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StuffFromSam
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I am a martial artist, world traveler, and black belt critical thinker.
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On the Enjoyment Paradox II: The Thousand Mile Journey from Boring to Great
[This is part II of the Enjoyment Paradox; you can read part I here.] Boring to Great We want to believe boring people can’t be great, but more often than not, it’s these very people who run the world.
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On the Enjoyment Paradox: Meaningful Work Is Not Always Fun
[This is part I of the Enjoyment Paradox; you can read part II here.] I never think of consistency as an accomplishment — it doesn't deserve to be, but that’s what it has become. Consistency is like standing
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Why You Need to Be Technically Literate
History Only Records Progress History is built upon world changing progress; species adapt, or they fade away. Not all changes have been biological in nature, but the repercussions have been just as
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Bitcoin Is Not a Bubble, It's Just Bitcoin
There are five points I think everyone should consider about bubbles: 1.) Enthusiasm starts on Wallstreet and becomes a bubble when the regular Joes get into it. Joes are the final bagholders, the last
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What Bitcoin Can Tell Us about Our Evolving Politics
I think it was either through Noam Chomsky or Howard Zinn that I first heard the term "libertarian socialist." And when I first heard it, I thought it was an oxymoron. (And most people probably still do.)
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On Discipline, Intelligence, and Stoicism: It's Tough to Be Smart, but Smart to Be Tough
It's tempting to believe intelligence trumps everything else. "If only I were a genius" becomes the standard magic answer that leads to everything we've ever wanted. If we don't get the things
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How Much Fight Do You Have within You?
From an early age, I was introduced to "kaizen," the philosophy of continuous self-improvement. At first, it was only to improve my martial arts, then I applied it to every other aspect of my
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Must Triumph: Why I Write
I began to write a series of essays from a pull-out bed at City of Hope Cancer Hospital on February 8, 2015. My mom was dying, and as she slept, I wrote. In the five years prior to entering that hospital,
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introduceyourself
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I'm a Blogger, somewhere between Tim Ferriss and Bruce Lee
I like to think of myself as a blogger, a martial artist, practical philosopher, and a black belt critical thinker. My writing is basically self-development and productivity meets ancient philosophy. I've