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Everything I’ve written, newest first: my weekly letters, plus The Anti-MBA, my old blog, going back to 2013.
On my podcast (850+ episodes) and at Hampton, I talk to billionaires, CEOs and founders about business, leadership, money, family and what actually makes them happy. Every Monday I write down the good stuff I learned from them.
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Best Personal Finance App 2017: This App Changed My life
I’m CRAZY strict about tracking my finances. I use to use Mint but hated the interface. So one day last year, after reading John Rockefeller’s biography, I started tracking all my expenses by hand. As a reminder, John Rockafeller was the founder of Standard Oil, the richest man to ever live, and one hell of a character….
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How to be Confident Without Booze
Note: I know, I know…this post looks like every other fluffy blog post that you’ve been tricked into clicking on today, but it actually contains proven strategies that’ll make you more confident. If you wanna skip the fluffy stuff, scroll to the bottom. “How do you have a social life while being sober?”
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Predictions Of The Future Gone Wrong And This Month’s Book
Boom-shaka-laka! Next week is the beginning of a new month. Know what that means? It’s time to announce a new book! I’ll tell you more about that in a second, but first I share a story that’s guaranteed to make you more creative today. Yup, it’s pretty sappy and involves a baby elephant.
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The Power of Negative Feedback
The Bold Italic, a semi-popular blog here in California, wrote an article about my motorcycle trip, panic attacks, and this blog. I want to share the most memorable comments about the article from their Facebook post: They sure know how to make a guy feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. The Power of Negative Feedback
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America, you’re one beautiful woman…my 9,000 mile, 47 day motorcycle journey.
I just finished a 9,000 mile motorcycle journey across the United States. I’ve ridden motorcycles since I was a kid but I didn’t plan on doing this trip until two weeks before I left. Why did I do this trip? Because I had your typical middle-class-white-boy quarter life crisis. Except instead of going to India…
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Why I Left Silicon Valley To Aimlessly Wander The Country On A Motorcycle
Is this you?
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6 Things I Learned From Not Drinking For 1 Year
2017 Update: This post is now 2 years old (I’m writing this in November of 2017. Everything written here is still true but 10x. I’m still not drinking… This July marks my one year anniversary of being sober. There are a ton of reasons why I gave up drinking and I’ll go into more detail…
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I quit!
I’m sitting at the Kreuzberg Cafe in San Luis Obisbo enjoying my 2 week vacation and just wanted to spread the exciting news: I quit! Last year the startup I co-founded (Bunk) was acquired by Apartment List. It was the greatest decision I ever made. And even though I was just an employee at Apartment…
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Customer service: how to complain and still get what you want!
When a company or service let’s me down I have no problem contacting them and letting them know. Hell…if I’m using their product then clearly I’m a fan and if I were them then I’d want some feedback. But the problem most people have when giving feedback or reporting an error is that they act all…
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Book of the month: Man’s Search For Meaning
This month’s book is gonna be a littttttle bit different from what we’ve read in the past. …Many people claim their outlook on life completely changed after reading this book… …The Library of Congress named this book one of the ten most influential books in America… …Lili, an Anti-MBA member, said that this book shaped the way…
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How I Lost 13 pounds Using The Power of Habit
I didn’t wanna post this because shirtless photos can come off douchey, but I think my experience can help others, so here goes… A video summary of this post ***Update*** It’s June 11th and my weight today is 185…which means I’m lost 22 pounds since I started this post. I’ll update this more to show…
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The launch of Itch Juice!
The results of my 4 Hour Work Week experiment A lot of people asked me about Itch Juice, a product I created and sell online that makes a few grand a month without me doing much work (it’s automated). Instead of repeating the answer over and over, I thought I’d write about how it got started….
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3 Fundamental Techniques in Handling People
Wanna be a badass people person?
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I saved $400 using human engineering…here’s how.
The $400 Coke: How gift giving wins negotiations Summary: I strategically gave a seller on Craigslist a can of Coke-Cola before negotiating on price…and he gave me a $400 discount. Involved in a heated negotiation? Try giving a gift to the person on the other end of the negotiation.
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How to make ideas stick forever
Wanna learn how to make ideas stick? Of course you do. 6 principles for making ideas stick…with real life examples. A cheat sheet (or summary) of the book Made to Stick.
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How to Make Money Hosting a Conference
Last week my friend Teri and I hosted Bootstrap Live, a 3 hour meet up on bootstrapping a company (aka growing a company without outside capital). We were inspired by this very helpful post by Noah Kagan… so I wanted to pay it forward and explain exactly how we did it.
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How Many Years Does it Take to Become a Millionaire?
I hear a lot of people throw around the term “overnight success”. And, for the most part, I think it’s complete nonsense. See, while the internet has certainly made it possible for a few lotto winners to from $0 to $1b, for the majority of people who’ve achieve monetary success, it took decades Not everyone…
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Updated, 2019: The 48 Laws Of Power Cheat Sheet with Real Life Examples
Hey everyone…I wrote this guide a few years ago, but I’ve updated it in Spring of 2019. If you have any comments or questions, just let me know in the comments. Below is a cheat sheet (aka summary) of The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. This book sounds kinda weird and evil (and…