Tag: Social Skills

If you perform at an average rate, you’ll probably have an average life. Yes, there are exceptions, but counting on an exception is a weak plan. If you want an above-average life, you’re going to have to perform above at an above average rate. You don’t need to be above average in every single respect.… Continue reading Four Modern Competitive Advantages You Can Build Now

Doing anything that’s not normal is difficult. You have to move past your automatic patterns and rely on conscious action to move forward. We’re wired to rely on our subconscious, so this is legitimately difficult. That’s why people eat crappy food, watch crappy TV, and stay in crappy relationships. Today my motorcycle got impounded (for… Continue reading How to Recalibrate Yourself To Change Habits and Reach Goals

The great Japanese Train Trip of 2013 is over, and everyone has left Tokyo besides Sebastian and myself. Making up for the week of decreased productivity, we meet in an office in Shibuya every day and work. During meals and in between blocks of time, we talk about life and work and habits. Getting Serious… Continue reading Getting Serious

Back when I used to help Mystery run workshops, we had a division of labor. He did most of the teaching, I did most of the organizing, and he made most of the decisions. Our program was three nights in the field: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and two days of seminar. At one point Mystery… Continue reading The Upside to being Stubborn

You know when I was the most productive? The day before I started writing about how productive I was. You know when I was the least productive? About a week after that. You know where I am now? Still trying to get back to the pinnacle. What went wrong? I started to believe not that… Continue reading What You Are, What You Do

When I bought a house ten years ago, I also bought place settings for six and silverware for twelve. Then I developed a minor fascination with bone China and bought settings for eight. I probably had four dozen glasses. About once a month or so, all of these dishes would be piled up in and… Continue reading Stimulation and How I Learned to Love Dishwashing

Okay okay okay okay okay. I’ll make a packing video! This year I unpacked my bag instead of packing it, so that you don’t have to watch me place every single thing in the correct place. You’ll probably notice that I have less things than I did in the past. Off the top of my… Continue reading 2011 UNpacking Video

I’ve been thinking about writing this post for a while, but I wanted to have some concrete proof that the technique is what has been getting the results, not just my boyish good looks and my “give me a citation and I might hunt down your family” demeanor. Yesterday was that day. I’ve been stopped… Continue reading How to Avoid Getting a Speeding Ticket