Category Archives for "Tough love"

I hate what they’ve done to you. Who do I mean by ‘they’? This haphazardly cobbled together Kabal of media pundits, institutional overlords, politicians, employers, and well-meaning authority figures that have not only convinced you that you’re average, but that it’s okay to be average. It’s not okay to be average. I’m not saying there’s […]

“She’s not the one.” A group of friends and I are sitting around a kitchen counter having drinks. You know how conversations get when the liquor gets flowing a bit. The truth comes out. We got on the subject of relationships. I’m newly divorced. One of the women is a month removed from her husband […]

These next few sentences will describe why you’re weak-minded. I’m going to take a shot in the dark and guess you live in Western Civilization. You don’t live in a third-world country. You don’t have to worry about where your next meal will come from. You’re not at risk of dying from diarrhea. You have […]

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 […]

Here’s the sad truth that applies to 95% of you. That thing you want to do, the path you want to go on, the business you want to start, the new career you want to pursue? Not only won’t you do it now. But, odds are, you’ll never do it. Why? Because you don’t have […]

Ambitious people are a dime a dozen. Most people doubt themselves. All of us — in some shape or form — are stuck in la la land. One of the most difficult yet useful skills is the ability to balance your aspirations with reality. A pessimist and an idealist both miss the point. The point […]