Mental Tools

Who Can Tell You What

The only people who have the right to even think of beginning to attempt to tell you that you can’t do it, are people who’ve done it themselves. Not people who’ve “tried” it. People who’ve done it. “But they ‘tried’ it”, you say. “They have ‘experience’”, you say. Yeah, they have experience being a whiny…

Common Sense

“The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed in these two: common-sense and perseverance.” Owen Feltham “Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.” — Ralph “Where’s” Waldo Emerson It’s unreasonable to expect people to reward you…

That’s Not Your Job

“Don’t use skepticism as a thinly veiled excuse for inaction or remaining in your comfort zone…You can’t change…? Sure you can. Genetics be damned.” — Timothy Ferriss “The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.” — Samuel Smiles You “can’t”? You don’t have the “knack”? Maybe. Maybe. But that’s…

Flame Less + Journal More = Win

This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series Social Resistance

This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series Social ResistanceA lot of us could benefit from journaling more. A lot of what we say is actually only for our own personal consumption and satisfaction. It may need to be externalized, but not necessarily to other people. Next time you see yourself on the…

Whatever Happened To Boiling Water?

Surely the heat must be constant in order for the water to really boil? Surely all this birthline, timeboxing and critical frequency stuff must break down somewhere? Especially the critical frequency? Maybe. But maybe not. Why? Because the thing about critical frequency (and audio sampling frequency and video framerate) is…you turn the heat back on…