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Some people are born with talents that just can’t be replicated. A select few have told me that I have such a talent with words, but many more have consistently found faults in my work. Perhaps they are unfair criticisms, but the especially less constructive jabs at my abilities do sting nonetheless. At times I…
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I am sick and tired of hearing about the benefits of networking, especially “social networking.” Rather than networking, I feel the better term for what people are actually doing in this regard is instead “work-netting.” No one has explored this term yet, apparently. So, since I’m on the ground floor of this breakthrough in the…
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In her Substack newsletter post entitled “Just Smile and Glide,” Jamie Currie discusses one of her running friends. She remarks on his beautiful running form, comparing it to that of the legendary Eluid Kipchoge. I’ve never been a runner myself, as I prefer brisk walks for my exercise. Still, I’ve always been fascinated by the…
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When I first started looking at houses in Erie, Pennsylvania, I saw a duplex that I thought was absolutely perfect for me! I could live on the first house and rent out the second unit upstairs for some rental income. Well, unfortunately, the house was a disaster and the listing was misrepresented. But this was…
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Early in my childhood, a small green puppet turned my life upside down. I remember sitting there as a very young child watching Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back as Yoda told Luke Skywalker: “You must unlearn what you have learned.” This distilled wisdom of the ages was delivered by a puppet that looked like…
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People have become sadly apt to let their minds rot in modern times. But in all fairness, this is because they simply don’t know how to stimulate themselves intellectually. To do so, we must make an honest effort to energize our own minds. Questions need to be asked, but more often than not, people would…
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It’s not my place to rationalize human nature. Yet, often I feel this incredible urge to try and give novel insight into the nature of humankind. Why is this? It continues to elude me. Sometimes it just seems that I notice things that people do not see, only to then in conversation allude to only…
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The art of asking the right questions is the key to true wisdom and productive manifestation. But what exactly are we trying to manifest? Many of us try to manifest money and status, both which are considered integral parts of success. But what we should really try to be manifesting is our own private heavens,…
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There’s truckloads of advice out there on how to be the best version of yourself. We’re constantly bombarded with “life hacks” and “success habits” as if we’re all malfunctioning robots just one app away from a factory reset. But, most of this advice is about as useful as an ejector seat on a helicopter. I’ve…
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When I first came across the concept of Wikipedia speedruns, I thought they were a pretty stupid idea. Not that they were a bad idea per se, but the idea of a speedrun is that it’s something measurable across time using a medium that’s static. As soon as conditions change, that speedrun must be adjusted…