Tag: Mindset

And just like that another year has passed! Every year of my life has been better than the last. I used to believe that this was a nearly universal experience, as every year you should become smarter, learn from your mistakes, build on your successes, deepen your relationships, etc. But I talked to some people…

It begins with a basic acceptance that we will never really understand what’s going on around us. We’ll be wrong all the time, and oblivious even more frequently. It may feel as though we understand ourselves and our world around us, but the number of times we are wrong or surprised illustrates how little we…

For a long time I was very proud of the fact that no girl I had attempted to kiss had given me the cheek. I thought that this meant that I was a precision sniper of dating, finely attuned to the subtleties of the male-female dynamic. I knew when girls wanted that first kiss to…

Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. Although it started with religion, it’s become a secular holiday that’s pretty pure. Everyone who celebrates it does so with people they’re close to, and they think about what they’re thankful for. There’s a bit of gluttony mixed in, but even that includes a lot of healthy food. Today…

I get called weird a lot. Not usually in a bad way, usually as a term of endearment. Looking at it objectively, I see the argument — I’m definitely a strange person who does unusual things. The thing is, I don’t feel weird. My day to day life feels pretty normal, and the decisions that…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…