My colleague got fired. She was bold, brash, and had a loose tongue.
It blindsided her because she was young, impetuous and didn’t yet understand how the corporate world worked.
I’ve seen this happen dozens of times in my 19 years of office work; people come in naively assuming their…
42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything, according to Douglas Adams in his book Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy. It is also the critical angle of light reflecting off glass and is also the value of the “Hubble Constant”, a measurement of how quickly objects in the…
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That stupid advert kept popping up on Facebook. “Be the best you” or “Super power your life” or whatever it said.
It was one of those adverts where someone good looking smiles into the sunshine, dressed…
Creeps! Do you want to do attract women but can’t as you’re lacking in merit and have a lousy personality? Do you refuse to do any of the inner work required to become a lovable human and would rather take a shortcut?
Then boy, do I have the answer for…
I’m on a couple of Facebook groups for Medium writers. Recently, there was a post asking if anyone – theoretically – would pay to be a writer for a Medium publication.
That’s pay to write. Unsurprisingly, the response was a resounding “no”.
The person asking was clearly putting out feelers…
Doctors and swab-taking, needle-poking nurses have said for years I don’t have an immune deficiency but that didn’t stop me from ending up in the hospital several times from immune responses that were akin to blowing up a house just because a window needs replacing.
My immune system is over-reactive…
If you follow mathematician and author Nassim Taleb on Twitter (he has over 780,000 followers and counting), you’ll notice two things. The first is he is an intellectual giant, a towering force of logic and reason. The second is he’s a cantankerous shit who argues with everyone.
How can such…
“It’s a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.” — Albert Camus
Money doesn’t make you happy but poverty makes you miserable. You need money. Don’t believe otherwise.
I’ve been poor, several times. The last time was these past two years when I…
“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” – Ernest Hemingway
Hello. I’m a nobody blogger but best selling author Malcolm Gladwell said something I don’t like about writing, so here I am explaining why his years of proven success can’t compete with my…
“I just stay in my own lane and don’t worry about what anyone else is doing and settle into my own pace.” – Roddy Ricch
On his worldwide number one swanky-pants podcast, Joe Rogan often mentions he turns down a lot of opportunities.
“I’m happy doing what I’m doing. I’m…
