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Updated 12/31/2022 — My Top 5 Most Viewed Articles On Medium Are You Too Self-Aware? This Is Why Buddhism Bothers Me 4 Books That Will Help You Become a Modern Polymath I Was Average at Everything I Did Until I Learned How to Do This Why Traveling the World Won’t Make You Happier My weekly newsletter: Every Friday, I share a free article in…

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Mind Cafe

·6 days ago

What People Get Wrong About “Challenging Themselves”

“What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end.” ― Nietzsche — Competing in martial arts (or doing anything similar) is a great tool for personal development. Signing up for a competition forces you to deal with your nerves, dial in your diet, be disciplined with your training, and focus deeply on improving your skills. …

Life

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What People Get Wrong About “Challenging Themselves”
What People Get Wrong About “Challenging Themselves”
Life

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Mind Cafe

·May 13

How to Become More Resilient

Your dream might only be a nightmare away. — For the last 2 months, I’ve been really busy getting beat up all over the world. In early March, I was competing and training Jiu-Jitsu on Long Island, New York. Then, a few weeks later I was competing in England. Then, I competed again in Chicago in mid-April, and then…

Life

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How to Become More Resilient
How to Become More Resilient
Life

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Mind Cafe

·May 6

If You Want to Be Happy You Need to Get Stupid

All that knowledge is making you dumb. — For the last few months, I’ve had this anxiety in my chest that’s slowly been festering. It’s the anxiety of my ego being threatened. The anxiety of me getting comfortable. The anxiety of me thinking I’m doing great when I know deep down I’m holding myself back. On the surface…

Life

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If You Want to Be Happy You Need to Get Stupid
If You Want to Be Happy You Need to Get Stupid
Life

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Better Advice

·May 6

Why “Bad Emotions” Are Good For You

Be here now, even if it sucks. — I had a rough spring. At the very beginning of February, I popped something in my knee and I was unable to train Jiu-Jitsu for several weeks. Then, I competed in March and lost in the first round of a tournament I had expectedto win. …

Life

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Why “Bad Emotions” Are Good For You
Why “Bad Emotions” Are Good For You
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Mind Cafe

·Apr 26

Why Balance Is Stupid

A simple guide to authenticity. — From 18–23, I was obsessed with maximizing my output in every aspect of my life. Every single workout I did, I pushed myself as hard as I could. Every single week, I wrote and read as much as I possibly could and rested as little as necessary. …

Life

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Why Balance Is Stupid
Why Balance Is Stupid
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Mind Cafe

·Apr 22

10 Corny Cliches About Life That Are Absolutely True

Living life in platitudes. — I used to hate cliches. I still kind of do. They’re corny, preachy, and annoying. They take the complexities of life and oversimplify them into platitudes that frankly piss me off. I never stopped to think about why they pissed me off until recently. Cliches have always bothered me because…

Life

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10 Corny Cliches About Life That Are Absolutely True
10 Corny Cliches About Life That Are Absolutely True
Life

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Mind Cafe

·Apr 14

Why We Need to Suffer to Be Happy

The f*cked up origin story of human happiness. — I’ve never really considered myself “a confident person”. Other people might say otherwise, but those people have never been in my brain, which is riddled with anxieties, intrusive thoughts, and insecurities — all of which I’ve worked tirelessly to deal with over the years. But in the last year or…

Life

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Why We Need to Suffer to Be Happy
Why We Need to Suffer to Be Happy
Life

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Curious

·Apr 1

20 Simple Habits That Help Me Stay Focused

Everything is simple. Nothing is easy. — Having a good life doesn’t come from any sort of grand gesture. It’s not (as I used to believe) about grinding till you drop, winning a shiny medal, or writing thousands of words. …

Life

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20 Simple Habits That Help Me Stay Focused
20 Simple Habits That Help Me Stay Focused
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Mind Cafe

·Mar 28

Stop Trying to Be a Tough Guy (or Girl) and Do This Instead

Making difficult things easier. — I meet a lot of people who are what I’ve come to think of as “industrious sadomasochists”. They’re “mentally tough”, but they’re also kind of crazy. They’re kind of addicted to pain, and they wear this pain as a badge of honor. People all over do things in the sub-optimal…

Life

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Stop Trying to Be a Tough Guy (or Girl) and Do This Instead
Stop Trying to Be a Tough Guy (or Girl) and Do This Instead
Life

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Chris Wojcik

Chris Wojcik

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