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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…
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One Last Time
Due to poor planning, I had to walk a half mile or so to my motorcycle tonight before going home. Not a big deal, but it was after midnight, I was tired, and still had a few things to do. Helmet in hand, I started walking down the sidewalk towards the bike. A thought struck…
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My Day in Court
I remarked, on the way in, that we were the only people that wanted to be there. Being a defendant must be a bad time, and I doubt being a plaintiff is much better. Jurors are getting a couple bucks a day to disrupt their lives, and it’s just another day at work for everyone…
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No Shampoo
In case you don’t know, there are a large number of people on the internet giving up shampoo. They claim that shampoo is the problem, stripping your hair of oils and then adding them back in. If you just give up shampoo, your hair will regulate itself, just like the hair on all other animals.…
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Permanence
There’s some fundamental human attraction to permanence. We want relationships to be permanent, achievements to hold their importance permanently, and for our possessions to be ours permanently. When we break up, when our accomplishments are forgotten, or when something is lost, stolen, or sold, we feel a loss. Good reasons to value permanence exist. It…
