Setting a Lower Bound Setting a Lower BoundVariance is a natural part of life, and it's not a battle that can ever be won. Some days you'll perform amazingly, and others you'll be a lot worse. We'd all like to have as many amazi... Jun 20, 2014 8,098views 0
Love Work II Love Work IIWork is almost synonymous with stress in our culture. If you're working hard, you're exhausted, stressed, and stretched thin. So you only work a fixed amount of hours per day if you can... Jun 18, 2014 8,416views 0
The Battles Within The Battles WithinA wild horse is a beautiful thing on its own, but isn't very useful to a person. To create a symbiotic relationship with the horse, the owner must break the horse, training it to give u... Jun 13, 2014 8,717views 0
No Such Thing as Not Sticking to It No Such Thing as Not Sticking to ItA while back I wrote about how I was going to be neat and tidy henceforth. I'd clean my RV twice a day, keep my travel stuff organized while on the road, and basically be the opposite o... Jun 6, 2014 7,580views 0
Free Improvement Free ImprovementRight after I write this, I'm going to go eat at Chipotle. On the train ride over there, I'll be doing Mandarin flashcards on my phone. The ride is less than ten minutes, but I usually... Jun 6, 2014 8,906views 0
What to Do if You're Forced to Go to School What to Do if You're Forced to Go to SchoolYou know that dream where you're at school with no pants on? I don't have that one, but I have one that's almost as terrifying: that I'm in school WITH pants on. I dropped out after a y... Jun 1, 2014 12,749views 0
Dealing in Harsh Criticism Dealing in Harsh CriticismHere's my theory: harsh criticism is one of the most valuable commodities out there, and you should be collecting as much of it as possible. Secondly, people enjoy giving harsh criticis... May 30, 2014 9,140views 0
What's the Real Worst Case? What's the Real Worst Case?Over the past few days there was a "mistake fare" going on with some European airlines which enabled you to book amazing US -> Europe -> Asia multiple stop tickets for $130-400. Friends... May 27, 2014 8,055views 0
The Smiling Maid The Smiling MaidI'm in a bus going up the Chilean coast. The ride is almost twenty-four hours long, which means I have no excuse to not get a solid blog post written. If only I had an idea... For the p... May 23, 2014 8,525views 0
Build Self Trust First Build Self Trust FirstOne of the fundamental pillars of being someone who executes (does executioner sound too extreme?) is trusting yourself completely. Only when you have that trust can you reliably reach... May 21, 2014 9,570views 0
Or Can You? Or Can You?Yesterday afternoon we got to the bus stop and boarded our bus. We would be on it for twenty four hours without a power jack, meaning that every last milliamp of power was precious. In... May 16, 2014 9,796views 0
Finding Your Fault Finding Your FaultToday eBay reversed a payment I received for selling a phone. I had sent the phone on the way to the airport and kept the receipt in my backpack in case I needed to verify that I sent i... May 12, 2014 9,659views 0
