Tried and True or New and Improved?
I’ve always struggled between doing what’s “tried and true” versus the “new and improved.” Despite the popularity of blogging and social media, direct marketers will tell you mail order still works....
View ArticleBook: The six pillars of self-esteem by Nathaniel Branden (8/10)
I read this based on Neil Strauss’s recommendation in A Seducer’s Library: The Top Game Books: Despite what they may say, women do not actually look for confidence in a man. Confidence can easily be...
View ArticleBook: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (8/10)
A reread from my teens, just like The Alchemist. This is way better. Morrie’s life is a story on how to live your life as a novel, not a textbook. He wasn’t a superhero who always lived up to his...
View ArticleWhy do you climb mountains?
Personal experience would seem to be a no-brainer but very, very few people will trust their own experience against the word of either many people or a single “expert.” Sgt. Rory Miller on how you...
View ArticleAre your problems worse than mine?
These days, all I talk about are wrestling and biotechnology. Less than a month ago, I knew nothing about them. My friends are all strangers to them, as I am. They want to know, “Isn’t that hard?” I...
View ArticleBreak the opponent’s balance before you attack
WRESTLING – I will be competing in my first takedown challenge in April 30. I have been thinking a lot about tactics. Which takedowns should I own and practice? Should I focus on offense or defense?...
View ArticleHow was the Vipassana course? My response.
I completed my first 10-day Vipassana silent meditation course last Sunday, May 22, 2016. Upon returning, people asked me how the course was. I have never had a harder time responding to this question....
View ArticleBe a woman who wrestles
I was on a 2-month North America speaking tour, we were in Boulder, Colorado, and I was the only female speaker. During Q&A, a young woman asked me, How do you overcome biases against women in...
View ArticleA Fountainhead moment
This is my view from my window seat in an airplane flying from Manila to Puerto Princesa in Palawan. It’s a short flight. Only one hour. People tend to rail and hate against flights. How they are...
View ArticleThe battle against letting people manipulate us with guilt
I just finished The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships by Neil Strauss. One scene had a significant impact on me. Neil’s wrestling against Sage’s attempts to use guilt to manipulate him...
View ArticleShould you start reading “great” books in 2017?
A good book can teach you about the world and yourself? I’m reading a book. The title is “How to Read a Book.” It’s about learning how to read a book for understanding, rather than information or...
View ArticleI am participating in Book Riot’s 2017 Read Harder Challenge
Here’s my reading list and why BOOK RIOT’S 2017 READ HARDER CHALLENGE My most important criteria is it has to be good on audio, as I’ll be doing my “functional” reading in print, and my “curiosity”...
View ArticleBook: If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly by William J Bernstein
If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly by William J. Bernstein (5/5) A comprehensive primer on personal finance for young people. A good read, as well as reference book. It’s a 30min read that...
View ArticleBooks and highlights – Week of 4 December 2017
Books opened week of Monday, 4 December 2017 Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less The Ideal Team Player: How to...
View ArticleSometimes, to take control means asking for help
Or, asking for help doesn’t mean ceding control In life the chief business is this: distinguish and separate things, and say,...
View ArticleMy reading year, 2017
These are the books that stuck with me in 2017. 2017 is the year I learned how to do my job. What...
View ArticleSaying no to the things that don’t matter
January 3rd in The Daily Stoic: How many have laid waste to your life when you weren’t aware of what...
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