PinnedI Published My 2nd Book Today — It’s Called “2-Minute Pep Talks”Pep talks are like vitamins: You can take them every day preemptively, or you can wait until your body signals a lack of them — but sooner or later, you will need your vitamins. Vitamins aren’t steroids. Their purpose is not to boost you beyond what you are capable of…Books3 min readBooks3 min read
PinnedMy 10 Best StoriesPlus, my 10 most popular and 5 most underrated ones — My 10 Best Stories These are my best stories as in “I think this is my best work.” In no particular order: All These Flaws You See In Yourself Aren’t Real The Future of Learning If You Want To Be Happy, Make The World Small The Strong-Link Theory Behind Successful Careers 3 Simple Words…About Me2 min readAbout Me2 min read
Nov 16Member-onlyThis Virtual Soldier’s Speech Explains How to Have True Purpose in LifeA story about change, loyalty, and nature’s never-ending cycle — Humans are agents of change. From the moment we are conceived, our body begins to evolve. It grows until we’re born, and then it grows some more. Our bones, cells, muscles, even our brains — they constantly renew themselves. Day after day, month after month, year after year. It all…Life30 min readLife30 min read
Oct 27Member-onlyFix Underrated ProblemsThe story of a 2,000-year-old yet broken device — When I studied abroad in the US, on one of the first nights out with my fellow German exchange students, I lost my umbrella. “Oh, you don’t do umbrella sharing?” one of them asked me. “Umbrella sharing? What’s umbrella sharing?” “Well, when you lose an umbrella, you’ll shortly find a…Career Advice6 min readCareer Advice6 min read
Oct 24Member-onlyCan You Afford to Ignore It?A simple question to save you hours of wasted time — It might just be everyone looking for scraps of money due to the economy slowing down, but this year, I have been screwed by a staggering number of platforms and services I use to run my online business. For nine months, my email service provider overcharged me. As it turns…Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Published inBetter Marketing·Oct 23Member-onlyWhy AI Will Never Replace a Single True WriterUse the artificial, but don’t forget adding intelligence — With OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT making not just a splash but a tidal wave in the news in recent months, people have fallen into a pattern as old as humans themselves: proclaiming the death of something tried and true at the expense of a new, utopian future. In this case, writing…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Oct 20Member-onlySomewhereSomewhere, I can hear a woman yelling at her boyfriend. Somewhere, I can feel a teenager getting punched in his belly. Somewhere, I can see the door of a van fall shut, the girl inside of which will never see her family again. Somewhere, I can hear someone hanging up…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published inFour Minute Books·Oct 11Member-onlyThe 365 Most Famous Quotes of All TimeHumanity’s most brilliant, collected wisdom in 27 categories, backed by data and with real sources — Here’s the deal: If you want authentic, verified, actually famous quotes that people in the real world know and can relate to, with sources, you’ll likely find everything you’re looking for in this post. Like, everything. I love a good quote as much as anyone, and if I wasn’t a…Quotes85 min readQuotes85 min read
Oct 5Member-onlyThe Purpose of InconvenienceSilly rules can be small taxes we pay to avoid large problems later — After my friend returned from his two-week trip to Japan, I asked him about his experience. “What was the best thing? What was the worst thing?” …Culture3 min readCulture3 min read
Oct 4Member-onlyHow to Be “Covered in Luck”Lessons from the late, great Michael Gambon — A few days after I had updated an article, I saw a surge of traffic to it. “Ha!” I thought. “Maybe changing the title worked wonders after all.” The next week, a friend messaged me about that very article. “Dude, that list of Dumbledore quotes sure was timely!” In an…Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
