Author Archives: idj4thinking

As much as I wish it was the case, you can’t indefinitely work double or triple time, eventually something has got to give. Whether in startups, novel-writing, or sketch comedy, you tend to be productive in cycles. Finish a masters degree, write the great American novel, you’ll probably need a break. You’ll probably need timeContinue reading “Marching Double Time”

There’s a bunch of different strategies for proliferating ideas, and some advantages of being somewhat unpopular. Probably the biggest advantage for being unpopular is that you can change and respond to custom ways of beating those who are ahead. I love the underdog, David can beat Goliath. Another strong reason to adopt a Sith approachContinue reading “The Sith”

Reset and rest are virtually the same word. One cannot reset without rest. Resultantly, one should emphasize rest if one needs to reorient. In general, people tend to either struggle from doing too much or doing too little. In my case, I tend to push forward a bunch of different things at the same time,Continue reading “Rest and Reset”

In the past, nerdiness was viewed with a certain derision. Only nerds liked marvel or played DND while the cool kids smoked weed, touched grass, and socialized. We’re all nerds now. While the quintessential quarterback still probably gets disproportionate action, there’s an infinite amount of niches with infinite opportunities for social clout. This is fundamentallyContinue reading “Nerd Up”

Overconfidence often displays itself as overt confidence, one that needs to be recognized and acknowledged. There are a lot of people who fall into this lane, especially a lot of self-help gurus. I tend to be distrustful of people who don’t at least live in an epistemic world where they aren’t out to get you,Continue reading “overConfidence”

There’s a lot of public situations where people begin to say things and it’s neither the time nor the place to let them know precisely what you think of their gobbledygook. I know that my beliefs can be somewhat idiosyncratic, but what I tend to find works is appealing to “let’s not get political” orContinue reading “Tactfully Disagreeing”

Most people don’t enjoy getting up on stage and joking around in front of crowds of people. So, it follows that standup comedians are pretty bizarre people. There’s a variety of things that can be said about them, as one myself, but one thing that a standup comedian cannot be is derivative. That which alwaysContinue reading “Great Standup Requires Peculiar”