Lessons I’ve Learned, 111-115
Lesson I’ve Learned #111 For some reason I thought being courageous would be easy. That was quite wrong. Lesson I’ve Learned #112 Every time…
Lesson I’ve Learned #111 For some reason I thought being courageous would be easy. That was quite wrong. Lesson I’ve Learned #112 Every time…
Lesson I’ve Learned #101 The world rewards the people who are best at telling stories about ideas, not the people with the best ideas. …
Lesson I’ve Learned #71 A lesson I’ve learned but still struggle to accept is that I’m the cause of all my suffering. No one else.…
Lesson I’ve Learned #81: When I see someone with contempt for another person, I know one thing: on a deep level, they have contempt for…
Lesson I’ve Learned #91 My external beliefs towards and about others represent my inner beliefs about myself. For example, I’m hard on others to do…
Lesson I’ve Learned #31: People say they want the truth, but only about others. For themselves, they want flattery. (h/t Carl Jung) Note: exceptions exist,…
Lesson I’ve Learned #41: When I want to engage people with a story, I don’t tell people what they should do. I tell people what…
Lesson I’ve Learned #51: If you don’t have an assistant, you are one. If you don’t make much money, this is fine—good even. If you…
Lesson I’ve Learned #61: I used to try to save people. To convince them they could succeed. To inspire them to take action in their…
Lesson I’ve Learned #1: “Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be…
Lesson I’ve Learned #11: Writing a (non-fiction) book is a process that forces you to clearly understand and then explain that which you think you…
Lesson I’ve Learned #21: I was taught the Feynman Learning Technique in college, it’s worked my whole life: 1. Pick a topic that’s interesting. 2.…
I started angel investing almost by accident, which sounds strange to say. Who “accidentally” invests tens of thousands of dollars into highly speculative ventures? Well,…
This is from my first book, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell (book here) (audiobook here) Sometimes even I need a night off, and after…
This is from my first book, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell (book here) (audiobook here) One random Friday I was sitting in my…
I’m doing promotions for my new book Hilarity Ensues. Some of them are working well, like giving the ebook of Sloppy Seconds away for free,…
This is from my first book, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell (book here) (audiobook here) I spent the summer between my 2nd and…
I was at dinner the other night, and got a question I get all the time: “What was it like to play basketball with Obama?…