I’ve got a lot of good stuff in my life but I’m also really bad at a lot of stuff. I’ve figured out what’s important for me in a few
Murdering Murphy’s LawMurdering Murphy’s Law
I’ve written before about what a load of goatshit Murphy’s Law is. As a theory it’s about as accurate as ‘A watched toaster never pops’ or ‘Don’t look a dragon
Doing the limbo with your lifeDoing the limbo with your life
In Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, he talks about this guy… He was a mega-talented guitarist, who was going to take over the world with his
When it rains, it just rainsWhen it rains, it just rains
When you work in a bar and it gets quiet, they send some bartenders home. ‘We don’t need you – knock off.’ So then what happens? It gets busy of course. And
What’s an ‘Aussie hip hop’?What’s an ‘Aussie hip hop’?
This was someone who was just in the zone, and it was also one of the all-time greats of Triple J’s Like a Version. And this is someone else who
BragBrag
A very successful, but more importantly, a very good writer recently bragged to me about how well his book is doing. And I’m glad he did. But there’s a difference between bragging
Wasting timeWasting time
Is it possible to waste absolutely zero time? In My Experimental Life, A.J. Jacobs experiments with getting rid of all irrational beliefs and myths he’s been told by the internet, his
No news is good news pt. 2No news is good news pt. 2
In this post, Dr Money Mustache also talks about how to avoid wasting time. And it’s not just news, it’s ‘all forms of irrelevant information’. The philosopher Seneca said in On
No news is good newsNo news is good news
I’ve done this exercise with my students 3 different times now… ‘Get your books out and in groups, write down the biggest news events of the past 20 years. You
It’s who you know and also what they knowIt’s who you know and also what they know
Surrounding yourself with the right people makes you better. I’ve had a fair few positive role models since I left high school. And not just positive role models, but pretty inspirational
CompromiseCompromise
I always thought that compromise in a relationship means both people not getting what they want. I’ve also heard people say they don’t think that’s right though – that it’s
Something will definitely go wrongSomething will definitely go wrong
I have been married exactly 0.0 times but from what I guess, and from what I gather from other people, the following is (unqualified) advice I’d give to someone just before
More than 10 years on: no progress to reportMore than 10 years on: no progress to report
I don’t know whether to feel good or bad about this… I’ve been thinking about exactly the same thing for more than the last ten years. And I’m still no
Captain Hindsight is nothing but a dumb asshole.Captain Hindsight is nothing but a dumb asshole.
I don’t know about you, but when I make a decision that I later think was wrong, I sometimes get pissed off and think, ‘God damn I can be a
Use it or lose itUse it or lose it
I spent the end of 2015 Helpxing on a couple farms in Ontario, Canada. Both places weren’t too far outside Ottawa, and the first was on a property owned by a
I don’t feel good about thisI don’t feel good about this
Today I finished David Deutsch’s incredible book, The Beginning of Infinity, and went straight on to the next one I’ve got that I’ve been hanging to get stuck into, Bird by Bird by
It’s just waterIt’s just water
I live in a place where people are pretty active. Whenever the sun’s out, there’s people out running around, walking their dogs, talking and chatting, fishing, everything. But when it
This is someone in the god damn zone.This is someone in the god damn zone.
Watch this from 6:20. This is someone just completely lost in what they’re doing. Just completely in the fucking zone. It is absolute magic. It’s also what Steven Kotler calls in
What is Israeli Chutzpah?What is Israeli Chutzpah?
Are Israeli people pushy? Kind of (at 2:07). But there’s a reason. Israelis don’t wait for things to happen. They make them happen. That’s why there’s so many great ideas
Got negative feedback?Got negative feedback?
Elon Musk is nuts. Nuts in the way that he does seemingly impossible things, and he expects nothing less from others. But damn, does he get things done. Huge, massive, interplanetary