<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:26:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[On the Enjoyment Paradox II: The Thousand Mile Journey from Boring to Great]]></title><description><![CDATA[[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.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/on-the-enjoyment-paradox-ii-the-thousand-mile-journey-from-boring-to-great</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/on-the-enjoyment-paradox-ii-the-thousand-mile-journey-from-boring-to-great</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stufffromsam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 23:18:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiReF6Qp3gzVQFCcmYkduwCK7LfovNSsnbaNY2ssZCprR4dNgCoiwiBMV4pZMajJPCCkmrEVo6XK9ecWT5mSSjNW1tz1UzcTvdp7DY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Enjoyment Paradox: Meaningful Work Is Not Always Fun]]></title><description><![CDATA[[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]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/on-the-enjoyment-paradox-meaningful-work-is-not-always-fun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/on-the-enjoyment-paradox-meaningful-work-is-not-always-fun</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stufffromsam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 23:11:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kws91ecJjkANAzfstp5ietJ4ACvk9NVSW63qwJu4iH7JDdDiUQWmfKcBRySB3zMUSDbSFNDWkiugeSHCaAexQvhGeXxT1uRmretJpo8rVhzPtZumvFZNCAe5L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why You Need to Be Technically Literate]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/why-you-need-to-be-technically-literate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/why-you-need-to-be-technically-literate</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stufffromsam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 17:30:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVefzPWDpLBfZbfYaPnffKtA6F41LL2HJzUQD88FfYrF16ExULxXeS32vaVdt4Ki2YfuaY3vCgKUhDB4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Is Not a Bubble, It's Just Bitcoin]]></title><description><![CDATA[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. 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(And most people probably still do.)]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/what-bitcoin-can-tell-us-about-our-evolving-politics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/what-bitcoin-can-tell-us-about-our-evolving-politics</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stufffromsam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 14:51:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Discipline, Intelligence, and Stoicism: It's Tough to Be Smart, but Smart to Be Tough]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/on-discipline-intelligence-and-stoicism-it-s-tough-to-be-smart-but-smart-to-be-tough</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/on-discipline-intelligence-and-stoicism-it-s-tough-to-be-smart-but-smart-to-be-tough</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stufffromsam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:53:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Much Fight Do You Have within You?]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/how-much-fight-do-you-have-within-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/how-much-fight-do-you-have-within-you</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stufffromsam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:28:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Must Triumph: Why I Write]]></title><description><![CDATA[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,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/must-triumph-why-i-write</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@stufffromsam/must-triumph-why-i-write</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stufffromsam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:24:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gbkvz1yNBypLpwUHBnasMpK1zSCzdC5KcBkv276UU1C4xh1SLmRPnnkBH8eKinmDR8pCKr3m473Rhk5qg1dzR5M1gEhnp6u7pVVV17stXicjHKgY4JSjywDBBTQLFTLbXJacksFXjpW1rauqMoTNpSFXr151KLJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a Blogger, somewhere between Tim Ferriss and Bruce Lee]]></title><description><![CDATA[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. 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