I regularly have long conversations with my readers via email (you should say hi) and after Tuesday's post on overcoming depression and other obstacles, one reader, Karen, mentioned that depression was becoming even more common in our age group because we are under so much pressure to "perform" and ... Continue Reading
Childhood horror stories are early lessons in entrepreneurship
When I was about...oh, 6 or 7, my mom saw an ad in the paper for Beauty and the Beast on Broadway. And guess what...they were holding AUDITIONS! She asked me if I was interested in trying out for the part of Chip. Remember him? He was the tiny teacup with the shitty little triangular piece ... Continue Reading
What to do when you fall out of love
I can still remember what it felt like to tell my first girlfriend, "I don't love you anymore." I'd just gotten back from traveling through Greece and the Middle East (read my adventures) and I thought I was such a worldly, cultured man now. I thought I needed to explore the world and see if ... Continue Reading
3 things that I (sort of) understand now that I’m 25
After missing my flight over the holidays, I'm in Florida now spending time with my family. I'm happy to be here -- but man, these people are weird. And as I've gotten older -- especially in the last few years -- I've started to see my parents and the elders in my family ... Continue Reading
2014: It’s Time To Get Out Of Your Own Way
Alright, quick confession: I've worn more pink shirts or short-shorts than any of you. In college, I worked for UPS and I got my share of tight fitting clothes and heavy lifting. I also felt like a genius being around so many brown cardboard boxes all day. I took the MENSA test later. I don't want ... Continue Reading
The curse of “That’s not me”
I'm getting ready to fly to Boston in a few hours to work on a secret-not-so-secret project, but I wanted to throw a quick question at you. Have you ever been afraid to say, do or think something because it wouldn't be "you"? I'll give you a quick example from my own life. ... Continue Reading
How the top 1% actually makes progress (aka the Seinfeld Solution)
Productivity sucks. For one, it's hard. I mean, let's face it - every single time I sit down to "get something done", it almost never happens. At first, I thought it was just me. I thought that maybe there was some malfunction in my brain that made it physically impossible for me to focus on ... Continue Reading
The “fat friend effect” and the surprising power of negative secondary connections
I'm 24 years old and I'm now realizing that, despite my tendency to feel like I have a pretty good handle on life, there were a lot of lessons I learned as a child that still ring true today. For one, I've found it exceedingly true that birds of a feather really DO flock together. I used to ... Continue Reading
4 Lies Your Parents Told You About Money and Life
Warp: |wôrp| [ verb ] to cause to become abnormal or strange; have a distorting effect on I love my parents. I really do. But when it comes to my thoughts on money and life trajectory... They warped me. Badly. Sorry for being blunt, but they did. I don't hold any resentment. They ... Continue Reading
Twenty-something depression at work: how to get over the 9-5 blues
Typically, I'm a huge advocate of finding ways to make your own way in the world. I'd rather not work at a "job", or report to anybody except myself. But I can definitely see how sometimes it's necessary to take this path temporarily in order to get certain goals accomplished. If anything, just to ... Continue Reading
