Category: How To
Education in a Nutshell
Do at least five math problems. Read at least one page of a book. Write at least one sentence. Watch at least one YouTube video on any of the following subjects: Discipline/Willpower Habits Learning Diet Exercise Psychology Philosophy Personal Finance History/biographies of famous people Freedom/Libocracy Spend at least a half hour honing a skill that…
Wealth-Building in a Nutshell
Be less lazy. Be less useless. Be less shortsighted. Follow these three rules every day as best you can and you will build wealth. You may not ever get rich or achieve financial independence, but you will eventually find yourself in a better place. If you’re unhoused (i.e., homeless), you will soon be housed. If…
Are You a Character or a Loser?
There’s a difference between someone with an asinine passion who is kind to his or her future self and someone with an asinine passion who is cruel to his or her future self. The former is a character; the latter is a loser. Let me explain. Imagine two dudes: Tom and Harry. Both are rabid…
Ten Keys to Making a Sucky Job Less Sucky
For twenty-one years I toiled at a sucky government job. Management cared more about enriching the coffers of the Republican Party than providing the taxpayers with great service. Union officials cared more about its members getting more pay than becoming more productive. And my typical co-worker cared more about dodging work than being a hero…
Consider But Verify
To be a competent human being in the 21st century you have to be very wary of how you consume information. And this is so for one simple reason: journalism today is crap. Case in point. A few days ago, I was meandering around Yahoo Finance and I came across an article with the following…