Diamonds Are Forever. Their Inside, On The Other Hand, Might Or Might Not Be
Diamonds last forever. Lab-grown diamonds are chemically identical. The illusion of scarcity crumbles when technology [...]
Lack Of Education Is A Liability
It's a nice Wednesday morning, you open your computer as always, and, to your surprise, [...]
Voulez Vous Learn Una Idioma Noua?
Mixing French, Spanish, and Romanian in one question. Language learning opens more than communication—it rewires [...]
The Wind Of Change, Unquestionable Right To Comfort And Stress Wood
Biosphere 2 trees collapsed without wind stress. Comfort weakens—adversity strengthens. The lesson applies to humans [...]
Why Finding Meaning In The Work You Do May Not Work Out In The Near Future
We spend most of our lives working, but the 5-day, 8-hour model is historically recent. [...]
Presence, Patience And Frustration
Learning anything worthwhile requires three ingredients—being there when it's boring, staying there when it's hard, [...]
How To Accomplish Big Things
Break them into small things. That's it. The most effective strategy for anything big, enduring, [...]
The Subtle Art Of Improvisation
Improvisation saves you when plans fail. But perpetual improvisation means you're living reactively—the subtle art [...]
Like A Fish In The Water
Childhood river fishing taught a truth about money—you can catch fish by moving water, or [...]
Every Hammer Is Just Looking For Some Nails
Your skills can define you until you become just a function. The trap is solving [...]
A Few Things That Would Be Interesting To Do In The Dark
Practicing guitar in darkness revealed something unexpected—removing sight forces other senses to sharpen. Sometimes constraints [...]
The Rise Of Non Fungible Tokens
Trends cook slowly under the radar before exploding into mainstream. NFTs follow Bitcoin's pattern—dismissed for [...]
Atypical Micro-Investments
Prepaying for drinks isn't just convenience—it's investing in flexibility, social bonds, and a mindset of [...]
Modern Gods
We stopped worshipping gods in temples. Now we worship algorithms, metrics, and notifications. The faith [...]
The Benefit Of Spanning Multiple Realities
Living in multiple countries, cultures, and contexts builds cognitive flexibility. Your brain learns to switch [...]
Blitz Empires – How The Mighty Fall In Modern Times
Empires used to take centuries to fall. Now they collapse overnight—Nokia, Blackberry, Blockbuster. Speed of [...]
Monday Moving Forward – Run It Over, Run It Early
Start Mondays by running through your week early. The practice creates mental maps before chaos [...]
The Stranger From Ten Years Ago
Look at photos from ten years ago. That person is a stranger now—different priorities, beliefs, [...]
The Stupidity Map
Everyone has domains where they're brilliant and zones where they're foolish. Mapping your stupidity zones [...]
Survivorship Bias In Financial Resilience
We study successful investors and miss the thousands who used identical strategies and failed. Survivorship [...]
Reality As A Service – Living By Subscription
Everything became subscription—software, entertainment, relationships. We stopped owning and started renting. Reality itself is now [...]
Bitcoin Is Now Legal Tender In A Country On Planet Earth
El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender. The experiment begins—can decentralized currency work at nation-state scale? [...]
Comfortably Ahead Of The Game
Financial resilience isn't about hoarding wealth—it's about positioning yourself comfortably ahead. Enough buffer that surprises [...]
Monday Moving Forward – Let Go Of The Previous Week Properly
Welcome to a new Monday Moving Forward post, a series which is published, you guessed, [...]
People Placeholders
We fill relationship slots like casting actors. Friend placeholder, mentor placeholder, partner placeholder. People become [...]
Being Constantly “Unhappy”
Constant low-grade dissatisfaction isn't depression—it's the fuel for growth. Contentment stops evolution. Productive unhappiness drives [...]
Coffee And Conversations
Coffee shops became remote offices. But their real value isn't WiFi—it's accidental conversations with strangers [...]
Oversimplifying Versus Analysis Paralysis
Oversimplify and miss critical nuance. Overanalyze and never move. The sweet spot between reckless action [...]
Opportunity Management
Opportunities multiply faster than capacity. The skill isn't spotting them—it's ruthlessly filtering which ones deserve [...]