I managed to totally screw things up for myself at the ages of 20, 22, 24, 29, 33, 37, and 40 so I decided to write everything I know about so-called “personal finance”. The words personal finance are a total scam but I’ll save that for another time. Let’s just say, this is about how to build wealth and preserve your wealth. Read On…
10 Things You Need to Know To Become a Great Leader
They fired me. They fired me as CEO. Then they fired me as a board member. Then they took away my shares. And now none of them ever talk to me. Read On…
OK. One Quote from Robin Williams
I hate the concept of “news jacking” which is what I’m about to do here. We all grew up on Robin Williams so this is very sad. I know he did a ton of movies, etc but the real thing that stands out for someone my age is Mork & Mindy. Read On…
The Worst Interview EVER. What I Learned From It.
I gave the worst interview of my life yesterday. I’m humiliated and feeling awkward and embarrassed. Read On…
What’s It Like to Lose $100,000,000 at Facebook
Noah Kagan was fired as one of the first employees of Facebook and he left probably $100,000,000 behind if he had stayed. Then he was fired early on as an employee of Mint.com, which later got bought by Intuit. SO I decided to call him. I rarely leave my house so sometimes my only interactions […] Read On…
Stop Bullshitting Yourself
I woke up at about 4am, made coffee, and read stories by Miranda July, Charles Bukowski (from his book “Hot Water Music”) Nora Ephron (from her book “I remember nothing”) and half a story from John Updike before I was ready to start my own writing for the morning. It was 4:47am when I got […] Read On…