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Retire First
Here’s an idea for people who are done with school and aren’t too excited about the standard life staring them in the face. Instead of grinding through life to retire later, why not work as hard as possible to retire first, and then live the rest of your life on your terms. There are probably…
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Island Two-Year Update: Shipwrecked
We were all excited about this most recent island trip. Brian, Elliot, and I would be flying together from Tokyo directly to Halifax, and would be joined there for a few days by Todd, and then by Ben for a couple days afterwards. It was to be the first island trip with no critical imminent…
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Up in the Ether
When I was a kid, I had flannel blankets. Blue and green, if my memory’s accurate. My bedroom had big french doors to the outside that made my room cold when it was winter. Even before computers, I was a night owl. My parents would make me go to bed at ten, I’d crawl into…
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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…
