I was always a stubborn child.When my parents told me, “you can’t”, I would ask, “why not?”They said I couldn’t have everything I wanted. That there was no fast and sure way to make money. That I needed things other than my intellect to get by in...
Doing these workshops is such a rush. I don’t mean the public speaking aspect (which I’m still nervous about most of the time), but the part where I can tell I’m actually helping people. In ways that are much more personal and substantial than...
It’s a funny thing, but I think I’ve learned more about motivation this year from studying sales and marketing techinques, than I have from all my prior years of reading self-help books.On the other hand, it’s not really that surprising. Marketers...
I was watching an old Simpsons episode on TV this afternoon, the one where Bart gets hit by Mr. Burns’s car. And there was a courtroom scene in it where the defense attorney is trying to set an appropriate value for Bart’s pain and suffering ($5). ...
P.G.’s thoughts on Early Retirement:“Most people have terrible time management skills. This limitation is of no consequence in public school. The school tells you where to sit and what to do and when, at least for six hours per day. This limitation...
Whether you love Paul Graham’s essays or you hate them, you have to admit they’re thought-provoking. The first part of this post’s title comes from an evocative image in one of his recent essays, illustrating the idea that startups can make insanely...
I just got an email from meetup.com today that was supposed to be an “apology” for the way they recently announced their change to being a for-pay service. They weren’t actually changing anything, mind you, but they wanted to apologize for how they...
