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An Island, Vegas, Budapest for A Fraction of the Median House Price
Two days ago I closed on a property in Budapest (right where districts V, VI, and VII meet, if you know the area). It’s not just my property, though. I share it with eight of my best friends. It’s the latest piece of the puzzle in my recent quest to have home bases around the…
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Your Brain As a Funnel
I’ve been working a lot on marketing recently, as you’ve hopefully noticed if you subscribe to CruiseSheet‘s (awesome) newsletter. A basic part of marketing is thinking about the funnel. At the top of the funnel you have people who go to the web site, and at the tiny end of the funnel you have people…
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The Invisible Fence
As you probably already know, one good way to keep your dog fenced in is the invisible fence. It’s a loop of wire you run around your yard that triggers their special collar if they cross the wire, giving them an electric shock. After a while you don’t need the collar or the wire anymore.…
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Five Things I Learned On My Return to Productivity
A few months ago I had a troubling thought: maybe I’ve forgotten how to be productive. I am not a naturally productive person. I skated by in school, putting homework off until the last minute, if I did it at all. After I left school I was reasonably productive with my gambling thing, but it…
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Recent Thoughts on Minimalism
I’m always thinking about minimalism. A lot of why I think about it is because I have both very minimalistic tendencies as well as some on the opposite side of the spectrum. That sits well with me, because I consider it cause for alarm when one subscribes entirely to the dogma of any group. It’s…
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How to Listen to Feedback
It’s been an interesting month so far. Two relevant things happened: first, I got some critical feedback that I needed to hear but sort of stung, and second, CruiseSheet has been doing extremely well. For the longest time I’ve run my businesses as I thought they should be run. I’d hear people out and take…
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The Best 2021 Ever
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…
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The Best 2021 Ever
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…
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The Best 2021 Ever
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…
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The Best 2021 Ever
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…
