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Island Adventure 2, Part 1: Total Disaster
As I write this, I am hunched over my laptop, which is held at an awkward angle because of the steering wheel in front of me. Carpal tunnel syndrome is imminent. Out of the window to my left, if it wasn’t so foggy and dark, I’d be able to see our island. This island trip…
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Believing Things That May Not Be True
In poker, you make money whenever your opponent plays differently than he would if he knew what cards you have. When you do the same, you lose money. In other words, whenever you act in a way that you wouldn’t if you knew the truth, you’re making a mistake. The same could be said for…
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La Revedere, 2013
I’m always amazed at just how much happens in a year. At the end of each year, grateful for a gimme topic to write about, I sit down to write this post. And each time my first thought is, “Yeah, but not that much happened this year.” Then I go through my archive for the…
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La Revedere, 2013
I’m always amazed at just how much happens in a year. At the end of each year, grateful for a gimme topic to write about, I sit down to write this post. And each time my first thought is, “Yeah, but not that much happened this year.” Then I go through my archive for the…
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La Revedere, 2013
I’m always amazed at just how much happens in a year. At the end of each year, grateful for a gimme topic to write about, I sit down to write this post. And each time my first thought is, “Yeah, but not that much happened this year.” Then I go through my archive for the…
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Things I’m Not Going to Write About Today
Life has been crazy lately, and I haven’t seen my daily writing habit in months. I have a hundred blog posts written, but I forget exactly where they are, and I remember thinking none of them were amazing. So I’m in that position that I created that habit to get out of: it’s the night…
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Why Obsess About Productivity?
A guy on Twitter asked a pretty good question the other day: “Why do you worship productivity so much? Honestly? (I am currently sitting at a ski hill with an ear-to-ear grin from powder turns.)” I gave him an answer, but I think the question deserves an answer longer than one hundred forty characters. Something…
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Comfort is the Opposite of Training
Being comfortable should be a warning sign. It’s not that being comfortable is a bad thing by itself, but if we agree that growth comes from pushing your comfort zone, then any time we’re within our comfort zone we’re not growing. Whenever you find that you’re comfortable, ask yourself what you aren’t training. The answer…
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Think Long Term to Make Good Decisions
I’m on a Southwest Airlines flight right now, heading from DC to San Francisco. The way food works on Southwest is they hold out a big basket full of snacks, and you take whatever you want for free. None of the snacks are healthy; it’s crackers and cookies and chips. I have to admit, I…
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The Fake Newsletter Cruise Prank
I’ve written the equivalent of about 50 blog posts in the past couple weeks for a new habit book I’m writing, so you’ll have to excuse the off-topic post today. I can only write so much about serious stuff in a short time! — We got very lucky on our cruise. You’re assigned to a…
