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How I Think About Aging
I’ll never forget asking my grandmother what her favorite decade was. She was in her eighties at the time and had had a really good life overall, but would occasionally make comments about how she hopes the world is moving in the right direction because it sure seems… Her answer came quickly and without reservation.…
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Reduce Friction
The more I work on various aspects of my and other peoples’ lives, the more obvious it is that friction is one of one’s biggest enemies. The best way I can define friction is to contrast it with regular challenges that we might encounter. A challenge is something that comes up in your path that,…
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Solo Scuba
This post isn’t suggesting that you should solo scuba dive. Scuba diving has risks and I don’t know anything about you. Part of why I always buy properties with my friends is so that we can take advantage of the things that are easy to do in each location but hard to do in other…
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Working Up the Ladder
One of my worries in blogging is that people will get the impression that I am always at 100%, ready to be my absolute best and live up to the principles I write about. I think I’m there a lot of the time, but I have my slow and unmotivated days just like everyone else.…
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Why I Ignore All Studies
When I was first learning about marketing (I never got very far with it), one of the things I remember reading was how important studies are. If you can share a study that supports your point, it becomes immediately more compelling. The same is true of writing books. When I wrote my habit book, several…
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Updates On a Lot of Things
I often start habits or routines with a lot of fanfare, but then never follow up on them. Sometimes when people meet me they ask about them, so I figured I’d just think of all of them that I can come up with and catch you up. Being Married Being married has been really great!…
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One Meal Per Day
Many years ago I gave up breakfast because I was told by my trainer friend that I should be intermittent fasting. At first it felt like a big imposition, but after a few days I didn’t feel hungry at breakfast time any more. Even better, it allowed me to get to work earlier and to…
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How I Attribute My Success
I’m not sure any of us know exactly what has made us who we are, but it’s an interesting topic to think about, and one I consider often as I want to share those things which have brought me success with my readers. Often the narratives are a little bit too convenient to believe that…
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Positive Things About School
I’m about as anti-school as anyone can get. I dropped out of college and can’t begin to convey the joy and relief I felt when I knew that I’d never go to school again. The costs of school have risen to such absurd heights that it now represents a poor value for more people than…
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How to be a Good Airline Passenger
If you were the guy sitting in 29F yesterday, I really hope you’re reading this. I’m generally unflappable and not easily annoyed by people, but that goes out the window when I’m traveling by airplane. I imagine the frustration to be the same as Gordon Ramsay might feel if I was his sous chef. I…
