My highlights of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Read More on Amazon Twenty-three hundred years ago Aristotle concluded that, more than anything else, men and women seek happiness. There are many ways we have sought happiness since Aristotle was around. And in many ways, we have been seeking in the wrong places. Flow intends to show us the right places. According to […]

My Highlights of A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Read More on Amazon A novel about an American who volunteers as an ambulance driver in Italy during WW1 and falls in love with a British nurse. I am very disappointed by A Farewell To Arms. In the description on the back cover it says “It’s a novel of great power”, that Hemingway’s description of […]

100 Books Recommended by Jordan Peterson

Novels and Philosophy Beyle, Marie-Henri (Stendhal): The Charterhouse of Parma Bronte, Emily: Wuthering Heights Bulgakov, Mikhail: The Master and Margarita Cary, Joyce: The Horse’s Mouth Chandler, Raymond: The Big Sleep Chandler, Raymond: The Long Goodbye Dalyrmple, Theodore: Our Culture, What’s Left of It (Read my highlights) Dalrymple, Theodore: Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That […]

My Highlights of the Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer

You can get the book here. The Forgotten Soldier is the terrifying memoir of Guy Sajer, a Frenchman who fought for Germany in WW2. He describes the brutality of the Eastern Front — the fear, hunger, cold, and constant onslaught of the enemy that he endured during years of fighting. The book also tells a […]

How to Reach the Most People with One Piece of Content?

The great social media consolidation In 2016 if you wanted to go viral you had to repurpose your content for every platform. In 2023 you can use the same short form vertical video and go viral on Tik Tok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram, Facebook, and reach over 4 billion social media users. The low budget video […]

My Review of the Pacai Hotel in Vilnius

A stay in a luxury hotel can be a brief reprieve from the harsh reality of the world. A distraction with fluffy towels, soft linens, minibar, complimentary toiletries, the recomforting sensation that breakfast is waiting for you downstairs — and hopefully a late checkout. Perhaps my wanderings go beyond the scope of a hotel review […]

Summary of Ali Abdaal’s Part-Time YouTuber Academy

Youtube Foundations Does gear matter? It’s one of the most asked and controversial questions of Youtube. When you are at the start of your YouTube journey, where it’s still a bit of a struggle to make one video at a time, gear does not matter. We want to optimize everything we can for actually just […]

10 key lessons from David Perell’s Write of Passage

I am quickly going to go through 10 key lessons I learned from David Perell’s Write of Passage course. Before I get to the 10 lessons, I’ll insert a quick marketing plug. If you want to get a full summary with the key insights from this course, just click you can get it here. So, […]

10 key lessons from Ali Abdaal’s Part-Time YouTuber Academy

Okay, so I am quickly going to go through 10 key lessons I learned from Ali Abdaal’s part-time YouTuber Academy. Keep in mind that as of 2022 This is the best course to learn how to start and grow a YouTube channel. Ali Abdaal is a very successful YouTuber. He has over 3 million subscribers […]

How to stay awake for long periods?

No, no, you are not going to read about how to accurately interpret what is happening behind the curtains in global politics. This article is about how to literally stay awake. Sometimes our standard waking hours are not enough to fulfill all our commitments, so we have to borrow some hours from the night. Sleep […]