— Writing

This is where I think in public.

Essays and notes on AI automation, systems thinking, contemporary art, and the specific kind of business problems I find interesting.

My Neighbor Ruined Neil Gaiman for Me

The biggest regrets we human beings have on our deathbeds are related to our social interactions; people crave strong, stable social relationships and communication is the tool that will allow you to create and fortify those relationships. Learn to communicate effectively and eng

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Small Changes Will Eventually Create a Huge Difference

Small Changes Will Eventually Create a Huge Difference. Whenever you feel that your days are not going as planned, make a few modifications to your ritual and test the results. After a few quick changes, you will eventually get results that may surprise or even delight you

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My Spine is my Achilles Heel

How I allow a minuscule 1.5 cm organ in my body to periodically dismantle my life Sharp spasms of pain travel through my body, navigating down my back to my legs and coming around to my chest.

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Stan Lee Emboldened Me

As a kid I wanted to be Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four fame. I used to daydream all the time about being able to stretch like him and I fantasized about all the weird things I could do with all that power. As an avid comic book collector and reader, my special power was my i

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What I Learned From Being an Assassin

I brought a child into this world because I wanted someone to play video games with. Okay, that was hardly the only reason I made such a decision, thank god, but it was fun to think that the little dude would grow up to become my partner in crime, climbing the walls of fortresses

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How I Let "Writer's Block" Defeat Me

I wrote like a demon for a few weeks, coming up with 300 to 1500 words per day, every day. The writing wasn't necessarily top-notch, even far from it, but it was nothing to be ashamed of, and I knew I was getting better at it. I felt like a serious writer and I was coming up with

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Life According to Badminton

What I’ve learned after several years of being a parent is that if you manage to ignore the noise to a certain extent, you will witness something else beyond the utter chaos and uncontrollable anarchy.

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Everybody’s Winging It

"You will feel less pressure and less insecure if you just realize that everybody’s winging it." — Ryan Holiday It took me quite a while to realize this little fact, and it used to put a lot of pressure on me when I was younger and didn’t know better.

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I Was Peter Pan Before I Became Scrooge McDuck

I’m an amazing actor. No, really, I’m not bragging. The other night I managed to turn a look of “What in fuck’s name did I get myself into??!!” induced by my fear of a gruesome death, into a relaxed, suave look of confidence in less than a tenth of a second. Take that De Niro!

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Mother Nature Taught Me a Lesson

Nature is painfully beautiful and we still have a long way to go before anything we create can have its utterly mesmerizing and chaotic beauty.I have come to accept very firmly that results and success, although important, are not as crucial as we think they are. Success is fleet

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I Need Creativity Viagra

It’s strange that a miracle pill wasn’t created for people stuck in creation purgatory There was a time when I could come up with at least 5 or 10 ideas for a client in a few hours.

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Why Parents Should Learn to Trust their Children

Because frankly, you don’t have a choice Wash your face, brush your teeth, don’t eat like a caveman, be attentive in school, don’t forget your jacket, fasten your seat belt, do your homework, brush the dog, do your homework, stop playing with your PS4, take your bath, do your hom

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The Monster of Procrastination is out to get you

And it can be deadly if you don’t defeat it.

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From Angio to Yoga

How I went from needing angiography to becoming more serene I could feel the drops of sweat forming on my forehead as the slope increased.

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I don’t care about success

I’m just grateful to be alive and to be able to experience life “Death is our eternal companion, It is always to our left, at an arm’s length.

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Can I be more like Elon Musk?

Should I be more like Elon Musk?

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Should I bring my project back from the dead?

I botched my project launch and missed the deadline I had set for myself, but I’ve decided to resurrect it.

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Helping my son become more gritty

Why I’m starting a new creative project with my son for the umpeenth time Our last project was to create the Iron Man suit!

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I want to create interactive holographic LEGOs

But I don’t have the guts so I’m going to create something much simpler to start with.

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