Year: 2016

I think a lot about what an outsider would assume about me if they were to get a deep view of me. What would they think my priorities are? Would they think that I will succeed? Would they think I’m a good friend? When the answers to these hypothetical questions is out of line with…

I think a lot about what an outsider would assume about me if they were to get a deep view of me. What would they think my priorities are? Would they think that I will succeed? Would they think I’m a good friend? When the answers to these hypothetical questions is out of line with…

I think a lot about what an outsider would assume about me if they were to get a deep view of me. What would they think my priorities are? Would they think that I will succeed? Would they think I’m a good friend? When the answers to these hypothetical questions is out of line with…

I think a lot about what an outsider would assume about me if they were to get a deep view of me. What would they think my priorities are? Would they think that I will succeed? Would they think I’m a good friend? When the answers to these hypothetical questions is out of line with…

I was encouraged to watch the TV series True Crime, which I was told was excellent. I watched the first couple episodes and found all sorts of things I didn’t like about it, which made it easy for me to stop watching the show and write it off. This happens to me for most TV…

Ask anyone what their top priority is, and I bet you get at least three. And if you were to observe their actions, maybe you’d notice that the top priority they’re acting on has nothing to do with any of the three they listed. We all want a lot, and that’s because it’s easy to…

I say this not to complain or even to suggest that it should be otherwise, but it occurs to me regularly that I live in a world that was not only not designed for me, but may have been designed for the opposite of me. I’m in Queenstown, New Zealand right now with a couple…

Being funny is an interesting phenomenon. Why are people funny? Why does it matter? Sure it makes you feel good when someone is joking around with you, but so do back rubs and compliments. Why do we like it when people are funny? One theory is that humor is an indicator of intelligence, and we…

Two years or so into working on Sett, an experienced entrepreneur friend of mine brought up the topic of taking investment. He thought that we should raise money and was interested in being the first person to invest. So we talked seriously about it. One of the questions he asked was whether I wanted to…

Want to totally change your life in just one day with one little tip? Too bad, because that’s not how it works. Once in a while a small thing does totally change our lives. Someone happens to say something to us at just the right time and it impacts us forever. Other times we gradually…