“Money isn’t everything.” How many times have you heard or said that statement? Or, how about this one? “There’s more to life than success.” We have a weird relationship with ambition. Deep down, we all want to be more ambitious, achieve huge goals, and yes, have material success and status. How do I know this? […]

I love how you can make the following decisions and nobody bats an eye. In fact, you’re encouraged to do them: Spend tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars on college Buy a house and enter a 30 year period of being in debt Swipe your credit card like no tomorrow after driving […]

Wanna know my secret to success? It’s definitely not what you think it is. It’s not grit, persistence, determination, moxy, spunk, mental toughness, none of the adjectives from the guru’s dictionary. In fact, my secret to success could be considered the opposite of those traits. What secret, you ask? I care less than you do. […]

I have a bunch of weird, irrational, and seemingly useless little habits and tricks that greatly improve the quality of my life. What am I talking about? I track calories using My Fitness Pal. Sometimes, I will purposefully leave out some of the foods I ate. In general, I’ll be in a calorie deficit for […]

Living a good life is pretty simple. Just don’t be a dumb ass. Now, when I say dumb, I don’t mean lacking intelligence. For the most part, humans can be very creative, intelligent, adaptable, resourceful, and resilient. But they also do a lot of dumb shit. Your job is to avoid these common pitfalls. If […]

You’re being conned on a daily basis. There’s no better way to put it. What do I mean? Think about it. Would you voluntarily end up with circumstances like these: Working a job you hate Saddled with tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debt Unhealthy Outraged, sad, jaded, and cynical […]

One of the toughest pills to swallow? Often, your parents are a great example of what not to do.  I love my parents, but I don’t want my life to turn out the way theirs’ did. So my remedy for this is to both filter out many of the things they say to me and […]

Feedback loops run your life. What are feedback loops? I’ll explain. Let me know if you’ve been in this scenario before. You make a mistake, fail to get an outcome you want or run into an obstacle. Instead of bouncing back from that mistake or overcoming the challenge, you let that individual “failure” or setback […]

“Don’t eat too many carrots. You’ll turn orange.” While incorrect, it illustrates the fact that too much of a good thing can be harmful. The same can be said for different concepts, emotions, and situations. They’re good or bad depending on how you use and perceive them. And almost always, you use them in a […]

Two liters of vodka in my stomach and multiple shards of glass in my arm, I found myself in the emergency room. I remember being so drunk that I watched the doctors stitching up my arm, sewing together the gaping hole where you could see down to the bone with a little digging, and being […]