Street Guitarist Occasionally I’ll see this guy playing guitar, acoustic guitar on the street. This is remarkable not because of the music that he plays, he’s remarkable because he always has his guitar case lying open and it is always filled with money. Not just singles but fives and tens and hundreds. I’ve always […]
The Transmitted Gift
Last Semester In College The very last semester of college for me was chaotic enlightening and very life-changing. I lived in a house with a bunch of other guys. When I moved in they had already arranged the rental agreement with the owner. They had been living there for about a semester before I lived […]
Meat Pie Pareto Principle
What To Eat? The other day I was at home wondering what to eat for dinner. It turned out to be a horrible mistake. I decided to go down to the grocery store. I had been trying out that one meal per day plan, unfortunately I chose the wrong thing to eat. I ended […]
The Transitionist
Woman From My Building There’s a woman who lives near my apartment. She lives in the same building, she parks kind of close to where I park and sometimes when we’re leaving we see each other. Sometimes when we’re coming back we see each other. She seems friendly. We each usually nod to each […]
Blind Date Horror Story
No Expectations I have a friend that likes to set me up on blind dates. She’s been doing it for quite a while. I learned a long time ago that the best way to approach this is to go on there without any expectations whatsoever. No expectations that we’ll click romantically. No expectations that […]
Origin Story Erasure
Dale Carnegie’s Brilliance Before Dale Carnegie wrote How to Win Friends and Influence People he did an extensive public speaking workshop for many years. He found through this workshop all the techniques and all the details and strategies that he later wrote and How to Win Friends and Influence People. That’s what makes this […]
Supply and Demand
Secrets Of The Global Brain These two words, supply and demand, seem very simple. They are known and supposedly understood by virtually anybody. They are ubiquitous, and if you know the words, but are a bit sketchy on the concepts, then you will fully understand them by the end of this post. Despite their simplicity, […]
Social Media Addiction
Why It Exists And How To Stop It It’s hard for most people to step away from social media for every long. We post things, and we check to see if our posts were liked by others. Virtually all sites that run on user created content leverage some very powerful triggers. Cialdini Is Everywhere […]