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Introduction: You Shouldn’t Be Here, But You Are The odds of your existence aren’t just low; they’re so low, they make winning the lottery look like a safe bet. You are here because a cosmic chain of impossible events, from the birth of the universe to a random glance across a crowded room, somehow aligned […]

Here are some of the things I either heard about recently or that I might have “accidentally” shared with coworkers, friends, or family members: When I first started reading about self-development, one of the first topics I got into was gossip. Gossiping is like inhaling a pack of Oreos: you feel amazing doing it, but

Introduction: The Failure Paradox When I was younger, I avoided failure the way most people avoid talking politics at Christmas dinner: with the kind of desperate evasiveness usually reserved for minefields. And for a while, it worked. I didn’t fail. I also didn’t succeed. Or grow. Or do much of anything, really. It all seems

Introduction: Why Strong Opinions Matter In a world where everything gets lost in the noise because everyone’s doing the same things, having strong opinions makes you stand out. We live in a conformist world. We’ve evolved to conform. Thousands of years ago, behaving erratically or differently than the rest meant a liability to the group.

Intro – “The Big Scary Thing”™ Once every ten years, the world breaks. Nassim Nicholas Taleb refers to these as Black Swans, but I’m not a philosopher, so I call it “The Big Scary Thing”. Here’s the thing about the Big Scary Thing: no one sees it coming. Do you know how many experts were

In 2007, Facebook took the world by storm. The social media platform promised people they could connect with their friends, family, and high school buddies they never would have bothered to find otherwise. A couple of decades later, social media is something completely different than what Facebook promised us. It’s this evil force that draws

I have some unpopular opinions. I once said, “The Beatles are just the Coldplay of their time” at a dinner party and had to finish my tiramisu in the hallway. Also, I think travel stopped being about self-discovery and became content creation with a passport. (You didn’t “find yourself” in Bali. You found good lighting

Here’s something personal about me: I overthink everything. When it comes to decisions, I feel paralyzed. Should we go to this bar or that bar? Should I reply to that text with a “lol” or will a simple emoji do the job? The thing is, few decisions in life have disastrous consequences if you make

Meet Grook. Grook was one of your ancestors. He lived in the same place you do, but only 12,000 years ago. Back then, it was a Savannah or a forest, not a gated community with a fitness center and some tennis courts. Grook lived a simple life. He spent mornings hunting and gathering food, so

“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” Jack Dorsey Having strong opinions is important in a world where most people use the same items and consume the same media. If you find yourself in a group of people agreeing with everything everyone says, then you have a serious problem. To be