The woman seemed to be making some pretty good points, until she stopped with, “Ugh! Those (people she disagrees with) are just so stupid!!” She could have said Southerners, Northerners, Republicans,...
Someone moving to Los Angeles asked my advice. Here it is: I lived in LA from 2002 to 2009 and loved it. There are a few things to understand: It’s not really a city. Not long ago, it was just a bunc...
Here’s a great project, that will fill you full of gratitude and reminiscing: Try to write down all the friends you’ve ever had - from memory. No address book, no phone, no Facebook. Just memory. Rem...
I feel like I know almost nothing about business, because the only business I’ve ever done is the co-op / sharing model. It goes like this: 1. You already have something that people want. It might be...
When I was 22, I lived alone on the Oregon Coast for a year, just practicing, recording, dreaming, and going for 10-mile runs in the sand. I had been coming to this beach since I was a baby, and had ...
“When do you go running?” “When the time is right.” “When is the time right?” “When it's a nice day, and I've finished my work, and I haven't just eaten, and I'm feeling energetic...
Here are some of my recent interviews, that I think you will like: Mixergy Fun hour-long video interview where we talk about business intuition, story-telling, and more. Forbes - Michael Ellsberg A g...
For years, when people asked if I'd write a book, I said no. But when my hero Seth Godin asked if I'd write a book for his new publishing company, I said HELL YEAH!! So, my first book is re...
Projecting meaning into Chinese characters Chinese characters look complicated, but they're mostly made up of smaller simpler characters. 语 language = words 讠+ five 五+ mouth 口 谢 thanks = words 讠...
Fish don't know they're in water. If you tried to explain it, they'd say, “Water? What's water?” They're so surrounded by it, that it's impossible to see. They can'...
Trying to pursue many different directions at once, but not making progress? Frustrated that the world wants you to pick one thing, because you want to do them all? The problem is you’re thinking sho...
In 2007, I decided I wanted to live all around the world - to remove the separations of “us” and “them”. Move to an opposite place and live there - immersed in local friends, language, culture, and d...
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