From my journal, unedited: I need to renew some commitments. My commitment to life, my enjoyment of it, and my commitment to bettering my mind and body. I need to be in the field, but not toiling. Merely working, testing, experimenting, playing. I can't become an attack dog, chained and...
On my first day of school, before the bell even rang, I got into a fight. It was the first of many. I was in detention so often that my parents thought school finished at almost 5pm. By the time I was forced to switch schools two and a half...
Slavery in the United States was abolished in 1865. Unfortunately, "abolished” doesn’t mean it ended. You may be familiar with the Jim Crow laws that kept the spirit of injustice alive in the South well into the 20th century. But you might be surprised to learn that there were...
I spent half a decade at one of the biggest corporate law firms in the world. The kind where equity partners make a couple mill per year. Here are 15 unconventional lessons I learned about life, money, and success: Don't wait to be happy. Your satisfaction won't be unlocked by...
From a young age, we all naturally gravitate towards art . We scribble, draw, and paint - even if it’s just to make a mess. Art is something children do instinctively. Since humanity’s primal ages we’ve made art. Faces on clay vases. Stick figures on cave walls. It’...
We're the sum of our choices. Every decision we make is a vote for the person we want to be. Here's how you optimise your choices and actions to do work with lasting impact: Guard your attention closely. People say time is money but most of them don't act like...
