Life Lessons

The true story of a character whose actor was also larger than life. — He is the life of parties he’s never attended. If he were to punch you in the face, you would have to fight off the urge to thank him. Sharks have a week dedicated to him. He is, the most interesting man in the world. — Dos Equis ad, 2010 …

An analysis of what went wrong. — There’s been a lot of noise about Bros tanking at the box office. Conservative and anti-woke YouTube channels have been dancing on its grave, especially after its lead actor said homophobia could be a reason for its underperformance. I didn’t want to see the film after my girlfriend, Laura, described…

An Ancient Guide to Quitting Wisely — What do Zeno, Heraclitus, and the Buddha all have in common? They all quit; or, to put it another way — decided to chart a new course. Zeno, the founder of Stoicism, was a merchant before embarking on his search for wisdom. According to legend, Siddhartha Gautama (better known as…

Never forget the root cause of all suffering — 1. Don’t Get Attached to Anything The moment you wake up and unplug yourself from the matrix, you separate yourself from the world and so an attachment to the world and the things in it is guaranteed to bring you great pain and suffering. There are a lot of things going on with you spiritually as…

The true story of Dr. Q. — “You will die working in these fields.” That phrase changed everything for Dr. Alfredo Quiñones. His cousin had paused, looked him in the eyes, and given him a stark warning. He’d seen other men’s potential wane under the harsh sun of the fields they worked in. Alfredo was born under…

Welcome to the industry of massive disappointment — Sean Kernan recently went on record communicating his experience about how he tried to land a book deal with a major publisher. I occasionally read Sean’s work and find him an affable and likable writer. However, reading his article I realized there was a bit he missed or didn’t know…