How to Ask for Feedback
I think the best way to receive feedback is to ask for it — not something a lot of people do. When I was a recruiter, during my first few…
A Simple Heuristic for Better Decision-Making
Here’s a powerful, yet simple heuristic you can use in decision-making that I got from Shane Parrish of Farnam Street Blog. When faced with a tough decision, choose the one where the…
How Much Meditation is Enough?
I was in Thailand a few weeks ago and signed up to do a 5 day Vipassana retreat. The place was situated on the top of a mountain overlooking the…
How to Build a Magical Fort in 2019
An Alternative to Failed New Year’s Resolutions When I was eight (or maybe older…) I would invite my friends over and we’d spend a couple of hours creating an elaborate…
Books Every Crypto Enthusiast Should Read this Winter
Topics are multidisciplinary and range from economics, trading, network theory, technology, futurism, finance, sociology and the history of money. Two things before we start: I’m giving away all of these books…
I Told my Boss “No”
I put in my two weeks notice. Actually, it was a 3-months notice. I had been planning to quit for some time, so I felt it was the least I…
My Transition from Full Time Work to Blogging
I remember doing an internship for a PR agency in France some years ago. They hired me to translate French social media posts into English. I had to be in…
$779 dollars in 15 minutes
Let me show you how I made $779 dollars in 15 minutes yesterday trading cryptocurrencies. Traders have a tendency to overcomplicate things with fancy charts and indicators. I won’t use any technical…
Why Meditation is Overrated
I’ve been meditating for 3 years almost daily and had the opportunity to attend a very challenging 10 day Vipassana retreat in India. I meditated for 10 hours a day…
Sir Charles Darwin Was Wrong about the Future
In 1957 Charles Darwin’s grandson (Sir Charles Galton Darwin) wrote a piece about the upcoming “Age of Leisure” in a popular magazine at the time. He writes the following:…