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At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, writing has changed my life. I often talk about the importance of reading, but writing is as important. When you’re reading, you’re passively consuming. When you’re writing, you’re actively engaging with the content. Ideally, what you do involves a combination of the two. The problem with writing is that […]

I enjoy reading about topics like happiness, success, and freedom because those values mean something different to everyone. In other words, my definition of freedom might be different from yours. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with that as long as you take the time to develop your own definition. Even when I disagree with someone

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain Reading about regret is a habit for me. Like many

“Mastery is the best goal because the rich can’t buy it, the impatient can’t rush it, the privileged can’t inherit it, and nobody can steal it. You can only earn it through hard work. Mastery’s the ultimate status.” Derek Sivers – How to Live Some things you can’t replace and hard work is one of

“The only real dating advice is self-improvement. Work on yourself. Conquer your anxieties. Resolve your shame. Take care of yourself and those who are important to you. Love yourself. Otherwise, no one else will.” Mark Manson – Models  People often ask me why I read dating books so diligently. My answer is always the same:

“To do something that you feel in your heart that’s great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that’s successful is a series of mistakes.” Billie Joe Armstrong I’ve been obsessed with failure lately. Although we think of failure as the opposite of success, they are two sides of the same coin. Each

“Anything you do to optimize your work, cut some corners, or squeeze more ‘efficiency’ out of it (and out of your life) will eventually make you dislike it.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb – Skin in the Game I used to think that life was something to optimize. The more I read about productivity, the more I

“I’m called ‘the poorest president’, but I don’t feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more.” Jose “Pepe” Mujica – Former president of Uruguay One of my favorite books is The Almanack of Naval Ravikant. In the book, Ravikant talks about the three

“I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom” Bob Dylan Like most people, I spend too much time thinking about money. I’m not attracted to the social prestige that comes with money, but I believe that the ultimate thing money can buy you is freedom.

“Your brain is most intelligent when you don’t instruct it on what to do – something people who take showers discover on occasion.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb – The Bed of Procrustes Sometimes slowing down is the weapon to charge ahead. Writer Ryan Holiday refers to this idea as “stillness”. Holiday wrote a book called Stillness