I smoked a cigarette today.

I smoked a cigarette today. Here’s what I’m not going to do: I’m not going to deceive anybody, especially my

Thoughts on running, management and life

I’ve never really liked running. I like cycling, and I imagine I’d like swimming, but I’ve never really like

Personal Systems 2.1- down the rabbit hole we go…

Continuing from where we left off, here and here! Brainstorming (prototype 1.0): Putting things together (2.0) Refining them (

How to survive when everything sucks, by Alexandra Franzen

http://alexandrafranzen.com/  I am really, stupendously, riotously proud of myself. My business is bangin’, my client

Wise words from Stephen Hawking

I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers. Response upon being questioned as to his IQ, in interview with Deb

conversations on systems

on a unrelated note i really am pretty damn exhilarated about my systems thingy lol i kinda get your general gist, but it̵

Friedrich Nietzsche, on laziness and timidity

“… A traveller who had seen many lands and peoples and several of the earth’s continents was asked what quality in men h

The wisdom of Jim Rohn

The soil says, “Don’t bring me your need.  Bring me your seed.” Unless you change how you are, you will always have wha

Managing complex change: 5 things that stop you from accomplishing greatness

If you want to get anything serious done that involves complex change, whether it’s starting a blog, quitting smoking, m

Personal Development and Symbolism of the Hero

“Since finding out what something is, is largely a matter of discovering what it is like, the most impressive contribution t

Smoke-Free, Day Two

Yes, I’m still going strong! Today my nervous system doesn’t feel as wonky, but I have got new problems- my respir

Smoke-Free, Day One

I’ve decided to try to quit smoking. Again. I have been smoking for about 4 years now. I normally smoke about 2 packs a

Complex systems are more interesting than linear ones.

I have a big problem with making lists. Lists are not actually very informative. They are an ineffectual way of presenting inf

The Waste Elimination Challenge

I found some notes from a business consultancy firm on improving organizational effectiveness, and I found it cute and conveni

Ezra Klein, on common mistakes made by economists

“Tyler Cowen has posted lists of mistakes he thinks common to left-wing economists and right-wing economists. Both are

Self-mastery and the journey of the hero.

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” -Socrates (socratic method used to teach) “You can have no dominion great

Thoughts on the 8.9 Earthquake in Honshu, Japan

I’ve been thinking really long and hard about what to say about the earthquake in Japan. I want to say something that co

Ray Kurzweil on the future of solar power

Ray Kurzweil: “One of my primary theses is that information technologies grow exponentially in capability and power and

Countering Stress and Depression, by The Dalai Lama XIV

At a fundamental level, as human beings, we are all the same; each one of us aspires to happiness and each one of us does not

Detours: How to move forward when your plans fuck up

I went through most of my life without having any plans. I used to think this was because I was too cool to have plans. But th

Jonathan Diener, on the future of the music industry

I think obviously downloading and the easy access via torrents, etc. to get music and movies are hurting the sales. But with a

a person is a system is a science is a mind is a language is a city is an organism is art

/bow

On faith.

Before anything else I think it’s important to begin by discussing faith. We are all creatures of faith, whether we real

I like to convince myself that it doesn’t matter

but I know it does. Because I admired you then, and though I realise that I was obsessed with what you stood for to me, and th

conversation- doubt

so ever since like a few weeks after i enlisted i’ve been keeping track of my life, which i never bothered doing properl