We’ve been wearing masks long before the pandemic. Think about how much time you spend pretending to be someone else just so you can get along with others, feel a part of society, and avoid rejection and ostracism. Most of the time we pretend to be someone we’re not because we want to avoid the […]

Getting over someone is tough regardless of who ended the relationship. I’d never used the word depressed to describe myself up until that point in my life. But, at this point in my life, I was depressed. The rug had been pulled from underneath me. I’d tell people that it was mutual, but she left […]

“You can wish in one hand and shit in the other. See which one fills up first.” Here’s my beef with the doomsday writers who talk about how society is rigged against you. Many of their diagnoses of the state of society are correct. I actually agree with most of what they say. The key […]

“Can I ask you a question?” “Sure,” I said. I’d just got done doing a set of pull-ups, somewhere between ten and fifteen. Another guy at the gym approaches me for weightlifting advice. “Here’s the thing. I want to get better at pull-ups, but I’m stuck. I’m only able to do three or four. Any […]

All of your fears are true. You’re never going to live up to your potential. You’re probably going to work at that shitty job, or some shitty job equivalent until you’re dead. Your life will be a perpetual loop of subtly painful banality. You know what I’m talking about. You’re okay, but not really. Everything’s […]

Remember when you were a little kid and you used to dangle something out of the backseat window? There was a certain thrill that came with holding the object close enough so that it didn’t fly into the wind, but also letting the grip be loose enough so there was the possibility it flew out […]

“Tell me where I’m going to die so I never go there.” I can’t tell you what to do and predict how the outcome will go. I can guess and provide suggestions. Success has many different variables to it, one of them being luck. Here’s one thing I’m certain of. Your life would get a […]

Some people are so dumb it pains me to observe them. Most of them aren’t actually dumb. They just don’t know how to think critically. Nassim Taleb refers to these types as ‘Intellectuals Yet Idiots’ The IYI pathologizes others for doing things he doesn’t understand without ever realizing it is his understanding that may be limited. He thinks […]

There’s a theory in quantum mechanics that says nothing is actually there until you observe it. It’s like the way they design video games. The game generates the environment as you move through it. So, if you turn around to look at something, it’s there, but right now everything outside of your field of vision […]

What does being smart really mean? Depends on who you ask. To me, being smart means you have a handle on all areas of your life. You can’t get a handle on them all at once, but you can build one pillar rock-solid and begin to work on others. These books will help because they […]