Archive for the ‘Lifestyle’ Category

To date, the most popular post on this blog has been How To Stop Letting Little Things In Life Piss You Off, which is interesting because…well, it has nothing to do with how to start a business ;) But that’s ok. Today I thought I’d share a similar tip. It is utterly simple, I use [...]

This is a guest post by Manuel Zeh, a friend of mine who has been travelling the world for 7 years and has come to some interesting perspectives on life. Manuel has travelled 40 countries on all continents and lived in 10 of them. He speaks 9 languages and is a professional pianist who has [...]

Have you ever seen someone complain about a parking ticket as if it’s the end of the world? Have you been cut off in traffic and let it ruin your whole day? How many times have you let your experience at the airport (crying baby, delayed flight, missing luggage) be the first thing you bring [...]

The latest issue of Psychology Today has an interesting article on how human beings don’t estimate risk well. Most people let fear (irrational fear, that is) run their life. And it prevents them from accomplishing great things, not the least of which is quitting your job to start your own business. Psychology Today included this [...]

Every once in a while I like to sit down and make a list of cool things I’d like to do. You know, the sort of things that you typically have in the back of your mind that would be fun, but for whatever reason (sometimes laziness, sometimes because they are scary) you never get [...]


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