I was mercilessly bullied in my early childhood. When I finally had the opportunity to go to a new school in 7th grade, I'd had enough and consciously decided to do anything I could to be popular. I became a bully. There is no being on earth capable of inducing as much emotional pain as a 14-year-old girl.
Read MoreRather than orient our lives around joy, many of us have become fear and suffering obsessed. Instead of maximizing our joy, we have decided to optimize our suffering because we believe it is valuable and somehow makes our lives more meaningful.
Read More“when did you first doubt your religion?”…
Read MoreWhen a true expert tells you about their craft, they tell you a little bit about that thing and a lot about life.
Read MoreI remember telling my mother in 2015, just after it was clear that Trump would be running for president, “I don't particularly love Hillary, but what she has over Trump is she knows that solutions to real problems are not tweetable.”
Read MoreThis type of content goes way beyond product placement. Content with an agenda is a collaboration between the message architect and the content creator with an explicit purpose in mind.
Read MoreLong before Airbnb was launched, I was couchsurfing and homeswaping. The thing about opening your home and your life, is it forces you to open your mind as well.
Read MoreAlas, “learn more words” is not a helpful commission. So, a quick trick I have recently employed is to remove “get” from my personal lexicon.
Read MoreI thought Berlin would be oppressive. Berlin is far from that- Berlin is aggressively free.
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