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  • Social Skills Self-Assessment

    “[Only] what gets measured, gets managed” – Peter Drucker One key tool that will help you in your friendship journey is self-assessment. The aim of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive self-assessment that identifies… Read more

  • Last Minute Project Issues

    It’s a day before a big class project is due. The power goes out, leaving a team incapable of finishing the project. As a professor, should you take mercy on these poor students’ grades, or… Read more

  • Can you have it all?

    No. Life is full of tradeoffs of what you can and can’t do. Sometimes this puts you in a scenario where you’re choosing between consequential and not (ie, being on your phone versus going hiking),… Read more

  • Rest, Rinse, Repeat?

    When you think about the bare bones of life, it’s quite simple. If you have a place to stay, generally you need to rest, clean yourself, eat and drink water, you’re living. The idea of… Read more

  • A Break For Your Scheduled Deprogramming

    Surely you’ve noticed that there’s tons of ways you’re subtly pressured into being a specific type of person. You’re agreeable, unlikely to talk to strangers, and generally conformist. I don’t think this is a very… Read more

  • Getting Out of The House

    Not every social situation needs to be super intimidating. In fact, it’s probably better to build momentum by identifying areas where you are used to talking to people, and slowly pushing the edges of your… Read more

  • Some Common Myths (about friendship)

    Part of the reason that making friends in-person on the internet age is challenging is that the internet age lacks thoughtful moderation and synthesis. Anyone can have an opinion, any of the time, about anything.… Read more

  • Who I think you are

    I’ve often been asked why this book is aimed at young men. “There are also loads of lonely women out there, wouldn’t you be able to reach more people by broadening the message?” Questions posed… Read more

  • Doing Right By People

    There are many entrepreneurial types who try to make a quick buck by draining other’s wallets rather than providing them a superior service. While it’s true that you can bamboozle some people into spending lots… Read more

  • Embracing Rejection (Friendship)

    You tried to spark a friendship, went out on a limb, and someone didn’t appreciate your efforts. Maybe you’re freaking out. You don’t do this often, and it stings. It was painful feeling snubbed. Perhaps… Read more

Welcome to my blog!

I’m Isadore. I love critical thinking, rationalism, contradiction, vitriol, ad-hominem, philosophy and all those other things that the kids are into nowadays. I hate sloppy thinking, those who love the Oxford Comma, and humorlessness

Find more about me here.

If you want to hire me to help you implement a large scale IT transformation, help with a PR nightmare, or generally improve your public speaking skills, reach out to me directly at 1isadorejohnson4me@gmail.com.