Why it’s hard to start work (life optimization)
“It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first.” – Miyamoto Musashi Today I thought we’d take another trip to the glorious goldmine that is continuous life…
Improve your life by making it boring
“Our technology has exceeded our humanity.” – Albert Einstein Want some simple advice that is guaranteed to make your life better, but almost nobody will actually do? Make your life…
Tommy Aspinall
“Nature loves courage.” – Terrence McKenna Hey, how was your weekend? I’m still geeking off of what happened on Saturday night, when Tom Aspinall knocked out the most dangerous dude…
How to deal with personal attacks Part 3
“Nobody is smart enough to be 100% right or 100% wrong.” – Ken Wilber Charles Darwin knew a thing or two about handling personal attacks. While sailing home after discovering…
How to deal with personal attacks Part 2
“The more you shine the more shadows you cast.” – Shi Heng Yi Yesterday in Part 1, we posed the question: “How would you live your life if the negative…
How to deal with personal attacks Part 1
“I’ll fight to the death if I have to. But I get my feelings hurt pretty easily too.” – Anthony Smith, UFC Fighter As a thought experiment… How would you…
Optimize Your Life In 10 Minutes
“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.” – Frank Herbert, Dune One of my favorite little exercises for life optimization… (ie. improving daily…
How Elon Thinks Part 2
“Physics is the law, everything else is a recommendation.” – Elon Musk I wasn’t planning on a Part 2. But then I couldn’t sleep last night, and stayed up until…
How Elon Thinks
“No visions are ever rendered to us in the dead of night that we are incapable of pursuing at the break of dawn.” – Matt Higgins (Credit for this story…
The hero doesn’t try to be heroic greatest hits
Today’s email is a throwback to one of our greatest hits, originally sent July 13, 2023. Enjoy 🙂 The older I get, the more it feels like all that really…