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July 31, 2018
  • Productivity
  • Social Media
  • Thoughts

Culling is being actively minimalist

Written by Sol Orwell

A while ago I had a quick thought on how I actively cull. If something is not adding value to me, it’s weighing me down. (A bit reductionist, but you get the jist). Here is a definition of minimalism: Wherein...

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July 25, 2018
  • #cookielife
  • Networking
  • Productivity
  • Social Media

How little social media metrics matter

Written by Sol Orwell

I posted a video of our Charity Chocolate Chip Cookie Off last week: The final tally is in.We ended up raising over $100,000 (USD).The ultimate win-win-win – for the charities, for the bakers, and for the people attending.And we'll be...

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July 2, 2018
  • #cookielife
  • Philanthropy
  • Social Media

Auctioning off exclusive one-on-one access

Written by Sol Orwell

My Charity Chocolate Chip Cookie Off is on July 8 (for more info, see #cookielife). I’ve convinced five superstars who know their shit and who are not available for consulting to donate their time for charity. They are: Ramit Sethi....

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April 19, 2018
  • Networking
  • Social Media
  • Thoughts

Beware someone’s view from the mountaintop

Written by Sol Orwell

I’m an enormous fan of observing how successful people conduct themselves; there’s so much to learn from the patterns they display. With that said, there is one downside: the rules are different for those who have achieved success. Not only...

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February 28, 2018
  • #cookielife
  • Experiments
  • Food
  • Networking
  • Philanthropy
  • Social Media

#cookielife – how I convinced 200+ people to send me cookies and raised over $400,000 for charity

Written by Sol Orwell

The ad-hoc #cookielife, something that spawned out of friendly banter over on Facebook, resulted in over 200 people sending me cookies via the mail and also spawned my charity food offs, which raised over $50,000 for charity in 2017, then...

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Sol Orwell

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