“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 […]

How often does it feel like you’ve spent a bunch of time working, but never got anything done? This probably describes what life is like for the typical knowledge worker in today’s society. As busy as we seem, we’re not always productive. We destroy our productivity by letting hidden time sucks get in the way […]

“You should read this book.” I was in college at the time. One thing about being in college is that you’re really horny all the time. My horny friend gave me this book to read and my horny ass read the book. This book was called The Game. A journalist named Neil Strauss went uncover […]

I had a friend in college named Eric. Eric was short and he was well aware that he was short. Too aware. He struggled mightily with dating. He’d ask me for help from time to time. We’d go out to bars and I’d help him try to talk to girls. We’d find a group to […]