Articles
This page covers articles on decision making and personal development. New one published every week.
Pure Writing Introspection
I started writing because I wanted to accomplish something. Anything at all. I thought "writing an article once a week for a year will be an impressive achievement". Now that I'm on my 40th something article, (47th to be exact if...
Youth
The years from 0 to 18 are precious ones. They are core to our development and can dictate who we become. Most of us can do anything at this age. Pursue school, sports, arts, videogames, sex, etc. Youth wasn't always this way...
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
Whether you think you can or you can't you're right.- Henry Ford During one of my first banking interviews, I was asked a classic brain teaser. "How many pot holes are in Manhattan?" Luckily for me, I think I'm fairly good at...
Worrying Over One’s Purpose
You spend so much time thinking about your purpose throughout life. Well, at least I do. I bet you do too though. Because in today's modern world, you don't have an assigned purpose at birth. You're allowed to choose. You have...
My Two Mindsets
I find myself in one of two mindsets when I think about accomplishing anything. There is the "I can do anything!" mindset. I'm in this one ~30% of the time. Then there is "My possibilities are closing off" mindset. That's the...
My Life In 27 Lines
At 1 years old, my brain couldn't create long-term memories. At 2 years old, more of the same, but now I could talk. At 3 years old, I turned a cardboard box into a store. At 4 years old, Legos became my new best friend. At 5...
Life Compounds Upon Itself
Compounding interest is life's most valuable phenomenon. It's often discussed alongside money, where it is a simple mathematical equation. For example, let's say you had $100 and earned a return of 20% per year for 5 years. Here...
Trusting Valium, & False Authority
What a drag it is getting old. - The Rolling Stones On Nov 15th, 1963, Valium was approved by the FDA. It was initially marketed to "reduce psychic tension" and it went on to become one of the world's most widely prescribed...
My Blog is My House
I launched this blog for one reason: To make a change. Life had become stagnant. Reactive, instead of proactive. Four years out of college, I felt like I had made zero life progress. One failed career and one failed business. I...