Year: 2008


My First Comment Leads to More Questions

I recently got my first comment ever, and I have to admit it’s a small but significant milestone. That means at least one person is out there reading this and responding. So: thanks Tina Marshall, whoever and wherever you are. Tina left her name, some good, brief commentary and a link to a quasi-related article, […]

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How to Beat Content Gluttony

Over consumption of content is just as bad as overeating.  But instead of health problems, we run into time problems and eventually–life problems. If you spend too much time around purposeless content, your life will begin to reflect those values. There are three main types of content on the internet: information, entertainment and community (a […]

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Sunday Evening at the Keyboard

How to develop vision: first, search deep within yourself and meditate on your passions and strengths. Then, try to learn everything you can from other experts in your field. After that, beat them at their own game by doing it quantumly better and with more originality. Is it that simple? In theory, yes, I believe […]

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Success in Life is like Spawning Salmon

Anyone who has fished salmon runs in a river (that would be me in Alaska) can really appreciate the meaning of intense dedication to a life goal. You see, millions of salmon enter the river to spawn, but very few make it. Before they even get to the river, they have to evade natural predators […]

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Over-Thinking Kills Me

I remember when I was in my early 20s and I used to frequent these waterfalls and tropical pools behind my house in Hilo, Hawaii. My friends and I would stand at the top of these cliffs overlooking the water and then jump off. Sometimes the height was over 40 feet. Many times I could […]

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