Archive - Out of Curiosity

#105: personal leadership

True self-help is just that: helping yourself. It's an act ofpersonal leadership and direction. It certainly requires thatyou consider advice and…

Sep 6

August 2024

#104: choose your hard

I read a book that said: "Marriage is hard. Divorce is hard. Choose your hard. Obesity is hard. Being fit is hard. Choose your hard. Being in debt is…

Aug 23

#103: joy and gratitude

The path to a greater life is not “suffering until you achieve something,” but letting bits and pieces of joy and gratitude and meaning and purpose…

Aug 9

#102: true and good

I don’t really have any apocalypse theories or immortality theories or afterlife theories and right now I don’t feel like I need them. I believe in the…

Aug 2

July 2024

#101: chasing bold ideas

Looking back, however, that list was incredibly valuable because it taught me the usefulness of chasing bold ideas—even if they never materialize. The…

Jul 26

#100: what we could become

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.

Jul 12

#99: always ask

Closed mouths don't get fed. If you never ask, you'll never get anything you want. That's not a risk worth taking. Ask for things, specifically when…

Jul 5

June 2024

#98: maybe means no

“Maybe means no.” If you're dating somebody and it feels like a “maybe,” the answer is no. If you get an invitation to something and you’re just not…

Jun 28

#97: no outside validation

Don’t look for outside validation, validate yourself. Better to get your dopamine from improving your ideas than from having them validated.

Jun 21

#96: most people never play

Win or lose, the process, strategy, and ups and downs of being totally IN the game is enough. But most people never play. They work a job they hate…

Jun 14

#95: doing the thing

Reading about how to do the thing isn't doing the thing. Reading about howother people did the thing isn't doing the thing. Reading this essay…

Jun 7

May 2024

#94: your own judgement

Whenever someone provokes you, be aware that the provocation really comes from your own judgment. Start, then, by trying not to get carried away by the…

May 31

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