Category Archives: Daily Posts

I’ve been used to sleeping 7.5+ hours and forgot the extent to which sleep matters.   Over the past week there have been a few 5 hour sleep days.   On those days I had significantly lower willpower.   I didn’t organize any of my belongings.   If there was an item I forgot after…More

I’m coming to the end of 2.5 weeks in Europe working / playing.   The concept of the trip was inspired by one I took 2 years ago. Alika and I spent 6 weeks in europe with 1 week per city we were in.   The takeaway from that way that was that we needed…More

Numerous religions have a flood myth.   Numerous religions have a code of morality.   These traditions all built on top of commonly help beliefs that are the same now as they were thousands of years ago.   A general purpose code for human interaction.   So change it to suit your needs, but realize…More

Often bad habits become part of our identity.  Something that other people use to label and describe us.  “I’m a smoker.” “I’m a fast drinker.” “I’ll eat anything.” “I’m not smart.” “I’m always late.” The first step to changing these things is acknowledge that we feel this way.  The second step is to commit to…More

Distance your self from your emotions. I’m anxious. This emotion will stay around for a while, modify it a bit: I’m feeling anxious. Thats better, now you’re you don’t identify yourself as anxious but are starting to identify the transient nature of the emotion. I’m feeling anxiety. Now you’re separating the anxiety from yourself. Instead…More

Its easy to know that the person you’re talking to did this or that wrong. Its hard to experience how they are going to feel when you tell them that. By roleplaying in your head you can avoid hitting too much of a nerve. Hopefully, you can avoid an entrenching on the other person’s part.…More

It doesn’t help you to be morally outraged. To have an emotional reaction to someone screwing you over. To be shocked by the cold blooded murder of 100s of people. Instead, be ready to act rationally and in your interest in the aftermath of such events. Being able to act immediately will provide enormous value…More

Too often people will be rock stars in their careers but ignore their health and personal relationships.   Take the skills that make you good at your job and improve your health. Eat better, exercise, lose the weight.   Pay attention to your personal relationships. Have empathy, be transparent, be helpful.   A great career…More

These reactions are what lead us to be happy or sad; angry or calm.   They dictate what we say in any given situation and especially how we act.   They’re nearly impossible to change in the moment.   The key is to recognize the patterns of reactions that you experience and change them over…More

If we’re nice to people its because we think that they will do things for us in return.   If we dress a certain way its either because we want to fit in or be noticed.   The topics of conversation we pick are a statement telling others the type of person that we consider…More