When people asked me about how my jungle retreat went, I was usually reluctant to answer. You see, when you go on holiday, you usually go to see some stuff, to party, to have fun. And then it’s really easy to tell people how it was. “We went to see this cool *monument*, and then we went to this bar, and we met so-and-so, and then John got wasted…” I love sightseeing, traveling … [Read more...]
366 Days Of Meditation – The Lessons
On January 5th last year I decided I was going to meditate every day for 1hour for an entire year. That was just after completing my 3rd 10-day Vipassana course. I didn’t miss a single day. Not one. 💯Never heard of Vipassana? You should definitely check it out here.It was an insane journey. I meditated on planes, in cars, on park benches, airports. Most of the days … [Read more...]
Inspirational People You Need to Stalk – Neil Patel
It’s the 58th minute of the 90 or so minute interview with Neil Patel, and I’ve paused it and started cursing for the 4th time in a row. “Fuck, how does that guy just find solutions to these complex questions so quickly? It’s insane!"Enter Neil Patel, a skinny nerd dating models and making it rain whenever he choses to. If things like having a private driver (and a car) for … [Read more...]
It’s Hard to be Honest
It’s hard to be honest. It’s probably the hardest thing that you can ever do. Brutally honest. Not to the people around you, well, that too, but to yourself. I watched the first 16min of Chase Jarvis interviewing Seth Godin. And minute after minute, Seth Godin blew my mind. And as I was being honest to myself, he blew my ego out as well. The understanding needed 15min to … [Read more...]
Farts, Blogging and Shit Sandwiches
Everybody wants to have their own business nowadays. And that’s good, it’s dope, I believe it’s a long-needed paradigm shift. But what not everybody is willing to do is to go through the shitty starting-out period. Or as Mark Manson puts it, you gotta eat shit sandwiches. The trick is to eat shit sandwiches that you like. Blogging is one of the easy solutions.The good … [Read more...]