Jon Negroni

Are Women Funnier Than Men?

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I wasn’t sure, so I spoke with Liza Donnelly, a cartoonist for the New Yorker on the Thriveworks Podcast.

Her new book is called “Women on Men,” and she was gracious enough to answer some of my ridiculous questions about how humor can (hopefully) help men and women understand each other better.

You can listen to the whole episode above, or you can just subscribe to the Thriveworks Podcast on iTunes, which you should absolutely do because I host it and want you to love it. Enjoy!

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What ‘The Incredibles’ Teaches Us About Inequality

If I make the statement that “Inequality” is one of the most pervasive issues of our time, then most of you will probably agree.

It seems like everyone is always talking about inequality politics, especially when it comes to race, gender and income.

Now, if you’re like me, then talking about politics is really boring and superfluous unless you make sense of it with movies and philosophy, two of the greatest things in the world.

Fortunately for us, The Incredibles is a movie that exists, and it even provides us with some basic philosophy that sheds some insight into how we should honestly make sense of inequality in the real world.

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Why Draftin.com Will Make Your Writing Better (Proven by Math)

draftFor the past few months, I’ve been experimenting with an up-and-coming writing platform called Draft.

It’s a nifty application that you can use on your desktop to compose anything from blog articles to technical copy. And guess what? It has made my writing tangibly better. I even have evidence.

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How to Find Yourself Without Losing Yourself

“I just need to find myself right now.”

“Gosh, I guess I just haven’t found myself yet.”

“I can’t do this thing that’s expected of me because I need to find myself.”

Anyone else absolutely hate the concept of “finding yourself?”

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20 Things You Need to Stop Doing in Your 20s

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I recently wrote a preachy, in-your-face and unapproachable article about things we do in our 20s that aren’t so awesome. Okay, it’s not that preachy, but it does address a lot of bad-ish habits most of us in our 20s are guilty of.

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How to Be A Journalist In A World Full of Opinions

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I spent a lot of time trying to decide which words to use for this headline (yes, I write headlines before I write articles). For the word journalist, I almost wanted to put “objective person” or “standout,” but those words are awkward.

For the word opinions, I wanted to use a word that was catchy, like “noise” or “biased nutcases,” but I didn’t want to insult myself and everyone else I know. So I settled on this headline.

How to be an objective standout even though everyone else is a noisy and biased nutcase.

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How to Always Have Something Interesting to Write About

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Common question: “What should I write about?”

Common answer: “I don’t know. I guess whatever.”

Grammar problems within our minds aside, the answer to this ubiquitous question about content choice is incredibly…under-answered.

You want to be able to deliver interesting and compelling content for your blog or publication on a regular basis, but eventually, you hit a snag. You run out of things to say and give up, mostly because you don’t want to deliver anything short of your best work.

It’s a nice sentiment, but it’s also misguided. There is always something of value to say. You’re just not asking the right questions.

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