What It’s Like To Be A Standup Comedian
“Standing in front of a room full of people who are judging you every night changes you. These people might be idiots as individuals, but together they have a w...
Category: Self Improvement
How To Find And Support Trustworthy Journalism
“Now more than ever, it is important to our democracy that we seek out and support good journalism.”
Silicon Valley Has An Empathy Problem
“Silicon Valley’s biggest failing is not poor marketing of its products, or follow-through on promises, but, rather, the distinct lack of empathy for those whos...
A Message To The Architects Of Our Future
“Time giving innovation. That’s what it means to be truly technologically advanced. The future is not all screens, it’s humanity enhanced.”
The Purpose Of Life, According To A 22-Year-Old Hunter S. Thompson
“Every man is the sum total of his reactions to experience. As your experiences differ and multiply, you become a different man, and hence your perspective chan...
“Whatever” Is Never The Right Answer
“The thing that I had spent my whole life thinking was the kindest option for others was in fact putting all the work on them.”
The 3 Minutes It Takes To Read This Will Improve Your Conversations Forever
Since my tips to improve your writing in two minutes were so popular, I thought I’d share some similar tips to improve your next conversation. Following are the...
How to Control Your Memories
“The story becomes our memory, the story gets rehearsed ever more, and the story becomes the thing we tell ourselves the next time we need to make a choice. If ...
We See What We Want to See
“Attention can be thought of as what you allow your eyes to look at.”
You’re Not Average Because Average Is a Myth
“The problem is that the line of averages is not ‘real’ in the sense that most people are not on it. It is an average of the total, but is not where most people...