365 Days Writing Challenge – Checkpoint Two
Two months of daily writing. The honeymoon ended, discipline kicks in. Writing when inspiration is [...]
Geo-arbitrage, Or How To Get The Most Of Where You Are
Earn in strong currencies, spend in weak ones. Geographic arbitrage exploits economic differences legally. Location [...]
The Best Defense Is Attack
Defensive positions drain resources. Offensive action creates momentum. Best defense isn't blocking—it's controlling the battlefield [...]
Limited Field Of Vision
Everyone sees reality through narrow apertures. Recognizing your limited field prevents confident errors. Blind spots [...]
Expectation Management
Expectations set satisfaction baselines. Managing them means calibrating hope with reality. Under-promise and over-deliver beats [...]
Learning To Play The Guitar – 6 Months After
Six months transformed fingers from clumsy to competent. Progress is visible now. Guitar teaches patience—results [...]
Monday Moving Forward – Don’t Ride With The Hurricane
Emotional hurricanes demand participation. Monday's chaos wants your energy. Refusing to ride the storm preserves [...]
Elon Musk, The Entrepreneurial Hustle, And Some Tax Nuances
Elon epitomizes hustle culture while optimizing tax exposure. The entrepreneurial game—maximize visible success, minimize taxable [...]
Time At The Soldier’s Disposition
Military phrase for waiting time between orders. Life contains massive soldier's disposition time—wasted or invested [...]
Bitcoin, Banks And A Bewildering Conundrum
Banks dismiss Bitcoin publicly while adopting blockchain privately. The conundrum—they hate the currency but love [...]
The Convoluted Path To The Perfect Tostada
Perfect tostada requires technique, timing, ingredient quality. The path is convoluted—shortcuts produce mediocrity. Excellence always [...]
Going Somewhere
Movement without direction is wandering. Direction without movement is dreaming. Going somewhere requires both—clear destination [...]
I’m Not A Cat
This pandemic changed our world in ways we would have never imagined before. One of [...]
Unintended Consequences, Convergent Evolution And Stranger Things
Actions trigger unintended cascades. Evolution converges on similar solutions independently. Reality produces stranger outcomes than [...]
Slow Cooking And Camino de Santiago
Slow cooking develops flavors time creates. Camino walking develops insights distance creates. Both require patience [...]
Someone, Somewhere, Is Very Wrong On The Internet
Internet wrongness is infinite. Correcting it all is impossible. The urge to fix every error [...]
When Is Being Right Wrong?
Being right but socially destructive—when correctness damages relationships or creates enemies unnecessarily. Sometimes wrong beats [...]
Convex Payment, The “S” Curve, And Pay Per Epoch
Linear payment models fail for non-linear results. Convex rewards match S-curve performance. Pay per epoch [...]
Mars And Its Columbus
Mars needs its Columbus—someone willing to risk everything for uncertain discovery. The parallel breaks where [...]
Picking It Up From Where You Left
Abandoned projects haunt until resumed or released. Picking up where you left requires courage—facing why [...]
The Context Is Not The Situation
Situations are facts. Context is interpretation. Confusing them means missing that changing context changes meaning [...]
Apple Watch, Bluetooth And Karma
Technology fails reveal character. Apple Watch disconnects during important moments. Karma teaches through inconvenience—attachment to [...]
The Most Important Part Of Life Is Always Hidden In The Dark
Visible achievements mask invisible foundations. What happens in darkness—practice, failure, preparation—determines what manifests in light
Hit Hard And Settle In The Middle
Negotiation strategy—start extreme, accept moderate. Hitting hard establishes range. Settling middle feels like compromise but [...]
Modern Hunters
Ancient hunters tracked animals. Modern hunters track opportunities, connections, deals. The instinct persists—only the prey [...]
The Daily Stroll To The End Of The World
Daily walks reveal world's edges gradually. The routine doesn't change—perspective does. Familiar paths contain infinite [...]
Optimizing Brain Cycles
Brains run on cycles—focus, diffuse, rest. Optimizing means matching tasks to states. Fighting cycles wastes [...]
The Case For Personal Rituals
Rituals create structure in chaos. Personal ceremonies mark transitions, honor moments, ground consciousness. Religion privatized [...]