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The Most Damaging Fake News of All Time

I grew up in my own prison. The bars were all the beliefs handed to me by society, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my bosses, my loved ones. I’m not free…

I grew up in my own prison. The bars were all the beliefs handed to me by society, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my bosses, my loved ones. I’m not free of the prison. I suspect it’s impossible. But being aware of the ways in which we are imprisoned, the ways in which free […]

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The ONE Rule I Live My Life By

One time so many people were angry at me I posted my phone number on Twitter at 1 in the morning on a Saturday and said, “If someone really has a problem…

One time so many people were angry at me I posted my phone number on Twitter at 1 in the morning on a Saturday and said, “If someone really has a problem with me, call me!” I was so upset. How stupid to be so upset at 1 in the morning on a Saturday. From […]

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11 Sci-Fi Movies That Changed My Life

A movie has to change my life for the better in order for me to love it. Some of these movies I first saw as a kid and my life and my…

A movie has to change my life for the better in order for me to love it. Some of these movies I first saw as a kid and my life and my greatest ambitions and successes and projects have been motivated by what I learned in these movies. Sometimes not the obvious scenes. Sometimes the […]

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3 Habits To Transform Your Life Completely

“If you don’t change, within 11 months you’re either going to be dead or in jail. Probably in jail.” A friend of mine told me this. Actually, I can think of three…

“If you don’t change, within 11 months you’re either going to be dead or in jail. Probably in jail.” A friend of mine told me this. Actually, I can think of three times, three different friends told me the exact same thing. One time I was in a bad relationship. I came close to death […]

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And the Most Common Mindset for Every Successful Person is…

Bernie Madoff once rejected investing in me. I went to see him because I was raising money for a project. My neighbor worked for him.. As I was walking up the steps…

Bernie Madoff once rejected investing in me. I went to see him because I was raising money for a project. My neighbor worked for him.. As I was walking up the steps to his building (the famous “Lipstick Building” in NYC) other hedge fund managers were calling me and begging, “PLEASE help us invest in […]

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One Page A Day Might Save Your Life

This is the story I told my two little girls when they were just babies. “Daddy, tell us a story”. Gene Wolfe needed to fit a baked potato into a tennis ball…

This is the story I told my two little girls when they were just babies. “Daddy, tell us a story”. Gene Wolfe needed to fit a baked potato into a tennis ball can. Imagine if you were given that assignment at work. What would you do? He crushed the potato into powder and then baked […]

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STOP IT WITH THE FAILURE PORN

Just stop it. Michael Jordan didn’t make it to his junior varsity basketball team. We all know this already. It’s not what made him a success. He didn’t make it to his…

Just stop it. Michael Jordan didn’t make it to his junior varsity basketball team. We all know this already. It’s not what made him a success. He didn’t make it to his team because HE WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Period. He sucked. He admits it. He went home and cried. He kept picturing the list […]

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