It’s the most effective trick I’ve seen so far — Writing is very hard. No doubt about it. In the book The War of Art, Steven Pressfield has the perfect quote that illustrates the pain and effort it takes to produce a work of art: “You know, Hitler wanted to be an artist. At eighteen he took his inheritance, seven…

The Single Trait That Every Successful People Share — I recently learned that the domain name relentless dot com takes you to an interesting place. I will let you click and see for yourself: relentless.com That’s right. It takes you to Amazon.com. This may be one of the greatest subliminal messages shared by a company’s founder. …

A modern love story I remember it like it was yesterday. Fall of 2020. A new documentary launched on Netflix called “The Social Dilemma.” It was a documentary on the deteriorating state of our social discourse. With 2020 being the year it was, the title could’ve been referring to something…

And why I keep going despite the failures Almost two months ago, I was writing these lines: Writing daily takes discipline, hard work, the willingness to control your mind to get a specific job done. …

Once upon a time, not everything was perfect. Ah. — Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. Or so I am told. You just need to look around and you will see someone reminisce about the “good old days.” But, what exactly was so good about those old days? Take every single meaningful metric as defined by the UN and…

Why you need to steal more to create better art — Originality is Dead. Long Live Originality. The first rule you are taught in school is: you shall not copy from your neighbor. This rule sucks. That is not how real-life works. If you are an artist (hint: we are all artists), this rule has probably hurt you more than anything…

The curious case of “internet experts”, and the potential alternative War broke and all of a sudden everyone has a PhD in war strategy. Quotes from Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” are popping up everywhere and policy recommendations are being made left and right by average Joes and Janes. …

The secret behind why people write daily Okay, hear me out. You need to start writing online every day. You’ve maybe heard this a hundred times before. But the truth is that writing online has nothing to do with writing every day. Sure, it will help you become a better…

This may change your mind about success Would you consider yourself successful? If you got everything you desired, how certain are you that you will want what you had wished for? I spend a lot of time thinking or reading about success. But, what is success? Success Defined There’s obviously the definition…