Life

Playing it safe is the riskiest choice of all — I thought I was going to stay at Netflix forever. Top of market pay. Freedom and responsibility. Unlimited PTO. What more could you ask for? So when I quit Netflix in May 2021, everyone thought I was crazy. My parents objected first. Coming from cultural revolution China where they barely…

It couldn’t have gone to a better person — I dreamt it, I believed it, yet I don’t control it. So, I sent it out into the universe to make it happen. Please be patient with me as I test out my refined manifestation tactics. It’s an awful time to be a work in progress. …

We’re Crossing the Threshold of Survivability — And There’s No Going Back — “Why do you think people are a little freaked out by what I’m talking about these days?” I was asking my kid sis. She laughed. “You’re basically telling them it’s the end of the world?” It was the night of the eclipse. A red moon illuminated the sky. 300,000 years…

Everyone should know why. — It’s getting pretty bad. Schools are resorting to all kinds of last ditch measures. They’re planning to hold classes three or four days a week. They’re hiring teachers from outside the country. They’re recruiting military vets. They’re letting college students with no training into the classroom. They’re not going to…

Lottery thinking holds people back. Don’t hope. Do the work so you don’t have to pray to a fake god to get what you want. — Our older selves are always wiser. At 26 I had a closed mind, eating disorder, and thought I was smarter than Einstein. At 36 I’ve come a long way. Some of the best lessons we can share come from the advice we’d give our younger selves. Here are my cheat…

“Don’t become a slave to technology — manage your phone, don’t let it manage you.” — As Richard Branson said, “Don’t become a slave to technology — manage your phone, don’t let it manage you.” Unfortunately, most people are glued to their smartphones. Here are some worrying statistics about smartphone usage: 46% of smartphone users spend between 5–6 hours per day on their smartphone The average…

The Age of Extinction Is Dawning by the Day — And We’re Doing Too Little Too Late to Stop It — There’s a brutal truth that I think we’re all going to have to contend with. Take a look out there at the world. How do you think things are going? Europe’s on fire. The continent. Fires stretch from France, through Spain and Portugal, to Greece. The temperature’s hit 45 degrees…

A full solution from the best debaters in the world. — Winston Churchill was arguing with a woman at a dinner party. Churchill was a difficult man, with a strong personality and a willingness to stand behind his point. The two went back and forth until she finally said, “If I were your wife, I’d poison your coffee.” Churchill retorted, “If…