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September 9, 2013
Don’t depend on it. You are weak. If you depend on willpower, you will falter, and you will falter often. Your dreams will fall by the wayside as you find yourself unable to sustain persist the long-term. You will be crushed, and it will be your fault. Don’t feel bad. I’m weak too. That’s why I spend so much time thinking about tricks and tactics that don’t depend on willpower, or minimize its effects. I am weak, and I know that,...
September 6, 2013
“The fool will spend his money on worthless things. The wise will spend his money to better himself. A man’s worth can be measured by how he spends his money.” – Gin no Saji (Silver Spoon) A smart bit of wisdom from a wise old lady in a very good show. Take it at face value and it will serve you well. Let’s take it a bit further, though. Try replacing ‘money’ with ‘time’. Money is effectively infinite. Sometimes it’s difficult,...
August 28, 2013
My previous post was a lie. I made it seem like you could do almost anything with effort, desire, and good instruction, and that’s not true. (Sort of.) There is much that each of us will never be able to do, and there are talents that each of us naturally have that cannot be denied. Some things are easier, while others are monstrously more difficult. That is the truth. But is it a useful truth? I am a marketer, a salesman, and a...
August 26, 2013
Many people think that we all have natural talents which can never be changed. “I’m a word guy” or “I’m really good at math”. People think of these proclivities as immovable realities that can never be changed. I disagree. Now to be fair, there are limits. Most of you never had a chance to become an NBA player, whereas I, who stands at 6’7″ (200cm), did. (Don’t worry, I squandered it gloriously.) But outside of that, the limits are far...
August 15, 2013
Fear is an insidious thing. It can change our behavior without our even knowing it. Today I have a question for all of you: what are you afraid of? Here, I’ll go first. I’m afraid I won’t be able to back up all of my bullshit. I’m afraid I’m not nearly as good as I think I am. I’m afraid that I’ve spent all this time writing a dud, and the closer I get to the day when I’ll find...
August 12, 2013
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.” -Walt Whitman Maybe it hasn’t happened yet, but eventually I will say something that contradicts what I have said before, something that is hypocritical to what I purport to believe. And you know what? I don’t care. People change, and ideas change with them. What politicians call flip-flopping is for the rest of us known as “changing our minds”. And who’s to say we...