Year: 2015
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Build Things With Your Friends
A couple years ago I became obsessed with the idea of buying an island. I mean, I’d always been obsessed with it, but my obsession shifted from the idea of buying the island into the action of buying it. I wasn’t fantasizing about the things I’d build on the island– I was looking up property…
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Opportunity, Not Outcome
Todd and I sat on my couch in Vegas today. He was on his computer researching home automation stuff, and I was cleaning up my place, getting it ready to hibernate until I return. I didn’t expect to like Vegas so much, I told him with a smile. He agreed. Most of my week was…
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Why I Throw Away my Change
I throw away my change. Not all of it. Quarters of the lifeblood of laundry, and dimes have the best value to weight ratio, but I throw away all nickels and pennies. If I’m at a store and I don’t accidentally autpilot pocket my change, I’ll leave the pennies and nickels on the counter. If…
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Superhuman Social Skills is Now Available! Free Today Only on Kindle!
Whew! Superhuman Social Skills is Officially available! I’d like to hype up this book and tell you how proud I am of it, and how much early readers have liked it, but instead I’ll do you one better. If you’re reading this on Tuesday September 29th, the book is available for free! Please download it…
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Results of the Social Skills Survey — Book Coming out Tuesday
Wow. Over six hundred people responded to my social skills survey and gave really thoughtful and in-depth answers. In retrospect, I really wish that I had done this survey before I had written the book. I think it would have made the outline a lot easier, and I wouldn’t be making last-minute additions right before…
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Scott Dinsmore
I woke up to a message from my friend Leo, asking if I’d heard the news about Scott. I assumed that it must be some amazing story or accomplishment, as that’s the sort of thing you hear about Scott. “He died. On Kilimanjaro.” The last I’d heard from Scott was ten days prior. Five of…
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Help Me Get My Next Book Ready (And Get it Free)
As I’ve mentioned briefly before, I’m finishing up a book called Superhuman Social Skills. I think that this is going to be the best and most impactful book I’ve written, so I’m really trying to make it great. I’d like to ask for your help with that, and to give you the book for free…
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How To Earn $36.50 (or more) in Five Minutes
EDIT 9/28/15: Coinbase has now blocked me from doing this. Prior to offering it, a friend had emailed the CEO of Coinbase and got the go-ahead. A few weeks later a CSR told me that they were disabling referral bonuses for my account. I have paid out 100+ readers and will continue to pay out…
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Sunk Costs
Last night I played poker at Bellagio in Las Vegas. At one point I got pocket queens, a tremendously good hand. The hand played as expected until the last card. I got raised by a mediocre player which meant that I could be assured that he had made his hand. I had hundreds of dollars…
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How to Handle (and Find) Crazy Flight Deals
A few times a year, a crazy flight deal appears. Sometimes they’re crazy sales, and other times they’re mistakes that the airline will be legally obligated to honor. Take, for example, the one that popped up right as I began to write this post: San Francisco or LA to Jakarta for $385. The unique characteristic…
