Shock Notes

  In my first post about applying Nassim Taleb’s barbell strategy, I proposed selecting books and technologies that are either very old or very new.  In the world of entertainment, we can take a different type of barbell approach.  For entertainment items, I suggest trying the best and the worst.  You can safely ignore everything […]

  I read Anti-Fragile, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.  In it, he describes an approach to things called the “barbell.”  That means doing the opposing extremes of things to mitigate risk, yet still have a large upside potential.  An example of this would be to invest 90% of your money in extremely safe investments while investing […]

  Inspired by yak-butter tea consumed in Tibet, Bulletproof Coffee is a concoction of butter, oil, and coffee designed to boost mental performance.  It was developed by Dave Asprey (a.k.a. The Bulletproof Executive) in 2009.  The recipe is as follows:   Ingredients: Bulletproof® Coffee Beans 1-2 tbsp Brain Octane™ oil 1-2 tbsp grass-fed, unsalted butter […]

Everyone knows that someone who is tall and lanky has a unique advantage in basketball.  Someone who is big, muscular, and quick on his feet would have an advantage in football.  Baseball pitchers tend to be tall with long arms, while good hitters have excellent coordination.  Elite swimmers have a disproportionately long upper torso, while […]

  Everything you put into your mouth affects your health.  It is true of everything from pure water to the most potent drugs.  In fact, the active ingredients of most, if not all, drugs can be found in nature.  The only problem with getting your cures from whole foods alone is that active ingredients found […]

When I had my first child, I made a child-proofing to-do list.  One of the things on that list was putting child-proof locks on all the lower cabinet doors in the kitchen.  I ended up only doing one—locking the cabinet under the sink where we store household chemicals—because buying the locks and installing them was […]

  If you read other blogs, then you already have access to some potential traffic. All you have to do is update your profile to include your blog address and comment on those other blogs. If one of your comments piques enough curiosity, people will want to know who you are. When you leave a […]

  You’ve heard it before.  You go to a buffet, and someone always tells you what you need to eat “to get your money’s worth.”  On the flip side, there are always some foods you are advised not to eat at buffets because they are cheap and fill you up fast. Ever notice that the […]

  There is growing evidence that unnatural things throw our bodies out of whack.  Food preservatives are bad for you.  Cell phone radiation is bad for you.  Shampoo is bad for you.  Even your daily multivitamin may be bad for you.  This list can go on and on, but it all comes down to this: […]

Google gives special treatment to websites with domain names that match search terms. If someone searches for “pet food,” Google is more likely to show results where the words “pet” and “food” are in the web address. You can use this information to your advantage. Make a list of all the keywords associated with your […]