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What fears have you overcome and how? For a long time, I was super scared of expressing myself socially. Between having a best friend kill himself, a socially isolated childhood, and a deadbeat dad, I was ill-equipped to make friendships. I started by intellectualizing this fear. I’m unable to function socially because I’m too smartContinue reading “SOCIAL ANXIETY NO MORE”

Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. I enjoy writing because it helps clarify my thoughts. It often takes time to organize my different beliefs into a coherent system. I find using this time to think clearly helps me understand more about myself, and reflect on my broader values. MoreContinue reading “Writing!”

How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen? As of two years ago, I’ve been completely off the mainstream social media, relegating my time to YouTube and TikTok (started recently). I did it to improve my social skills. Overall, I think it’s been a complete successContinue reading “I deleted my Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram”

What quality do you value most in a friend? I have a wicked sense of humor. When I let out my irreverence, I often feel uncomfortable because I’m an oddball. Yet, when other people have a sense of humor that’s compatible with mine, a world opens up. I love to laugh, and for some reason,Continue reading “Humor”

Do you remember life before the internet? I’d like to tell an interesting story of how I fought pterodactyls and made my way across the Great Plains in pursuit of a better life, or maybe gold, but that’s certainly not the case. The internet came before I was born, and was popularized as I wentContinue reading “Back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth….”

What are you good at? I’ve been an oddball since I was a wee lad. I always enjoyed taking the assumptions of what I was allowed to do and interrogating them. This was not an academic exercise. I learned to run before I learned to walk. The bars on my windows to keep me safeContinue reading “Thinking Outside The Box”

What does “having it all” mean to you? Is it attainable? There is only so much time in a day, and being excellent at one thing often precludes success in other areas. It’s not as if professional basketball players work at the top of IBM. It’s not as if IBM executives make it to theContinue reading “What is important to have?”

What is the legacy you want to leave behind? The business I’m working on, Men Need Friends Too, aims to teach men in the internet age how to befriend other people. I think this is an important goal because a lot of social dysfunction is a result of people being unable to empathize with eachContinue reading “I want to end male loneliness”

How do you balance work and home life? The 9-5 is a compromise between trying to become truly excellent at a craft, making a living, and having leisure. Working a job that targets 40 hours a week tries to let you mostly have it all. As most compromises come with downsides, this does as well.Continue reading “Work-Life Integration”

Are you a leader or a follower? The dichotomy between a leader and follower is overblown. To reach greatness, it’s important to embrace both of these roles, and to know when to use both of them. Brian Tracy, a highly successful self-help entrepreneur makes the point that no one is intrinsically better than anyone else.Continue reading “Following Leadership, Leading Followership”