Month: January 2010

I just got back from Peoria, AZ, where I gave a speech about risk from the perspective of a former professional gambler. The takeaways are: Evaluate risks logically, considering the payoff and probability Make risk taking a habit Hard decisions don’t matter very much Judge yourself Enjoy, and let me know if you’d like to…

Here’s a question I get a lot. “Hey, I really want to do ( some cool project or life change ), and I have it all figured out, but there’s no way for me to ( overcome one single obstacle )”. I like receiving questions and am usually happy to answer them, but this one…

It has been surreal to see the pictures of the devastation of Haiti. Normally when these disasters happen and circulate around the internet I don’t feel much of a connection to them. This one is different to me. I spent a few days there last year and really had an amazing experience. I knew that…

Anderson, Todd, Stuart, Autumn, Tynan, Grace “Umm… I have to kick out a lot of bums and crackheads. Take this.” It was a puzzling statement. He handed us three bags of ground coffee, worth almost fifty dollars. We thought he was a fan of what we were doing, so we smiled at him. He didn’t…

A picture of me with my grandparents, siblings, and some cousins before going sledding I’m on a Boeing 757. Out of my window I can see the wingtips, which are bent at the ends to improve fuel efficiency. The web address of the airline is printed on the tips, which should seem totally normal, but…

Despite mostly cutting myself off from parental financing in high school, I’ve actually only had a “real” job for less than a year total in my life. I attribute this not to any great genius on my part, but rather to habit. It was what I was used to doing. I knew that I couldn’t…