-desires-and-wordly-desires</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/pragmatic-desires-and-wordly-desires</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to build an advanced knowledge management system with Raindrop, Notion, and Super</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/raindrop-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/raindrop-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Following the CODE framework, this essay explains how you can integrate Raindrop and Notion for your second brain.</description>
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      <title>Notion page and workspace analytics: overview and key features</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-analytics</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-analytics</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Notion page and workspace analytics allow teams and individuals to track page visits and analytics that can inform their Notion workspace (and templates) development efforts.</description>
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      <title>Solitude and company - hedgehog’s paradox and you don’t have to be local</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/solitude-and-company-hedgehog-s-paradox-and-you-don-t-have-to-be-local</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/solitude-and-company-hedgehog-s-paradox-and-you-don-t-have-to-be-local</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>What would here and now be if there were no problems to solve?</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/life-purpose-search-purpose</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/life-purpose-search-purpose</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The most important decision in your life: where to live — Notion/Coda living decision making template</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/living-decision</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/living-decision</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Deciding where to live is one of the most important decisions in your life, and it can make a difference in your happiness and life satisfaction levels. Lifestyle-centered career planning suggests choosing your career based on the lifestyle you intend to have, which requires accumulating career capital.</description>
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      <title>What would here and now be if there were no problems to solve? — Repurposed</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/what-would-here-and-now-be-if-there-were-no-problems-to-solve-repurposed</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/what-would-here-and-now-be-if-there-were-no-problems-to-solve-repurposed</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Surveillance Capitalism - Arguments For and Against</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/surveillance-capitalism-arguments-for-and-against</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/surveillance-capitalism-arguments-for-and-against</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The ten tools of finitude-acceptance from Oliver Burkeman</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-ten-tools-of-finitude-acceptance-from-oliver-burkeman</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-ten-tools-of-finitude-acceptance-from-oliver-burkeman</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Four Thousand Weeks - Time Management for Mortals — Book Summary</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/time-management-mortals-book</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/time-management-mortals-book</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Your life on Earth is finite, and so are the choices you make. Liberation from the time management trap arrives when you drop your constant chase for efficiency.</description>
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      <title>Notion Wiki: how you can leverage knowledge sharing in your organization</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-wiki</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-wiki</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Notion Wiki is a hybrid between a page and a database that empowers you and your team to scale your knowledge management system.</description>
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      <title>The intrinsic slowness of meaningful experiences [Make Haste Slow]</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-intrinsic-slowness-of-meaningful-experiences-make-haste-slow</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-intrinsic-slowness-of-meaningful-experiences-make-haste-slow</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>KINTSUGI and the art of repair</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/kintsugi-and-the-art-of-repair</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/kintsugi-and-the-art-of-repair</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Divergent and convergent thinking: the yin and yang of creativity</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/divergent-convergent</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/divergent-convergent</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>There are two main modes of creativity: divergent and convergent thinking. The former is a state of intentional chaos and idea generation. The latter is focused, narrow, and persistent to find the best idea.</description>
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      <title>Procrastination as the fear of becoming conscious of failure</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/procrastination-as-the-fear-of-becoming-conscious-of-failure</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/procrastination-as-the-fear-of-becoming-conscious-of-failure</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>On competing commitments and big underlying beliefs that get you stuck</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-competing-commitments-and-big-underlying-beliefs-that-get-you-stuck</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-competing-commitments-and-big-underlying-beliefs-that-get-you-stuck</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Implementing Value Pricing: A Radical Business Model for Professional Firms — Book Summary</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/implementing-value-pricing</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/implementing-value-pricing</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Professional firms must move away from hourly billing and fully embrace value-based pricing. This benefits themselves and their customers.</description>
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      <title>repurpose: correct state of mind of give and receive feedback</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/repurpose-correct-state-of-mind-of-give-and-receive-feedback</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/repurpose-correct-state-of-mind-of-give-and-receive-feedback</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to not win a debate and more debate mental models</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/debates</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/debates</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Debating is about dropping the ego for the greater pursuit of reality as is. This post presents some mental models we could use in debates/arguments or everyday conversations.</description>
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      <title>Tension and relaxation: who you think you should be vs. who you are</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/tension-and-relaxation-who-you-think-you-should-be-vs-who-you-are</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/tension-and-relaxation-who-you-think-you-should-be-vs-who-you-are</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>On strategy and cultivating one’s own garden</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-strategy-and-cultivating-one-s-own-garden</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-strategy-and-cultivating-one-s-own-garden</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Giving up control to take control — repurposed</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/giving-up-control-to-take-control-repurposed</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/giving-up-control-to-take-control-repurposed</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Give Up Control to Take Control - Ricardo Semler and Leadership</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/semler-leadership</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/semler-leadership</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Centralizing your academic resources: how to sync Zotero and Notion through Make (Integromat)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/zotero-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/zotero-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>You can centralize your Zotero references in Notion, to maximize your thesis/paper writing experience and quickly reference resources while writing in Notion. This post explores automation between Zotero and Notion using Make.</description>
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      <title>Product pricing mindsets</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/product-pricing-mindsets</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/product-pricing-mindsets</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to think about decision-making: decision making mental models</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/how-to-think-about-decision-making-decision-making-mental-models</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/how-to-think-about-decision-making-decision-making-mental-models</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>#130 - work cannot fill a deficit of love</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/130-work-cannot-fill-a-deficit-of-love</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/130-work-cannot-fill-a-deficit-of-love</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The identity trap: pay attention to not get trapped in your identity</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/identity-trap</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/identity-trap</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Identity is a constantly negotiated endeavor between yourself and the people around you. You can get trapped in a self-enclosed identity box(es), and this post explains how that could happen, and what you could do about it.</description>
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      <title>Conflict: a short essay on the science of conflict management</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/conflict-a-short-essay-on-the-science-of-conflict-management</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/conflict-a-short-essay-on-the-science-of-conflict-management</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Project-focused productivity: the path to consistent progress</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/project-focused</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/project-focused</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Working on many projects at a time can feel overwhelming. Project-focused productivity is the principle of focusing on making progress on projects, rather than getting lost in tasks. One project at a time, one day at a time.</description>
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      <title>The Ultimate Personal Finance System in Coda</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-personal-finance</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-personal-finance</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Coda Personal Finance Tracker is a comprehensive system to help you manage your wealth, budget, record transactions, review dynamic charts, and minimize the friction of data entry. It includes features such as monthly review and budgeting, categorizing transactions, and graphical representation of data.</description>
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      <title>How Notion integrations and connections work - full 2023 overview</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-integrations</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-integrations</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Notion integrations and connections empower you to make your Notion system come to life by syncing data with other tools. This post provides a detailed and concise overview of integrations and connection settings in Notion.</description>
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      <title>Weekly Highlights - week of 2023-01-09 </title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlights-week-of-2023-01-09</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlights-week-of-2023-01-09</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to create a task management system with dependencies in Coda (with free Coda doc)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-task-dependencies</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-task-dependencies</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>In this post, I share one of the possible approaches to setting up a task management system with dependencies in Coda, including the table structure, interactive buttons, automatic date updates, and a timeline view.</description>
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      <title>The ability to step back and detach is a superpower</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-ability-to-step-back-and-detach-is-a-superpower</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-ability-to-step-back-and-detach-is-a-superpower</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Doing hard things and deep life</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/doing-hard-things-and-deep-life</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/doing-hard-things-and-deep-life</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>A Business that Questions Growth: The Company of One</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/company-one</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/company-one</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A company of one is a mindset to build your business. When developing a business around the company-of-one mindset, you optimize for lifestyle instead of growth.</description>
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      <title>Truths about psychotherapy and RAIN</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/truths-about-psychotherapy-and-rain</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/truths-about-psychotherapy-and-rain</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>What it takes to improve your “body budget”: the ideal daily routine for health and fitness</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/ideal-routine</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/ideal-routine</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>What does an “ideal” daily routine look like, according to the current scientific evidence? This post delves into optimal sleep, eating, work, and exercise routines to maximize health and fitness.</description>
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      <title>Mimetic choices</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/mimetic-choices</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/mimetic-choices</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Leadership introspection and breathing yourself away - reflections from Marshall Goldsmith</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/leadership-introspection-and-breathing-yourself-away-reflections-from-marshall-goldsmith</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/leadership-introspection-and-breathing-yourself-away-reflections-from-marshall-goldsmith</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>What is vulnerability, really - an exploration</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/what-is-vulnerability-really-an-exploration</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/what-is-vulnerability-really-an-exploration</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Do not seek more information to make a decision - there is no perfect decision</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/do-not-seek-more-information-to-make-a-decision-there-is-no-perfect-decision</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/do-not-seek-more-information-to-make-a-decision-there-is-no-perfect-decision</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Use Notion Recurring Templates</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-recurring-templates</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-recurring-templates</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>If software is catered around your needs, it doesn’t mean you are entitled to complacency and overly high expectations </title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/if-software-is-catered-around-your-needs-it-doesn-t-mean-you-are-entitled-to-complacency-and-overly-high-expectations</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/if-software-is-catered-around-your-needs-it-doesn-t-mean-you-are-entitled-to-complacency-and-overly-high-expectations</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to get the right data, at the right time: the data analytics process explained</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/business-analytics</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/business-analytics</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Attention is your most valuable resource - repurpose</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/attention-is-your-most-valuable-resource-repurpose</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/attention-is-your-most-valuable-resource-repurpose</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Attention, not time, is your most valuable resource</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/time-management-mortals</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/time-management-mortals</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Memento mori, as the Stoics would put it. Remember you are going to die. Life is finite, and so is your attention in the era of information overload and context switching. This post explores time management as philosophized by Oliver Burkeman in his book,  4000 Weeks . Notion template included.</description>
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      <title>How to Use Notion Teamspaces: The Simple Way of Organizing Your Workspace</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-teamspaces</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-teamspaces</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Notion teamspaces enable every team to collaborate separately while keeping the data centralized. In this post, you will learn how to use Notion teamspaces and best practices.</description>
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      <title>content consumption and notifications numbness - when your attention goes numb </title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/content-consumption-and-notifications-numbness-when-your-attention-goes-numb</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/content-consumption-and-notifications-numbness-when-your-attention-goes-numb</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Design Thinking: The Way to Breakthrough Innovation</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/design-thinking</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/design-thinking</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>weekly highlight - #118</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlight-118</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlight-118</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Coda Advanced Workout Planner and Tracker</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-workouts</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/coda-workouts</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>What if you could plan, track, and manage your workouts and programs in one single place? This workout management Coda doc is a full-fledged app to keep your fitness routines organized and stay on track.</description>
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      <title>Shoshin - beginner’s mind in product management and business</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/shoshin-beginner-s-mind-in-product-management-and-business</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/shoshin-beginner-s-mind-in-product-management-and-business</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Conscious Leadership</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/conscious-leadership</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/conscious-leadership</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>conclude a task before you’ve completed everything you know you need to do</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/conclude-a-task-before-you-ve-completed-everything-you-know-you-need-to-do</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/conclude-a-task-before-you-ve-completed-everything-you-know-you-need-to-do</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How You Can Build Your Entire Company With This Step-by-Step Framework: Disciplined Entrepreneurship</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/disciplined-entrepreneurship</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/disciplined-entrepreneurship</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Why You May Feel Like Having Different Personalities Based on the Language You Speak</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/personality-languages</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/personality-languages</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>weekly highlights - #114</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlights-114</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlights-114</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>of all the things worth tending to in life, what’s more important than your mind?</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/of-all-the-things-worth-tending-to-in-life-what-s-more-important-than-your-mind</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/of-all-the-things-worth-tending-to-in-life-what-s-more-important-than-your-mind</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>newsletter weekly highlights - #112</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/newsletter-weekly-highlights-112</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/newsletter-weekly-highlights-112</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>newsletter weekly highlights - #111</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/newsletter-weekly-highlights-111</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/newsletter-weekly-highlights-111</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>opinion: you can use social networks to amplify your constant seeking of the drama triangle and gossiping (something rooted in humans that I’ve seen around me my whole life)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/opinion-you-can-use-social-networks-to-amplify-your-constant-seeking-of-the-drama-triangle-and-gossiping-something-rooted-in-humans-that-i-ve-seen-around-me-my-whole-life</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/opinion-you-can-use-social-networks-to-amplify-your-constant-seeking-of-the-drama-triangle-and-gossiping-something-rooted-in-humans-that-i-ve-seen-around-me-my-whole-life</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Uncomplicated Relationships and Radical Honesty</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/uncomplicated-relationships</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/uncomplicated-relationships</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Understanding Attachment Styles Can Improve Your Relationships</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/attachment-styles</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/attachment-styles</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How the internet can impact your life positively</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/how-the-internet-can-impact-your-life-positively</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/how-the-internet-can-impact-your-life-positively</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Company of One — Book Summary</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/company-of-one</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/company-of-one</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Exploring the concept of “simple”: There are three elements to the psychology of simple, according to Harvard professor George Whitesides: predictability, accessibility, and serving as a building block.</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/exploring-the-concept-of-simple-there-are-three-elements-to-the-psychology-of-simple-according-to-harvard-professor-george-whitesides-predictability-accessibility-and-serving-as-a-building-block</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/exploring-the-concept-of-simple-there-are-three-elements-to-the-psychology-of-simple-according-to-harvard-professor-george-whitesides-predictability-accessibility-and-serving-as-a-building-block</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Some problems can’t be solved with more thinking</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/some-problems-can-t-be-solved-with-more-thinking</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/some-problems-can-t-be-solved-with-more-thinking</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>What Are Notion Templates? - A Definition</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-templates-definition</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-templates-definition</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Productivity Rule #1: Accept Your Finitude </title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/productivity-rule-1-accept-your-finitude</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/productivity-rule-1-accept-your-finitude</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Do What’s Urgent, Skip What’s Important - The Urgency Trap</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/urgency-trap</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/urgency-trap</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>This is one of the existential conundrums of time management and life itself: how might we discern what’s truly important from what’s “seemingly important” (urgent) in the short term? Drawing from the organizational philosophies of  Basecamp , this post explores the possible root causes of the urgency trap.</description>
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      <title>Weekly Highlights #105</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlights-105</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlights-105</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>state of mind to get feedback - repost</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/state-of-mind-to-get-feedback-repost</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/state-of-mind-to-get-feedback-repost</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>A Model of Leadership</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/leadership-model</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/leadership-model</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A leader is a person who is able to inquire within for long enough, even if it feels uncomfortable-and especially then. This post explains key principles of leadership and personal growth.</description>
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      <title>Weekly Highlights - #103</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlights-103</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlights-103</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Deciding Fast &amp;amp;amp; Slow with RAPID™️</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/rapid</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/rapid</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Weekly Highlights - #102</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlights-102</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The GTD System — A framework for CEOs part 1</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-gtd-system-a-framework-for-ceos-part-1</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-gtd-system-a-framework-for-ceos-part-1</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Question growth for your company of one</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/question-growth-for-your-company-of-one</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/question-growth-for-your-company-of-one</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The Correct State of Mind to Give and Get Feedback</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/feedback</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/feedback</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Determine the Complexity of Your Notion System</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-system-complexity</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-system-complexity</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Reboot: Leadership and The Art of Growing Up - Book Summary</title>
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      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/reboot</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Operationalizing your organization — A framework for CEOs part 2</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/operationalizing-your-organization-a-framework-for-ceos-part-2</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/operationalizing-your-organization-a-framework-for-ceos-part-2</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Great CEO Notion Template - A System for Conscious Leaders</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/great-ceo-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/great-ceo-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Balancing the increasing number of responsibilities as a CEO or leader in any organization is cognitively demanding. This Notion system is crafted around the book “ The Great CEO Within ” by Matt Mochary and includes strategic and operations systems for CEOs.</description>
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      <title>The objective of a leader is to create more leaderss</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-objective-of-a-leader-is-to-create-more-leaderss</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-objective-of-a-leader-is-to-create-more-leaderss</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>A framework for decision making - type 1 and type 2 decisions and RAPID</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/a-framework-for-decision-making-type-1-and-type-2-decisions-and-rapid</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/a-framework-for-decision-making-type-1-and-type-2-decisions-and-rapid</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>You Can Use Placebo Effects to Your Advantage — Mindset as a Service</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/you-can-use-placebo-effects-to-your-advantage-mindset-as-a-service</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/you-can-use-placebo-effects-to-your-advantage-mindset-as-a-service</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Become a Notion Certified Consultant (My Story)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/certified-notion-consultant</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/certified-notion-consultant</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Feelings are not good or bad; actions are</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/feelings-are-not-good-or-bad-actions-are</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/feelings-are-not-good-or-bad-actions-are</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Radical Self Inquiry</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/radical-self-inquiry</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/radical-self-inquiry</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>One-Up and One-Down: The Art of Relationships</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/one-up-one-down</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/one-up-one-down</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Drawing from  Haley’s framework of relationships , in a  radio talk from the 1960s , Alan Watts explains that in a therapist-patient relationship--and in most normal life relationships for that matter--there is one person who is one-up and the other person who is one-down in any given situation.</description>
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      <title>The Ultimate Freelancer Notion System (Freelancer Homebase)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/freelancer-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/freelancer-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>“If something is not worth doing, it is not worth doing well”</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/if-something-is-not-worth-doing-it-is-not-worth-doing-well</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/if-something-is-not-worth-doing-it-is-not-worth-doing-well</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Clinging to non-egoic attachment is itself egoic attachment</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/clinging-to-non-egoic-attachment-is-itself-egoic-attachment</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/clinging-to-non-egoic-attachment-is-itself-egoic-attachment</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How You Can Influence Your Mindset to Live a More Examined Life</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/mindset</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/mindset</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>“Mindset is a portal between conscious and subconscious processes” (dr.  Alia Crum ). The profound progress in the science of mindset and cognitive psychology can teach us how to implement a sustainable growth mindset in life, where you take responsibility for your life, not the other way around.</description>
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      <title>Sabbatical as a Mindset - What It Feels Like to Live Intentionally</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/sabbatical</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/sabbatical</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Pay 100% of your attention to the person you are interacting with </title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/pay-100-of-your-attention-to-the-person-you-are-interacting-with</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/pay-100-of-your-attention-to-the-person-you-are-interacting-with</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Notion Writing Operating System: How to Write Effectively in Notion</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/writing-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/writing-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>You have to put yourself in the “correct” state of mind to learn</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/you-have-to-put-yourself-in-the-correct-state-of-mind-to-learn</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/you-have-to-put-yourself-in-the-correct-state-of-mind-to-learn</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Tension is who you think you should be, relaxation is who you are - Naval</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/tension-is-who-you-think-you-should-be-relaxation-is-who-you-are-naval</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/tension-is-who-you-think-you-should-be-relaxation-is-who-you-are-naval</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Focus is the Most Essential Quality You Can Leverage in the Current World</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/focus-is-the-most-essential-quality-you-can-leverage-in-the-current-world</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/focus-is-the-most-essential-quality-you-can-leverage-in-the-current-world</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Recognize the Power of Meditation, Then Let Go - Why You May or May Not Want to Meditate</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/meditation</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/meditation</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Accept the transparency of silence when you have nothing to say</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/accept-the-transparency-of-silence-when-you-have-nothing-to-say</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/accept-the-transparency-of-silence-when-you-have-nothing-to-say</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>A Product Manager is Not a Project Manager - Brief Analysis of Product Management</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/product-manager</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/product-manager</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Some days are good, some are bad, consistency is neutral</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/consistency</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/consistency</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>There is one general principle that applies to many activities in life: stick with it for long enough—deliberately, and with a clear feedback mechanism—and you can achieve mastery. This principle applies to health and fitness too, and this post explores just that.</description>
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      <title>You may be doing better than you think you are - Gapminder - refreshing our perspective </title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/you-may-be-doing-better-than-you-think-you-are-gapminder-refreshing-our-perspective</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/you-may-be-doing-better-than-you-think-you-are-gapminder-refreshing-our-perspective</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Advanced Notion Time Tracker (how to track time in Notion)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-advanced-time-tracker</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-advanced-time-tracker</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>You don’t keep tensing your muscles outside of the gym (on stress and its similarity to fitness training)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/you-don-t-keep-tensing-your-muscles-outside-of-the-gym-on-stress-and-its-similarity-to-fitness-training</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/you-don-t-keep-tensing-your-muscles-outside-of-the-gym-on-stress-and-its-similarity-to-fitness-training</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>On working hard in the present for some future self</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-working-hard-in-the-present-for-some-future-self</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/on-working-hard-in-the-present-for-some-future-self</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Deep Life Notion Template: Intentional Task Management in a “World Without Email” (inspired by Cal Newport)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/without-email-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/without-email-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>3 Books That Helped Me Live a More Examined Life</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/3-great-books</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/3-great-books</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>A 10K Life - Inspired by Khe Hy</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/a-10k-life-inspired-by-khe-hy</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/a-10k-life-inspired-by-khe-hy</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Notion OKRs System: How to Set OKRs in Notion + Template</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/okrs-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/okrs-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Being grateful for what you have</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/being-grateful-for-what-you-have</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/being-grateful-for-what-you-have</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Calculate Calories and Macronutrients in Notion - Notion Nutrition Calculator</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/nutrition-calculation</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/nutrition-calculation</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Notion Workout Planner &amp;amp;amp; Tracker - Colossus</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-advanced-workouts-colossus</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-advanced-workouts-colossus</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>This Notion workout management system is a centralized place to plan, track, and manage your entire fitness routine, starting from high-level goals, all the way to daily sessions and exercises.</description>
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      <title>The Ultimate Workout Program and System in Notion</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/training-program-system-notion</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/training-program-system-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>A Learning About the Beginner’s Mind</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/a-learning-about-the-beginner-s-mind</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/a-learning-about-the-beginner-s-mind</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Reflection and Thoughts on Pricing</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/reflection-and-thoughts-on-pricing</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/reflection-and-thoughts-on-pricing</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Time Management is Presence Management</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/time-management-is-presence-management</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/time-management-is-presence-management</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>International Strategy: Establishing a Global Impact</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/international-strategy</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/international-strategy</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The drama triangle</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-drama-triangle</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-drama-triangle</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Strategy Implementation: Differentiation vs. Cost Leadership (Part 3)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/strategy-formulation</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/strategy-formulation</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Regression to the mean </title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/regression-to-the-mean</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/regression-to-the-mean</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Strategy Analysis: External &amp;amp;amp; Internal Environment (Part 2)</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/strategy-analysis</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/strategy-analysis</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Notion Simple Tables</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-simple-tables</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/notion-simple-tables</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Favorite Articles and The Power of Reading</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/favorite-articles-and-the-power-of-reading</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/favorite-articles-and-the-power-of-reading</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Strategic Management: The Systematic Approach to Innovation</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/strategic-management</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/strategic-management</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.</description>
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      <title>Strategic Management: A First Principle Analysis | Part 1</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/strategic-management-part1</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/strategic-management-part1</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Being fully present and efficient</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/being-fully-present-and-efficient</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/being-fully-present-and-efficient</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Cross-Cultural Leadership: The GLOBE Dimensions</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/globe-study-cultures</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/globe-study-cultures</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Merely Start (Even if you are not totally ready) </title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/merely-start-even-if-you-are-not-totally-ready</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/merely-start-even-if-you-are-not-totally-ready</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The Science and Practice of Effective Sleep</title>
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      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/sleep-essentials</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The science (and practice) of effective sleep is a pivotal topic that can improve the quality of our existence significantly. We can optimize our sleep with some simple yet unknown actionable protocols listed in this article.</description>
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      <title>Essential Principles for Project Management in Notion</title>
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      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/principles-project-management-notion</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Notion can be a great project management tool. Its ability to create contextual views for projects and cross-workspace relations can unlock countless use-cases of the tool for managing your and your team</description>
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      <title>To Solve a Problem, You First Need to Understand It</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>How to Learn Anything on the Internet: A Step-by-Step System</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/learning-online-system</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/learning-online-system</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>We can apply mindful control over what we consume, and how, and why, and what we do with that content. Although &quot;algorithms&quot; may have a crucial influence on how the internet works, human beings, and our consciousness can overrule that.</description>
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      <title>Business Digitization: Centralized Systems for the Post Hyperactive-Hive-Mind Workplace</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/business-digitization</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/business-digitization</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Building centralized digital systems for core business operations can be a high-leverage change for the 21st century organization. What are centralized digital systems? What are their pros and cons? How can we build them? The post hyperactive-hive-mind knowledge work era may be closer than we think.</description>
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      <title>Objective Judgment, Unselfish Action, Willing Acceptance</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/objective-judgment-unselfish-action-willing-acceptance</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/objective-judgment-unselfish-action-willing-acceptance</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/the-three-types-of-goals-outcome-performance-process</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Workout and Nutrition as HABITS</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>&quot;Weekly Highlights&quot; 28/08/2021</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlights-28-08-2021</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/weekly-highlights-28-08-2021</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The Ultimate Notion Goals Setting System | The “Goals Zone”</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Conflict Management and Effective Confrontation</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Imposter Syndrome</title>
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      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/imposter-syndrome</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The Practice and Science of Legs-Push-Pull Workouts</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Leadership in Organizational Change | Part 2 | Organizational Change</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>You cannot become happy. You can only be happy.</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Leadership in Organizational Change | Part 1 | Leadership</title>
      <link>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/leadership</link>
      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/leadership</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>&quot;When you have something to say, silence is a lie.&quot;</title>
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      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/when-you-have-something-to-say-silence-is-a-lie</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Endurance Training for SuperHuman Capacities</title>
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      <guid>https://simonesmerilli.com/writing/brain-body-endurance</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>Building Systems, maximizing clarity</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>The Practice and Science of UPPER-LOWER Training</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      
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      <title>An intentional approach to digital technologies</title>
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