Recently Updated The Meaning In Meaningful Relationships
Meaningful relationships require meaning beyond utility. Transactional connections serve purposes. True relationships exist for their own sake without agenda
Relationships With Real Meaning
Tested approaches to building deeper connections
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People PlaceholdersCore Principles
Fundamental insights for meaningful connections
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Recently Updated Boundaries. Setting Boundaries
Boundaries protect energy and time from infinite demands. Setting them feels selfish initially. Maintaining them becomes self-preservation eventually
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Actionable strategies for better relationships
Recently Updated A Crash Course On Public Keeping Your Mouth Shut
Silence is a skill worth mastering in times of hyper-sensitivity. Five practical techniques to avoid confusion, vulnerability, and algorithmic harvesting
Recently Updated How To Talk To A Hypnotized Person – The Short, But Very Useful Guide
Most people live partially hypnotized by social conditioning. Talking to them requires recognizing their trance state—meet them where their consciousness [...]
Recently Updated Monday Moving Forward – Greet Someone You Barely Know
Start Monday by greeting someone you barely know. Small social friction builds connection muscles. Weak ties create unexpected opportunities
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The Obstacle Is Not The Bottleneck
Obstacles block paths temporarily. Bottlenecks restrict flow permanently. Solving obstacles while ignoring bottlenecks wastes energy on symptoms
Thinking Outside Of The Jar
We live inside invisible jars of assumptions. Thinking outside requires recognizing the jar exists first—most never see the glass containing them
We’re Still A Tribalist World, It Just Got Easier To Pick Our Tribe
If you look at all the technological advance of the last hundreds of years, you'd say that humanity evolved a lot. We have instant communication all [...]
Surviving Fake News Era In 4 Steps
Today someone I follow on Twitter asked how do we know if some news is actually true (it's not fake news, that is). I already answered [...]
Life Is Not A Movie, So You’re Not A Movie Star
Movies edit out boring parts. Life includes every tedious moment. Expecting cinematic drama from ordinary days guarantees disappointment
Managing Mainstream Media In A Less Toxic Way – A Few Approaches
Mainstream media optimizes for outrage and engagement. Managing exposure requires intentional boundaries—time limits, source diversity, emotional detachment
Side Stream Media And Down Stream Media
Mainstream dominates, but sidestream and downstream media multiply perspectives. Information hierarchies flatten—alternative narratives flow alongside official ones
Main Stream Media, Side Stream Media and Down Stream Media
Media stratifies into three streams—mainstream narratives, sidestream alternatives, downstream niche communities. Each stream serves different truth-seeking strategies
Seeding, Accumulation And Profit Taking
Investment cycles through three phases—seeding with small bets, accumulating during growth, taking profits before collapse. Knowing which phase determines survival
Six Months Of Writing Every Day – Checkpoint Six Of The 365 Days Writing Challenge
Six months of daily publishing. Halfway through the year, the challenge shifted from discipline to identity. Writing became who I am, not what I do
Information Inflation Equals Truth Deflation
Information overload creates truth confusion. Yuval Noah Harari explores how more data leads to less clarity in modern society.
How Random Randomness Really Is?
True randomness is rarer than we think. Patterns hide in apparent chaos. Our brains see randomness where deterministic systems create complex order
Echo Chambers, Cancel Culture And Their Weird Offspring
Echo chambers reinforce beliefs, cancel culture punishes dissent. Their hybrid offspring creates tribalized reality tunnels where disagreement equals danger
If You Can’t Handle Me At My Worst, You Don’t Deserve Me At My Best
Popular quote excuses bad behavior as authentic. Financial resilience version: if you can't handle poverty habits, you don't deserve wealth results
Incremental Growth versus Sudden Leaps
Incremental growth compounds reliably. Sudden leaps look dramatic but rarely sustain. Tortoise beats hare because consistency outlasts intensity every time
The Real Problem With Virtue Signaling
An angry status on Facebook. A long, punchy thread on Twitter. Changing your avatar picture with a ready-made frame.
What You See Is NOT What You Get
Surface appearances deceive constantly. People show curated versions. What you see is marketing, what you get is reality. The gap creates disappointment
Remote Work – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Remote work insights covering the good, bad, and ugly aspects of location independence from someone who's been doing it for years.