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  Life is short, and there are too many books out there to read in a lifetime.  You don’t want to waste what little time you have on this Earth reading junk that doesn’t help you at all.  That’s why I’m highly selective when I choose to read another book. This matrix represents how I […]

When I was little, I was really into dinosaurs.  I mean, REALLY into dinosaurs.  I wouldn’t stop at T-rex and Triceratops.  I would go to the library and pick up paleontology books written for grownups.  I would read these books, take notes, and draw sketches of dinosaur bones.  Against my parents’ hopes, I wanted to be a […]

…as in the Greek Gyro sandwich. I once stopped by a Johnny’s New York Style Pizzeria and bought a gyro for dinner.  I proclaimed, “I’d like a yeer-oh.”  They asked, “You mean a jy-roh?”  Not wanting to make such a small thing a big deal, I just said “yeah.” It got me thinking though.  I know […]

Georges St-Pierre (also known as GSP) was once considered the best welterweight fighter in the world.  He is a UFC 3-time welterweight champion.  In 2013, Tim Ferriss profiled GSP’s training diet, including a few recipes. I made two of the recipes, and they turned out surprisingly delicious.  They’re worth trying out even if you’re not […]

  Google is the biggest social network on the Internet.  Each day, users upload billions of bytes of new content to the Internet.  Google has taken it upon itself to index all of this content and make it searchable to us. If you ask Google “how can I change my life,” or just “changed my […]

Like millions of other Americans, I worked at an office job.  It paid my bills and allowed me to live a reasonably comfortable life.  I had been at the job for about ten years. At my job, I got work in the form of cases.  Each case was work from a different client, and it […]

When you have a problem, it is often difficult to see the solution when you are standing so close to it.  The bigger the problem is, the harder it is to see the answer as you stand there with your face one inch away from it.  You need to step back so you can see […]

A chalkboard stood in New York City inviting people to write their biggest regrets. What is your biggest regret?  It is a challenging question that requires introspection and courage to answer.  You can only regret after you’ve examined your past actions and compare them against your meaning in life.  To write these personal inner truths […]

Humans have conquered and spread throughout the world, finding a way to live in every climate on Earth.  However, there are three places people have only begun to explore. Earth Since the beginning, people have lived and thrived on land.  Humans have been atop the highest mountains and settled in the lowest valleys.  Wherever the […]

  We are taught to read one book at a time, from beginning to end.  But the Internet has trained us to get information in many small bursts throughout the day.  Each day, we get information in tweets, status updates, blog posts, news headlines, and occasional articles.  It is not necessarily bad.  We just have […]