Warren Buffett has spent 80% of his career thinking. Here’s why.
Film Analysis of the Movie Pleasantville
In the movie Pleasantville two teenagers from the 1990’s, David and Jennifer, enter into a television show that takes place during the 1950’s. When David and Jennifer are in the town of Pleasantville, they bring about change. Pleasantville is a black and white town, and as David and…
It started when I lost millions of dollars in a day. It ended when my marriage ended.
Parfois je rencontre des gens et on se parle. C’est rare, mais ça arrive. Ce sont des anciens collègues, des amis de longue date, des connaissances de réseaux sociaux. Parfois, ces gens sont au courant de mon parcours. Et, souvent, je dois expliquer certains de mes…
This picture isn’t beautiful. That’s not its purpose. This is a photographic breadcrumb for me, and maybe for…
For the past few weeks, I’ve been undecided when it comes to how I feel about graduating. On good days, I’m positive and optimistic. I’m…
I’m a giver.
Well didn’t this blog title get your attention. I can guarantee at some stage in your life you have gone for the bad boy or you’re currently wasting your energy on one now, you know the one that keeps you running…
We lean back on the couch, with our limbs interwoven. Caught in the brief intermission between silence and sleep. The only…
As our team grows, an increasing amount of time is spent talking instead of doing. And we’re talking to each other, instead of talking to customers. It feels like the early stages of a death spiral, where we lose touch with our customers, build the wrong things if…
A lot of my youth was spent going to terrible punk and hardcore shows. Usually…
Well kind of. As a founder, a programmer and an entrepreneur, I have had my own fair share…
Chandro Tomar, who is from the the state of Uttar-Pradesh in India, picked up a gun for the first time at 68. Actually, she brought her granddaughter to the shooting range, but out of boredom, decided to try shooting herself. That’s when she realized that…
Originally published at lmt-lss.com on April 26, 2016.
Some life lessons are usually learnt late but you can learn them now.
Sometimes, well, more often than sometimes, something new starts and you think, “crap, I wish we had that when I was young.” The College Signing Day for the general student population, part…
“I am quite conscious that my speculations run quite beyond the bounds of true science.” —…
It all started when I went crying to my friend about a boy. Really, that just seemed to be the theme of the past 5…
“What is it that you are willing to live for, or maybe even die for?” Jacqueline Novogratz asked the 2016 Acumen Global Fellows at the end of a two day intensive Good Society Readings session. During the session, we had covered several readings on and by different leaders from Martin Luther King Junior’s Letter from the Birmingham Jail to an extract…
I delay everyday what I want to do saying something to myself as I will do it tomorrow. I have been doing this for years.
Over a year ago, I spent my first month at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA. I…
Driving down a “Wacky Races” Dallas highway after days of meetings with Big New Global Client, cars streaming around me, late for my plane, desperately missing my 3 year old, I was DONE.
Tears streaming down my face, I realized — this is it. I had been waiting for a wall…
I thought we could be lost souls together. We were both trying to figure out this crazy world and our place together, but in the process, morphed into unstable combined versions of ourselves that were too raw to handle. I’ll never go looking for answers inside another person’s soul. I wish…
Always and never. Three words that quite simply sum up the word ‘companionship’ for me. For as long as I can remember it always seemed like a good idea to have a person in your life you could rely on (and when I say ‘rely on’ I mean truly rely on).
Many people feel your twenties are for going to college, getting a secure job…
by 2015 Alumni Shyon Small
大家好！My name is Shyon Small, or as I’m known in China, 李小 . I have not gone a day since my return without thinking about what I have experienced, analyzing it and deciphering the purpose and exactly how it affected me. One thing that I know for…
I get a knot in my stomach any time I sit long enough with the thought of death. It is not quite fear; but more like an intense desire for it…
Your happiness depends on your actions.
Nunca pensé que me iba a convertir en una persona así, de esas que dicen las cosas crudas sin importarles lo que los demás sientan, una persona poco considerada con los que más quieres.
Y lo que no entiendes es que llegan personas que te hacen cambiar para bien y…
Are we human beings or human doings?
Disclaimer* I posted this on my radio show’s blog last week. But….well… can I be honest? Have you ever written something that you really felt was an awesome read that you ACTUALLY wanted feedback on? Well here’s my shot to get some more feedback. Enjoy…..
Fear is not exclusive. It touches us all.
Sometimes fear comes and goes, rushing in and out, swift as a midsummer rainstorm — just enough to cool us off, shake us up and awkwardly…
Negative people have a way of bringing you down, during your finer moments and sometimes when you’re already down. They can bring about confusion, frustration, and self-doubt. Be cautious of these individuals.
Why Be Good? Do You Deserve To Be Happy?
Why Be Good?
Are you a family man? A man who wakes up early in the morning, leaves his home, lives under stress all day long and sets out to get tired every day. And then returns home, tired. Do you think that it’s still not enough for your family? You work…
Last year I had one goal: Do things that challenge me and make me happy.
I will never be one to say money will make you happy, I feel like that would be lying. But I also won’t say that money doesn’t…
This was originally published on my blog, AmusED
I had written this three years ago, a few months after I quit my job:
Several friends and colleagues have asked me for tips on becoming an independent consultant, a euphemism for being unemployed :) Many others have asked me how one can prepare for the life beyond a regular job. It made sense to share my thought process…
This is my feeble attempt at manifesting my thoughts into words. I was trapped in an uneventful scenario which triggered an…
Everybody knows the purpose of his his life but very few of us just focused on it. I was very curious about those people who knew their purpose of life and living their life according to their goal. For this purpose I called two person from my network and they are…
Once you get tired of losing, your flaw isn’t a flaw anymore.
“Learn to be alone and to like it. There is nothing more empowering and freeing than learning to like your own company. — Anonymous”
We humans are not perfect so as the saying “Nobody’s perfect” goes. You had your flaws, I have mine. But…
When it comes to hosting a buffet or even if you just want to get a hearty snack…
Stop asking, start proposing. How I turned my 9 to 5 into a fixed income stream at a tropical surf mecca.
Right after my graduation I started working as a product developer for a renewable…
I just finished an amazing book! I’m so excited about it that I had to share it with you.
3 Essential Tips for Introverted Entrepreneurs to Succeed
1. Know when your extroverted energy is drained
As an introvert, you’re probably familiar with pushing your social boundaries in an…
MUSINGS OF A TANGLED TONGUE — A Few Thoughts
I love poetry. There’s no hiding from this fact. It awakens my senses, it arouses my imagination and it connects with me on a level that prose hardly does. Of course when I say this, I am referring to a body of words well sculptured.
Your attitude.It makes all the difference.The box that kept you captive will determine your outlook,But you have the power to…
Next week is my 38th birthday. I, too, grew up with a talent for writing that made it feel effortless. I enjoyed it so much that I never realized it at the time, but my daily commitment to writing nurtured my skill.
And then, like you, mental illness took its toll. I rarely wrote, and when I did, it was often little more…
…only beginnings for me as I cannot accept endings, as long as I have another incoming breath, there is a new moment and I suspect that on the other side of breathing there is still another new day, albeit different than today’s existence.
26 April 2016
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“I love you” declared
“Married, cats…
We all have a voice in the back of our mind. It’s volume is determined by the attention that we pay to it. Somedays it nags and bites us, while others it sits idle and faint. It is the voice that tells you who you are, or more accurately who you are supposed to be…
PRINCE
It is not often a musician from Minnesota becomes a giant, international phenomenon, but that is just what Prince Rogers Nelson became. Better known…
Originally published in Post- Magazine on September 17, 2015.
On the first day of my study abroad program this summer, the program staff had us watch a TED Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on…
Secretly living with social anxiety
By: Whitley Ketterman
We all worry, we all have the same feelings but allowing them to rule your mind and take over your life is dangerous. Being too obsessed with everyone else and having unrealistic people as role models is not what life’s about. We seem to be sucked into this ‘You can say this, you cant say…
You’re on parole.
You’re not completely free, but as long as you keep doing things the right way you will eventually be completely free. One wrong step though, and you’re getting shipped back to the clink.
Originally published in Post- Magazine on February 5, 2015.
I wish you could watch yourself grow up. Not like watching home videos, where the camera’s shallow lens catches the moment but not the child. Not…
Most people in our culture today are so busy running around trying to arrange their lives to be somewhere else…
I was having a feedback session with my CTO on what can I do better. I feel extremely lucky to be in touch with people who make it a point that their employees grow as a person, than as skilled labours, from day one and takes out time for you to explain how to…
days like thesei miss you
unassumingsimplewhole
a shot in the darka laugh in the grief
Still reading Startup Life but wanted to share my thoughts on the book so far, because it’s really interesting to me the subtle impact these things can have on your approach to relationships and work-life balance.
“How can I live in a world, where I’m expected to please everyone and stray away from myself?” I lose myself in this downward spiral of kindness. The kind never speak of this issue. They never speak of any of their issues. I sit across the table form so many individuals (some important to me, some…
My skin aches.
Não importa qual é o seu propósito de…
Just as perception influences thought, so thought can influence perception. Our usual perceptions are tinged with “unwise consideration” (ayoniso manasikara). We ordinarily look only at the surfaces of things, scan them in terms of our immediate interests and wants; only rarely do we dig into…
Last Thursday I heard my doorbell ring at about 2:00PM. I never hear the doorbell ring during the weekday. I’m…
The hopeless romantic side of me always believed in soulmates; in finding someone whom you are fated to be with. But deep inside, I laughed at myself because I thought it was a pathetic excuse to make myself believe that I will not be alone in this crazy world. That I am putting myself in this chaos just to find that someone.I was constantly in…
In this course, I have learned a lot from creating an About.Me page, LinkedIn account, a blog, and my own website. An important skill that applied to my experiential learning was organization. Being organized helped out a lot, but at the same…
The Person
Online?
I have tried this out. The good ole days of waiting to 12pm to see what bagels were deposited into my account. First off, most of us are on a no-carb diet so bagels weren’t really what we were looking for, but hey I wanted to give the online thing a fair shot. And, I wanted to do…
Journey to the centre of the startup … in car .gifs, pics & vids
What does this mean?
I’ve heard modern and older spiritual gurus alike preach about “dying to the self” everyday.
Another way it can be phrased is “denying the self.”
What is the self?
these overalls wouldn’t be a problem. Final sale is a bitch. Skinny and fat mirrors are the worst. They have tricked me into getting things that make me cry.
This past week I’ve managed to spend way too much money on uber, time putting on makeup, and efforts to smile…
Those four words have repeated in my head for probably the last four years. In different seasons of life, I heard those words for days, weeks, and sometimes even months. There were times when the words would never come back…
Following your passion and letting you passion come to you is a topic that I have been thinking about a lot over the past couple of years. I found that I am passionate about what I do, but that I didn’t get into what I am doing because I was passionate about it.
Live Your Life, Serve Your Country and Show No Weakness
I am not an emotional person. Well, the old me isn’t anyway. My prior profession, serving in the…
The other night we were feeling like making the day extra fun. So we neverminded Sophia’s bedtime, snuggled up under…
What can I do for you?
www.changemedia.in
By now, most of you know both my business and content strategy from recent post. I like to give as much as I can up front before I muster up the audacity to go in for the “ask.” But…
When Corey and I decided to finally start graduate school, we were not entirely sure if it was the right decision…
A great post with a lot of heart.
Someone recently said evil is nothing but the inability or the unwillingness to put yourself in some one else’s shoes and try to understand what it feels like to be the other person.
That is so true.
Usually it’s a momentary thing, but on some days it goes on for longer and I’m swirling myself down a doom-laden dirty thought drain.
Yesterday, in this state, I did what I’ve learned over the years gets me back on an upward trajectory nine times out of ten. I took myself to the trees…
Things move pretty fast in our world these days and that means we are moving fast too. In order to keep, up we may feel…
You don’t need to change the way you write, the way you write will change you. You are a good writer, and that’s how I lasted that long on your page.
I expel my anger through writing too, I discovered the power in setting yourself free through battle rap. But somewhere along the lessons of life, I decided I wanted my words…
Be passionate about yourself
Love yourself
So you can be passionate about someone else and love them.
“ Sorry that u are going thru this pain but is me talking to u making it worse?”
If one day we ever talk about our relationship again, I would like you to know why I’m hurt.
I’m not hurt that you left me. Well, I am.. but it’s not as hurtful as the other…
I’m writing a book. It’s about my mother and, to a lesser degree, me. I loved her and we were always close. But what’s fascinating is, in dredging up these old memories, I’m noticing aspects of her personality, her character, her being I wasn’t really aware of before.
I’ve heard SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE
but I’m so slow, sometimes I have to speed up the stop
I enjoy food that grows from the ground
But I’m so tired sometimes, that I don’t want to get up
Recently, I turned twenty three and I started to think of the lessons I have learnt in the past three years. The last 3 years have been a roller coaster ride for me, I had many highs and lows during this period and I would like to share 5 important lessons I’ve learnt and I feel would be valuable for all:1. Avoid comparison: This might sound cliché…
Mhmm I face the young woman trying to prove I’m smart among the schemers. Your like a name dropper nark Jon Westenberg. I know the type you speak of. It’s painfully annoying. Problem is the only accomplishments I’m proud of so far is not screwing a married man. I wrote a someone damning blog post instead 👌🏼 http://www.jesyousif.com/blog
I never saw Prince perform. Now I never will. I had many opportunities to see him live — he definitely performed in all the big city zip codes I’ve lived in over the years and I probably always said, “next time,” and then of course “next time” never came back around. This will now be one of my life’s regrets that I’ll sadly notch into my walking…
The Passenger in Your Own Life
One of the most common maladies of the modern executive or professional is the inability to ‘switch off their thoughts’. A…
Why are you so passionate about the things you do?
Do you ever wonder why people enjoy the things they do? That coworker who is an avid runner and participates in every local marathon, best friend who is excited about their business, taking it to the next level each day or maybe that grandparent who goes above and beyond…
Si spengono le luci. Nella stanza buia si diffondono i riflessi della città. Il colore nostalgico dei lampioni. Il silenzio della strada che quasi si proietta sul soffitto. Gli occhi aperti brillano. Non dormo.Un motore in lontananza, una portiera, poi il ritmico suono di passi. Un bel…
I’m trying to change up my life, my patterns, my thought processes, the voice in my head, my habits, my go-to actions.
I’m 44 and the business I’ve been running for 16 years is coming to an end. It isn’t my first, but it…
I read an article on mistakes the author made, a few days ago. She was referring to choices she made early in life, which in hindsight appeared to be mistakes.
UniversalHunters — The Only Location to Get You Started!
Are you ready for your great outdoors?
There are many facts to consider before going out into the wild, especially if you want to do it on your own. Right off the bat you need to think about is if you are capable of doing it in the first place.
…to be continued
Blame is what’s happening these days–mostly because it’s just easy.
It’s a lot harder to accept responsibility for your own actions. Harder to say, “It was my fault.” Harder to forego the predictable lament, “I did it because you, he…
Do I want to be the prettiest girl alive? To be the girl all the boys want? Do I wish I was rich? Do I want to have the nicest rig at the rodeo?
All those things sound wonderful, and yet, I have no desire for any of them. My goals are simple. My goals have true value. My goals are…
Great article, thank you.
Viktor Frankl was an amazing man who suffered greatly yet still managed to find the meaning in his life. His work to help others strive to find the meaning in their lives after all he suffered shows his magnificent generosity of spirit.
Great article, Darius. I really appreciate your writing style, and use of quotes.
And then to get to what you wrote, it really is inspiring. Let what you want find you, and don’t constantly search for it, and then not find it and believe you have failed. Though conversely, you cannot expect things to just come to you…
Can You Live Without Chocolate?
Is chocolate a craving with you? Are you a secret chocolate eater? Are you denying it even to yourself?
Research has shown that certain chemicals in the brain may cause the cravings. So does having cravings make you addicted to chocolate? Are you a chocaholic?
No matter what is your life purpose, don’t stop…
This is Gold in every sense.
Anything related to your life, career, your passion .. everything.
I got to the same crossroads some years back. I began on a quest to find what truly makes me happy … just so I don’t fill these pages I’ll make it short. In the end it was a mixture of an advice from a strange man who shot an unrequested advice at me to focus on one thing at a time, a hunger for the taste of revenge by taking the career no one dreams…
It’s hard to find someone willing to be in a relationship. Because everyone now a days want to fuck and chill. They don’t want to learn and comprehend a person personality or intelligence. Just ready to dive in and swim in to another person by making them think they want something more. But…
(A pi-spective is where you write about something using only 314 words)
Do we die?Your cells die.
Can a computer be human?What is human? If you mean the biological creature, then no, for obvious reasons. If you mean emotional, no. If you mean self-aware, then yes.
I’m entitled to a lot of things. I’m not quite certain if it should be “I know I am entitled” or “I know I feel entitled.” That’s…
It happened just as I knew it would. “Rusty?” the words on messenger popped up.
A thousand emotions rose up and subsided in me, and I clasped my hands tightly to keep from responding. It was written on an old inactive account that I had forgotten about, but hadn’t unlinked…
GREAT PIECE JUST GREAT
Fantastic, Jon!
Hi there YOU!
Ok, maybe too much enthusiasm on the first post. I would like to put a disclaimer and say that I am not a writer nor blogger, just an ordinary person scuffling through life trying to find my place. Now that I have gotten that out the way; let’s get to the heart of…
Holding the Home-front Down
There is something about being a father that brings a joy that can’t be described. Fatherhood comes with it’s ups and downs…
How to Make a Great First Impression: 11 Things Sincerely Polite People Never Do…
The future can’t be predicted but it can always be worked upon!
The simple code of Nature
In nature, most animals find their way. Without any complains, they just get things done. It’s genetically built-in to just do it…
The older I get, the more I understand, your life is what you make it.
Expectations really suck. Everyone has expectations. We place them on our partners, our friends, our family, and most of all, on ourselves.
A huge expectation that we place on ourselves, is that we should be successful.
Life is so simple… Don’t make it complicated…
Unknown
5 Things Most People Get Wrong About Mental Strength…
There are Lots of Things you Can Do to Build Mental Strength. Don’t Waste your Time on the Things that…
Just watching sky… I don’t know why it so sad… I think it must lost some one… sadness come through the power of expectations… so you have to just let it go if you want to heal… other wise many things happen but which one is affected us is most necessary… just raining… oh it must be crying… it is good for healing… emotions are so powerful thing which…
Everyone everyday goes through something daily, weekly, and yearly. We have had people in our past that have lied to us, used us, deceive us, fool us, and so many other things. We have had to give up things or our dreams because things we have been going through. I am here to…
Everyday can be a good day, bad day or change in any moment. Feel free.
Life can be a wonderful thing, and sometimes it can let us down dramatically. Sometimes we believe in someone or something, and we feel empty after it’s gone. I feel all too often as though I’m just not meant for life, like life is something I never quite caught on to, or a club I’ve yet to…
A university professor has died of cancer at the age of 58. Elizabeth Billson had taught at the university for 36 years and is estimated to have taught 10,000 future teachers during that time. She had been suffering from cancer for 10 years.
What’s in my control and what’s not? This is the question I have to ask myself when things get sketchy and I start getting anxious.
Anything that I have control over I don’t worry about because I have the confidence within myself to know that I’m capable of getting done what needs to be…
Well, the holidays are over and once again I found myself regretting NOT doing something…again. If you’re like me you are probably quietly introverted and don’t socialise much on the weekend.
Now I’m still in school, yr 10 — prime time to be hangin out or partying on the…
April 26, 2016–7 miles
Are you here yet? I just want to get out of the city and run in the woods for many many…
Warm joyfully human, I also read it twice
Today I am Twenty-Nine and a Half.
It’s true!
And that fact is neither daunting, scary, or bad.
It is a little surreal, I have to admit. I know to children, even to high school-ers, I’m strongly in the category of adult or “grown-up”; most of…
