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Essays

  • Keep It Simple.

  • Done is Better Than Perfect.

  • Thought Experiment: A Transparent Society.

  • Overcoming Resistance.

  • The Joys of Scheduling

  • Why You Are Fooled by Magic Tricks

  • I'm Not Selling Anything.

  • On Incentives.

  • Keeping It Under The Hat.

  • How I Overcame Writer's Block

  • Learning To Relax

  • What is Self Development?

  • How to Deal with Difficult People

  • The Importance of Strategy

  • The Importance of Having a Life Philosophy.

  • Why Writing Is Important.

  • How to Live in the Present.

  • Fake it ’till You Make It

  • How I Overcame My Fear of Flying

  • On Crossing a River.

  • The 80/20 Rule Explained in 10,000+ Words

  • The Future: Utopia or Dystopia?

  • Fix the Broken Windows in Your Life.

  • A Discussion on Free Speech.

  • Setting Goals vs Daily Habits.

  • Lessons From Cold Showers.

  • The True Man is Revealed in Difficult Times.

  • What Makes Me, Me? (And You, You?).

  • What Would You Do If Money Wasn't An Issue?

  • On Distractions (Again).

  • Summary of Homo Deus.

  • The Tortoise and The Hare.

  • Why Age doesn’t Matter.

  • A Handful of Productivity Tips.

  • Thinking in Higher Time Frames.

  • Cultivating Indifference.

  • Becoming Your Own Personal Consultant.

  • How to Never Fail.

  • The First Ten Paying Customers.

  • How to Be Content No Matter What Happens In Life

  • On Distractions.

  • Talent, Concentration, and Determination

  • How To Start The Day.

  • How To Install a Calendar In Your Brain

  • Why Do Anything?

  • One Step.

  • On Losing a Parent.

  • Monking Around.

  • On Losing Things.

  • Holidays.

  • Daily Rules.

  • On Anger.

  • The Third Place.

  • The Washington Post Test.

  • On Doing Nothing.

  • Everyday Opportunities.

  • A Question Worth Asking.

  • Three Hours in Rome.

  • How to Educate Yourself Everyday.

  • How to Carpe Diem.

  • How to Live on 40 Tomatoes a Week.

  • On Luxury.

  • Learning to Say No.

  • On Being Hungry.

  • The Sweet and The Bitter.

  • It Could Be Worse.

  • Pyramids: A Waste of Time?

  • Why We Should All Over Deliver.

  • Hitler.

  • Palermo.

  • The Beauty of Silence.

  • Enlightened Hedonism and Consumerism.

  • On Success.

  • The Top Ten Wastes of Time.

  • Why Meetings are (Mostly) a Waste of Time

  • The Philosophy of Fight Club.

  • Thoughts and Incomplete Opinions of a Time Traveller.

  • The Fermi Paradox - A Ridiculously Comprehensive Guide.

  • Burn Your Ships.

  • Lessons We Can Learn from Edge of Tomorrow.

  • Thoughts From 40,000 Feet.

  • Phnom Penh.

  • Why is Grass Always Greener on the Other Side of the Fence?

  • Keep Calm and Carry On.

  • Ten Useful Stoic Exercises.

  • On Utopia.

  • On Control.

  • How Much is Enough?

  • Delayed Gratification.

  • Should You Go To University?

  • On Vegetarian Diets.

  • Cicero's Six Mistakes of Man.

Haiku.