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Week 4 [04.11-10.11.19] What if you could trade a paperclip for a house?

Kyle MacDonald is a simple internet writer who lives in Canada. He allegedly "bought" him a house as a result of 14 trades which started from a red paperclip. How did he do that? Mr Kyle was living with his roommate, Dom(also means house in Polish), who didn't have a healthy income who was living an ordinary life just like many. As he was experiencing some financial problems, he started to think about the idea to save himself from this situation, and he came up with a game "bigger and better". The rule of the game was pretty simple, start with a small trashy object of your choice, using your intelligence and luck each time to trade it for a bigger and more valuable object. So if you play it well, you can have something bigger and more expensive within just a few trades. Kyle has developed this idea and started to game with a red paperclip and after only 14 exchanges he bought himself a house! How did he do? Here are the trades he done it well: 1)  ...

Week 4 [04.11-10.11.19] Do you always procrastinate? Read this before doing it again!

On the night of October 29, 1787, Mozart quickly entered to the stage of the Estates Theatre in Prague. He was so exciting. He stopped in the middle of the stage and greeted the audience. The crowd was even more excited. After all, they were going to listen for the first time to one of the most important works of this composer who had become a legend in his lifetime. Yes, maybe some of you might imagine, it was ''Don Giovanni.'' Estates Theatre  ( Source:  https://cdn-vsh.prague.eu/object/218/3.jpg ) At the premiere of such an important work, there were people who were even more excited than Mozart and those who came to listen to him: the orchestra members. Do you know why they were excited? Because they never rehearsed. They were about to practice the art while it's already happening. Because Mozart, who just entered the stage with quick steps, had just finished writing the notes of the overture which the audience is currently about to listen to. The...