A fun part of parenting, where my kid decide to enjoy the snow this way. Three months before we found out my wife was pregnant, my mom died. If you have any sympathy or sorrows, they're appreciated, but long-time readers of my content know that my mom and I had a mostly tenuous relationship, and we weren't close. Still, she was my mother, and despite many of her shortcomings and failures, I credit her with some of my good traits. To this day, I can't stand the idea of destroying a book,...
11 days ago • 5 min read
Every so often, so many things happen that I want to update you guys on, or I feel like you can help me out with something. Don't worry, though. There are no surveys in this email—again, thank you all for putting up with them. If you never did anything else for me but read this newsletter, that was more than enough. Today's newsletter is one of those newsletters. Full of good news, updates, and a small ask at the end. With that said, let's jump into it! First, let’s start with the coolest...
17 days ago • 5 min read
At 3000 words, today's newsletter is longer than usual. But it's an important topic I feel strongly about. Anyone who follows me on Twitter/X knows how much I can't stand extreme, binary thinking. Today's newsletter is a breakdown of why that happens on social media and what you can do about it. Also, today's newsletter is sponsored by one of my favorite tools for ensuring I don't fall prey to sensationalist news stories. Ground News aggregates all news reports on a story, compares headlines,...
20 days ago • 15 min read
Your inner monologue isn't building your life. Your life is building your inner monologue. You don't build a positive life by blocking out negative thoughts. You block out negative thoughts by creating a positive life. This idea runs contrary to commonly accepted wisdom passed around by everyone, from manifestation coaches to best-selling authors to professional athletes, who insist that your life merely reflects your thoughts. I used to believe this wholeheartedly. But experience and...
27 days ago • 6 min read
You can watch this below. While you're at it, I'd love for you to subscribe. The channel is growing, and your subscription and view hours are free to support it! And another thing before we jump into today's newsletter. I'm *considering* doing a 2-4 week-long workshop teaching the basics of how I've finally triggered the YouTube growth I'm experiencing. The seminar is geared toward writers, millennials and older, and people fed up with X's busted algorithm who want to continue growing an...
about 1 month ago • 12 min read
Let's talk about the 3 main ways men destroy their lives. I grew up in the projects and spent my 20s partying and wasting my life. Other than my amateur boxing career, I didn't have much going for me, and I came dangerously close to falling victim to all of these—and I've seen many men who grew up around me, both friends and relatives, fall victim to at least one of these and quite a few, to all three. And look, unless you end up doing life in prison or you catch a sex charge with some kids,...
2 months ago • 9 min read
Many people associate pain with defeat, loss, and failure. Boxers, on the other hand, develop a different relationship with pain. There is nothing quite like the pain you experience during the hard work of pushing your body to its limits. The conditioning and preparation that goes into boxing are incredibly difficult, unpleasant, and painful. This, itself, isn’t surprising. Perhaps more surprising is how many athletes across all sports have a similar experience. Many competitive athletes...
3 months ago • 9 min read
It's amazing how things that happened to us as children can have lasting, unexpected effects on us in adulthood. At the extremes, we know about the impact of crazy childhood trauma on adult life outcomes. For example, you're 11x more likely to abuse drugs or alcohol if you have more than four adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). ACEs require an entire post, but they’re specific traumatic events a child experiences. Abuse of all types, neglect, witnessing domestic violence—stuff on that...
3 months ago • 7 min read
6 Ancient Samurai Principles For Mastering Any Skill Are you tired of hearing about prodigy stories and people who achieve massive success before 25? Have the “40 under 40” lists started making you nervous as you creep closer to the big 4-0, feeling no closer to extraordinary achievement than when you graduated high school? What if I told you that by following the lessons from an ancient book of swordsmanship, anyone could master any skill—not just to catch up, but to surpass everyone else?...
3 months ago • 4 min read
