The Simplest and Most Important Quote From Stoic Philosophy
Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy Will Help You Find Your True Purpose
This Is Why Buddhism Bothers Me (before you yell at me, see also: The Philosophy You Can’t Stand Might Be the One You Need Most)
When I first started publishing on Medium, I was a total writing newb. It took me a week to write my first article.
I also thought that to succeed on Medium it was pretty clear that I had to learn to write about either money, self-improvement, or love & sex.
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Compared to people like Jocko Willink or David Goggins, I am a fairly unimpressive individual.
I wanted to join the military when I was in high school, but I was way too scared. I had the same excuse when I finished college. I also wanted to fight in the UFC…
The picture of an ideal man in Western culture looks weird and kind of contradictory.
The ideal man is strong, stoic, financially successful, yet simultaneously emotionally intelligent, sensitive (but not too sensitive), and loving. The ideal man in Western culture looks a lot like Superman.
Actually, no… The ideal man…
A few minutes after this picture was taken, one of the 8-year-olds in the 5 pm kids Jiu-Jitsu class told me that my new gi makes me look like I’m on a safari.
The other week, when I still had blue hair, one of the kids told me I looked…
I read the other day that the age range of 18–24 is the “temporary stage” of your life.
I’d argue the temporary stage of your life is a mindset based on your own experience. Regardless, your “temporary years” exist.
During your temporary years, people will come and go through your…
For a long time, I thought that love was supposed to be pain.
I thought that strength was the ability to transcend pain, and that love was the ability to develop collaborative strength with another person in the face of that pain. Deep for 24-year-old… I know.
Basically, I thought…
I had my first girlfriend when I was 16.
After we broke up, I spiraled into my first ever severe depressive episode, and I took 3 years off of dating to be depressed. …
For the last 3 months, I’ve felt like an absolute crazy person for publishing on Quora every single day.
After I’d published around 5 answers on the platform, I got an email from a guy who works at Quora who invited me to the Quora Partner Program (honestly, I’m not…
There’s a famous quote by Muhammad Ali that has always concerned me a little bit. You’ve probably heard it.
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’”
Maybe I’m just not that tough, but I…
