In Over Your Head: Learning by Doing

  • How To Read 7 Books in 7 Days

    It’s time for an epic reading assignment. In the next week I will be reading one book each day. 7 days. 7 books. You should too. Here’s how. BUT WHY? PART 1. Because everyone is dumb and getting dumber. The world is constantly changing and most people cannot keep up. Maybe the pace of machine…

  • Homework. V.

    This assignment was sent to me by Jeff Goins. I thought it was so great that I decided it should be put here. Tell me what you think. When I was younger, I got bullied a lot. A short and chubby redhead, I was the kid you’d see getting teased at recess. And for most…

  • The Simplest Productivity Chart of All Time

    Lots of people ask me how I ended up so productive. The answer is that I have a system. Today I spent a day studying how I worked and wrote it down, so I can show you how. It looks complex but it’s actually very simple, and you internalize it quickly. The trick is to…

  • Homework. IV.

    Everyone has amazing people that were once in their life, but who they’ve forgotten about or let slip away. It can be friends or family members. I used to not call my family at all, and now I make an effort to. This is the kind of thing that’s not obvious, but still important. We’re…

  • I made this with a friend

    It feels kind of like a Nike ad to me.

  • Homework. III.

    A long time ago, more than a lifetime ago, when I had no real career and nothing but dreams in life, I wanted to be an artist. I had joined art school at the age of around 19 in order to one thing– a very specific thing. I wanted to become a metal sculptor. I…

  • The Simple Guide to Growing Some @#$%ing Balls

    You may have them. You may not. You may have had them (at one point). You may have given them away. Hey, you may even have had them surgically removed. That’s cool. I’m down with that. Gentle sir/madam, I am here today to present to you an eternal truth. It is unquestionable and unalienable, unassailable,…

  • Homework. II.

    There are lots of social norms that go unbroken in Western society. These rules aren’t written anywhere, but everybody who belongs knows them. Sometimes some people break them, but there are social consequences. One of the examples I’ve noticed recently is that it’s against the rules to close your eyes in public. As soon as…

  • 20 Things I Should Have Known at 20

    1. The world is trying to keep you stupid. From bank fees to interest rates to miracle diets, people who are not educated are easier to get money from and easier to lead. Educate yourself as much as possible for wealth, independence, and happiness. 2. Do not have faith in institutions to educate you. By…

  • Homework. I.

    It is natural for all human beings, in a normal society, to avoid eye contact. This is a result of living in close quarters, very close together, closer than we ever have in all of history. Eye contact is a sign of intimacy. If a couple doesn’t have eye contact, they aren’t close. Lack of…