How Would You Explain an iPhone To A Dog?
The smartphone. This tiny object that has become so entrenched with our lives that we can hardly live without it nowadays.
The Big Reset Already Happened – It’s Called “The Internet”
The internet reset everything—commerce, communication, community, power structures. Waiting for another reset misses that we're living through continuous transformation
How Breakable Is Bitcoin? A Scenario
Bitcoin breaks through network attacks, government coordination, or cryptographic failure. The scenarios exist—probability remains debatable. Nothing is unbreakable
My (First) Audition As A Guitar Player
First audition reveals gap between practice room and performance pressure. Fingers that worked perfectly alone fail under eyes. Public skill tests different than private
Anxious Attachment – 3 Ways To Manage It
Anxious attachment creates relationship chaos through fear of abandonment. Three management strategies—awareness, communication, self-soothing—reduce attachment-driven damage
Monday Moving Forward – Limit To 3 Main Tasks
Three tasks maximum for Monday. More creates diffusion. Less creates underwhelm. Three balances ambition with achievability
365 Days Writing Challenge – Checkpoint Two
Two months of daily writing. The honeymoon ended, discipline kicks in. Writing when inspiration is absent separates professionals from hobbyists
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 becomes financial strategy
The Best Defense Is Attack
Defensive positions drain resources. Offensive action creates momentum. Best defense isn't blocking—it's controlling the battlefield through initiative
Limited Field Of Vision
Everyone sees reality through narrow apertures. Recognizing your limited field prevents confident errors. Blind spots exist—pretending otherwise guarantees collision
Expectation Management
Expectations set satisfaction baselines. Managing them means calibrating hope with reality. Under-promise and over-deliver beats the reverse
Learning To Play The Guitar – 6 Months After
Six months transformed fingers from clumsy to competent. Progress is visible now. Guitar teaches patience—results lag effort by months
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 capacity for what matters
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 income. Legal but revealing
Time At The Soldier’s Disposition
Military phrase for waiting time between orders. Life contains massive soldier's disposition time—wasted or invested determines life quality
Bitcoin, Banks And A Bewildering Conundrum
Banks dismiss Bitcoin publicly while adopting blockchain privately. The conundrum—they hate the currency but love the technology. Cognitive dissonance at scale
The Convoluted Path To The Perfect Tostada
Perfect tostada requires technique, timing, ingredient quality. The path is convoluted—shortcuts produce mediocrity. Excellence always takes longer than expected
Going Somewhere
Movement without direction is wandering. Direction without movement is dreaming. Going somewhere requires both—clear destination and consistent motion
I’m Not A Cat
This pandemic changed our world in ways we would have never imagined before. One of the things that changed dramatically is how we work.
Unintended Consequences, Convergent Evolution And Stranger Things
Actions trigger unintended cascades. Evolution converges on similar solutions independently. Reality produces stranger outcomes than fiction imagines