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Chris Wojcik
Chris Wojcik

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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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My Top Articles By Topic
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Published in Mind Cafe

·19 hours ago

A Spiritual Lesson From Dislocating My Knee

The mental slavery of trying to be your best. — Last Tuesday, I dislocated my kneecap. It hurt — a lot. It was a completely different experience than 2 weeks ago — when I competed in a team Jiu-Jitsu tournament in California with a few of my good friends and took home the winning prize of $1000 each and some…

Sports

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A Spiritual Lesson From Dislocating My Knee
A Spiritual Lesson From Dislocating My Knee
Sports

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Published in Mind Cafe

·3 days ago

What the Death of Socrates Can Teach You About Living the Good Life

“Every action has its pleasures and its price.”―Socrates — Socrates lived a unique life, to say the least. He had a basic Greek education, but likely not much more than that. He then spent part of his early years as an infantry soldier, as that was about as much as his family could afford to get him to do…

Philosophy

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What the Death of Socrates Can Teach You About Living the Good Life
What the Death of Socrates Can Teach You About Living the Good Life
Philosophy

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Published in Mind Cafe

·4 days ago

10 Stoic Quotes That Will Teach You What “a Real Man” Does

The crisis of masculinity is deeper than you think. — Being a man is weird right now. On one side of the “how to be a good man” coin, we have people telling us that as men that it’s finally okay to have feelings, that it’s okay to cry, and that everything will be okay if you express yourself. This…

Masculinity

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10 Stoic Quotes That Will Teach You What “a Real Man” Does
10 Stoic Quotes That Will Teach You What “a Real Man” Does
Masculinity

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Published in Mind Cafe

·5 days ago

A Short Story on Life, Death, and Inspiration

Overcoming the blank page. — When I was 18, a friend of mine was doing a research project for a class at school. The topic for their research project was “inspiration”. Their assignment was to collect a series of images that inspired people, and each interviewee was supposed to explain in a sentence or 2…

Life

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A Short Story on Life, Death, and Inspiration
A Short Story on Life, Death, and Inspiration
Life

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Published in Better Humans

·6 days ago

If You Don’t Want to Wake Up At 5 AM or Take Cold Showers, Do This Instead

This simple strategy has been the key to maximizing my learning over the last 2 years. — I don’t have a problem with waking up at 5 am. If that’s what you want to do and you like getting up at that time, then that’s what you should do. But this sentence drives me crazy. “Doesn’t waking up early make you more productive?” No. It doesn’t. Unfortunately…

Self Improvement

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If You Don’t Want to Wake Up At 5 AM or Take Cold Showers, Do This Instead
If You Don’t Want to Wake Up At 5 AM or Take Cold Showers, Do This Instead
Self Improvement

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Published in Better Advice

·Jan 31

10 Skills That Have Completely Changed My Life Since the Pandemic

Learning is the way out. — The Covid-19 pandemic was a huge wake-up call for me, as it was for many people. When the world “ended” in 2020, I was a college senior finishing up my senior year, and I was sent home to live with my mom and dad. I finished my college degree online…

Life Lessons

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10 Skills That Have Completely Changed My Life Since the Pandemic
10 Skills That Have Completely Changed My Life Since the Pandemic
Life Lessons

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Published in The Startup

·Jan 30

How to Get Your First 1000 Email Subscribers

And how those subscribers can help you build your online business. — I’ve been writing a newsletter for about a year and a half, and if there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s that building a newsletter is harder than it looks. The big guns in the writing world seem to find a way to make everything seem easier than it actually is. They…

Newsletter

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How to Get Your First 1000 Email Subscribers
How to Get Your First 1000 Email Subscribers
Newsletter

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Published in The Post-Grad Survival Guide

·Jan 27

How Running a Business F*cks Your Life Up

I wasn’t ready for this. — When I was in college, I dreamed of being an entrepreneur. I wanted the unpredictability, the excitement, the thrilling victories, and even the agonizing lows. I was prepared to not make any money for a while trying to do what I love. I was prepared to try things and fail…

Work

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How Running a Business F*cks Your Life Up
How Running a Business F*cks Your Life Up
Work

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Jan 25

7 Odd Life Lessons From Traveling the World and Doing Jiu-Jitsu

Remember when Meryl Streep said that martial arts were not arts? Yeah, that pissed me off. — Whenever I go on trips, I’m usually hungry because I’m cutting weight. I usually have a scale in my backpack and I’m monitoring how much water I’m allowed to drink over the course of the trip. If I’m not cutting weight, I’m anxious because I know I’m about to get…

Life Lessons

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7 Odd Life Lessons From Traveling the World and Doing Jiu-Jitsu
7 Odd Life Lessons From Traveling the World and Doing Jiu-Jitsu
Life Lessons

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Chris Wojcik

Chris Wojcik

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