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2020
- The Paradox of Intention: Reaching our Goals by Giving up the Attempt to Reach Them October 18
- Don’t try too hard to change people’s minds September 14
- Quitting My Mojito Habit: Identity as an Obstacle to Achieving our Goals September 01
- The Jonah Complex – Our Fear of Greatness August 18
- Giving up 6 Feet Before the Finish Line August 11
- The Sprint vs. Marathon Mentality August 08
- Five Ways The Japanese Workplace is Changing August 05
- Tips for Living in Tokyo: The Yamanote Line August 04
- The Tao of Skittles: Don’t be Afraid of Things Because They’re Easy to Do August 04
- Baking Cookies vs. Applying for Jobs May 23
- Signal vs. Noise May 13
- Why I started my business in The Netherlands February 11
2019
- What Japan Can Teach us about the Dignity of Work December 17
- A Recruiter’s Advice to Undergrads Looking for their First Job: Don’t mistake the Trees for the Forest. December 04
- “Dyin’ inside, but outside you’re lookin’ fearless” (The Illusion of Transparency) November 11
- How to Make $68 in 30 Minutes with Zero Skills in Trading Cryptocurrencies November 07
- Why You Shouldn’t Retreat Into a Cave or Drink Whiskey to Escape Your Existential Dread about Climate Change November 05
- The Tools and Tactics I Use to Protect My Most Finite Resource (Time) October 24
- Three Legal Tax-Savings Strategies in Japan That You’ve Probably Never Heard Of (Subscribers Only) October 22
- Meditation October 15
- Death of a Ketchup Salesman (A quick reminder of your mortality) September 25
- 5 Common Misconceptions about Meditation July 12
- Bro, do you even voice text? June 24
- The Hydraulic Relationship Between Kickassery and Douchebaggery May 22
- A Little Better than Being a Dog May 15
- A Spider on LSD and a Journey to Build the Perfect Web May 11
- Sam the Man gets Hired at a Startup May 05
- The Farmer and the Philosopher May 03
- Poverty isn’t a lack of character, it’s a lack of cash. April 24
- Recruitment – The Business of Rejection April 22
- How to Erase Your Brain: Sleeping Pills, Alzheimer’s, and Car Crashes April 17
- The Four Pillars of Good Sleep April 16
- Revenge of the AI Nerds: How Blockchain Will Save Our Lives and Pay You for Your Data April 08
- 3 Miles and 7 ATMs April 02
- Wax on, wax off March 31
- The boy and the teacup March 28
- Pulling a Black Ball from The Urn March 27
- How to Break Bad Habits: Lessons from Vietnam March 10
- How to Use Regret, Financial Anxiety and Boredom to Shift Your Identity and Build New Habits March 03
- Is life a battle, test, adventure, journey, game, or stage? February 26
- Digital Minimalism February 25
- Do we shape technology, or does it shape us? February 21
- Compound Interest Works Well in Theory, but in Practice it’s a Different Story February 16
- Predicting Prices with Predicoin February 12
- If You’re Supposed to Buy Low and Sell High, Why Aren’t More People Investing in Crypto? February 12
- Tim Draper and His Bitcoins February 05
- Why I Choose to Go to the Grocery Store (vs. delivery) January 23
- Two types of people who go to networking events January 22
- How to Ask for Feedback January 17
- A Simple Heuristic for Better Decision-Making January 11
2018
- How Much Meditation is Enough? December 28
- How to Build a Magical Fort in 2019 December 19
- Books Every Crypto Enthusiast Should Read this Winter December 18
- I Told my Boss “No” December 05
- My Transition from Full Time Work to Blogging December 04
- $779 dollars in 15 minutes December 03
- Why Meditation is Overrated December 02
- Sir Charles Darwin Was Wrong about the Future November 27
- How My Good Habits Became Perfect Tools for Procrastination November 24
- Eat like Warren Buffet if you want to die sooner November 13
- 5 In-Depth Podcast Summaries For Busy People (Biology, History and Entrepreneurship) October 29
- What I Learned From 30 Blockchain CEOs October 26
- 10 Myths about Japan October 15
- Why Your “Calling” is Not One Thing October 10
- Living & Working in Japan October 04
- Real Estate Investment October 04
- Recruitment Jobs October 02
- Diet Mentality vs. Fuel Mentality October 02
- Apartment Rentals October 02
- On the virtues of being a paperboy October 01
- 11 Documentaries That Will Make You Think (With Questions) September 25
- Devil’s Advocates vs. Authentic Dissenters September 24
- Crypto Tips: Three Capital Buckets You Should Have August 27
- The Reason I Got Rid of My Juicer and Why We’re Moving Too Fast August 24
- The Rise of Boredom: How our Stone-Age Brains Fail in Our Space-Age World August 22
- The Coxswain Effect: How to Put Power in Every Stroke When You Can’t See Where You’re Going August 07
- The Unique Benefits of Walking Without Purpose July 28
- Why Japanese People Get Really Excited about Mountains and Why You Should Too July 19
- 10 Reasons Teaching English in Japan is a Good Idea July 16
- Onsens and Nudity June 29
- Hiring Talent in Japan: Worst Reasons for Declining a Job Offer June 27
- Evening Routines > Morning Routines June 26
- Japan: A Country Full of Introverts? June 24
- The Power of Fasting June 22
- Is Japan a Depressed Nation? June 21
- How I Rented a Place I Couldn’t Afford and Tricked Myself into Achieving my Goals June 17
- My Two-Year Experiment with Morning Routines June 09
- 7 Lessons I Learned as a Recruiter June 05
- How to Think in Counterfactuals June 01
- Mindless Measurement: How Metrics Can Waste Our Time and Literally Kill Us May 29
- How to Save on Rent in Japan May 25
- How to Get Started as a Host With “Airbnb Experiences” Japan May 25
- 5 Quick Tips to Learn and Maintain your Japanese May 25
- The Mariko Aoki Effect May 25
- Why is Crypto a Big Deal in Japan? May 25
- My potato salad is cold and other trade-offs in Japan May 25
- How to Get a Job as a Recruiter in Japan: A Step by Step Guide (Subscribers Only) May 24
- How To Break Routine and Get More “Aha” Moments May 22
- Systems First, Goals Second May 15
- How I Got My First Job May 12
- 10 Daily Habits to Boost Brain Power May 09
- How Living Abroad Changed My Outlook on Life May 08
- What Da Vinci Taught us About Motivation May 07
- How to Meditate With Open Eyes May 07
- How to Fail at Everything and Still Win Big May 06
- How to Write a Good Business Email May 06
- How to Enjoy Doing the Dishes May 06
- My 10-Minute Process to Fact-Check Articles May 05
- How to Overcome Small Insecurities May 05
- Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems May 05
- What I Learned After One Year of Trading Cryptocurrencies May 05
- How to Get Past the Principal-Agent Problem March 21
- The Lindy Effect March 17
- Certainty vs. Confidence February 10
- What I Write in My Journal January 28
- My Favorite Books of 2017 January 22
2017
- How to Barter in Japan December 25
- Leveraging a Recruiter in Japan December 09
- When Should you Say Yes in Your Job? November 12
- How to Get Rid of Interview Anxiety November 10
- 28 ways to 10x Your Job Search November 08
- How to Get Interview Feedback from Companies November 07
- 4 Ways to Show Context in Your Next Interview November 04
- How to Get More Eyeballs on Your Resume November 03
- 7 Books that Changed The Way I Think About Work November 02
- What's Your Greatest Weakness? November 01
- How to Weed Out the Bad Recruiters October 31
- Replacing Resumes with Brain Scans October 24
- Did you Make or Save the Company Money? October 23
- The Downside of a High Salary October 21
- What Happens When you Decline an Offer at Amazon? October 20
- 5 Ways Your Interview Results are Unpredictable October 19
- The Downside of Hiding Your Salary October 17
- How I Used the 80/20 Rule to Get the Most out of Networking Events October 16
- Where Job Descriptions Fall Short October 11
- How Being Radically Open Minded Can Lead to Your Dream Job October 10
- How Many Companies are you Interviewing With? October 07
- The Hidden Job Market Part 2 October 06
- The Hidden Job Market Part 1 October 06
- There is No Such Thing as a Casual Meeting October 05
- Dodging Dodgy Recruiters September 26
- I Got Fired for Not Changing a Tablecloth September 25
- How to Do Your Due Diligence Before a Job Interview September 25
- The Nicest Way to Tell your Boss That You’re Late September 25