How to Make Decisions: Hunt the Fear
The choices most people make are opiates. They let you turn you off. Power down. They let life just happen around you. You give in to them, fall asleep, and wake up years later. You’ll be totally unfulfilled, but too lethargic to care. Those choices
The Ultimate Time Management Secret: One Minute to 31% More Time EVERY DAY
Forget time management. I’m giving you Time Miracle-Gro. My gift to you: 34 hours 39 minutes every week. An extra 5 hours a day. This secret will extend your life, your waking hours, by 31%. Time machines ain’t got shit on me. This is
The Most Common Advice You’ve Been Given Is The Worst
We hear it all the time. From our families, our friends, basically from everyone who loves us. It’s especially popular when we want advice for getting someone, an interviewer, someone we admire, or a girl we like to want to us in their lives. It’s
How to be Honest With Yourself
Being honest about your feelings is unproductive, and to a degree, dishonest. Yup. Heres why: When I say “I am sad about X” I am talking about an unpleasant feeling I had an instant ago. But the statement “I am sad” refers to me now.
How to Deal With Embarrassment: Kill it
Think of the reason you, your friend, whoever, lies about their height (5’10 =/= “six feet tall” boys). Think of the reason you or someone you know sugarcoats the fact they are unemployed or live at home with mom and dad. Think of the reason
Living With Death
Most people live like the goal is to finish. Like the point were simply to get to the end. Which in their minds is a long way off. So they live cautiously. They protect themselves. They avoid getting hurt. They play defense. They’re wrong. The
Who Am I?
Stubborn people won’t change shit about themselves. They insist that every bad habit is just part of who they are. When they’re rude to waiters. Part of who they are. When they hit on girls like total creepers and then laugh about it like they
6 Chipotle Hacks for Getting FREE Chipotle
Smile and greet the staff Chipotle workers, like everyone else in the world, go through their day jobs on autopilot. “Bowl or Burrito?” “For here or to go?” “You know guac costs $2.25 extra?” If you don’t snap them out of assembly line mode, you’re going
Why Is Learning So Hard?
Why is learning so hard? It’s the ultimate psychological screw up. The process of learning, of pushing your edge, is uncomfortable. It’s not a state people unwittingly insert themselves into, like say a TV marathon. It’s an active participation in a state that is not supported by
Every Day is Halloween
How men should dress: every day is Halloween — dress the part. Think of it this way. Every single day you wear a costume. Every. Single. Day. Your entire life you have been getting up and putting on your “normal guy” costume. So people treat
Why Do People Drink: The Lifelong Hangover
Why do people drink? It seems like a crazy decision for reasons everyone knows. Namely: 1) It’s expensive 2) It ruins your tomorrow 3) It is unhealthy Duh. Those are obvious and everyone drinks knowing those consequences. But there is a reason even worse than
Make a Decision: Escaping the Crowd-Sourced Reality
We live in a crowdsourced reality. The whole world is one big damn wiki-cult. Everyone is simultaneously making, following, and enforcing arbitrary rules. Think of it this way: It’s like we’re all taking this big test called “Life.” And “Life” is full of questions like