Tag: Mindset

I like the idea of parallel universes. There’s legitimate scientific research that says that there are infinite universes existing simultaneously in different dimensions, maybe even one for each possible outcome. So in some parallel universe, maybe I’m the king of Norway. It’s nice to think about, anyway. That theory may not be proven or disproven…

Once upon a time, hundreds of years ago, there existed a species called homo sapiens. They had an enormous amount of processing power, an excellent ability to match patterns, and a level of consciousness and self awareness that had never existed before. They understood many of the things they saw in the world, but others…

In poker there’s an ideal called “tight and aggressive”. The idea is to play a very small selection of hands, but to then play those hands very aggressively. You play a small selection because many hands are statistical underdogs no matter how well you play them. You’ll get lucky here and there, but in the…

It’s midnight and I’m on my cot in a tent on the island. It’s quiet now, just small waves slapping the rocks and jokes between me, my cousins, and my friend Nick, When we wake up, it will be very windy and possibly rainy. There’s a hurricane en-route, which is expected to weaken to some…

In each of our minds is a gradient of activities, ranging from things we definitely won’t do (finance a Ferrari), things we’ll definitely do (drink water today), and everything else in between. There’s something special about those things at the extremes, the things we will and won’t definitely do. It’s nearly impossible that theey won’t…

When I was really young, I would occasionally take over my friend’s paper route when he was busy. Not being much of an early riser, I never got to eat breakfast on mornings where I delivered the paper. That, of course, was a problem that could easily be solved, if I just had a toaster…

A wild horse is a beautiful thing on its own, but isn’t very useful to a person. To create a symbiotic relationship with the horse, the owner must break the horse, training it to give up some of its wild instincts and replace them with conditioned responses. I rode a horse a few weeks ago…

Here’s my theory: harsh criticism is one of the most valuable commodities out there, and you should be collecting as much of it as possible. Secondly, people enjoy giving harsh criticism, but only if they know it will be appreciated. If they think you might react poorly, you’ll never hear it. Sebastian and I pretty…

Over the past few days there was a “mistake fare” going on with some European airlines which enabled you to book amazing US -> Europe -> Asia multiple stop tickets for $130-400. Friends and I booked three different trips, because deals this good come along about once a year. The deal was a little bit…

I’m in a bus going up the Chilean coast. The ride is almost twenty-four hours long, which means I have no excuse to not get a solid blog post written. If only I had an idea… For the past few hours I’ve been staring outside, trying to come up with that perfect idea. I watch…