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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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4 days ago

This Is Why You Don’t Get Better

It has very little to do with how hard you work. — Whether you’re trying to get better at Jiu-Jitsu, playing the flute, or flipping burgers, the biggest obstacle that you have to get past to make progress in different skills is yourself. Yes — there are other obstacles in the way of your progress, but obstacles aren’t usually as important as…

Life

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This Is Why You Don’t Get Better
This Is Why You Don’t Get Better
Life

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5 days ago

10 Tough Life Lessons That Will Make You More Resilient

When the going gets tough, remember this. — Life’s been tough recently. I moved cities, have been competing literally all over the world, and traveling constantly. I’m trying to adjust to a new place, manage my relationships, and make new friends — all at the same time. I’ve dealt with feelings of anxiety, sadness, and agony — sometimes…

Life

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10 Tough Life Lessons That Will Make You More Resilient
10 Tough Life Lessons That Will Make You More Resilient
Life

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·Nov 23

5 Hard Lessons Wish I Knew When I At 18

If I could do it all again. — Earlier this week, I stumbled across a picture of when I was 18 years old and living in Eugene, Oregon. I was a freshman in college, and the life that I am now living wasn’t just an impossibility, it was so far removed from what I was doing at the…

Life

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5 Hard Lessons Wish I Knew When I At 18
5 Hard Lessons Wish I Knew When I At 18
Life

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Mind Cafe

·Nov 18

The Smart Way to Fail

Getting what you need so you can get what you want. — When I was coaching Jiu-Jitsu full-time, beginners would often tell me that they were nervous about their competition matches. When a competition came around, the DMs and post-class conversations would start up like clockwork. …

Life

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The Smart Way to Fail
The Smart Way to Fail
Life

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Mind Cafe

·Nov 11

5 Reasons Why You’re Not Getting Better

Overcoming plateaus and frustration. — I know what it feels like to be frustrated with your BJJ skill development. That feeling that like whatever you do, you’re not going to get better. That feeling like you’re doing something wrong, but you have no idea what. That feeling like quitting is a better idea than persisting. …

Life

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5 Reasons Why You’re Not Getting Better
5 Reasons Why You’re Not Getting Better
Life

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Nov 10

12 Rules For Jiu-Jitsu

Or life, I guess. — A few years ago, I read a book by the psychologist Jordan Peterson called 12 Rules For Life. Around that time, a lot of people were mad about Peterson’s political views — a lot of which were and are fairly controversial — but this article isn’t about that. This article…

Life

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12 Rules For Jiu-Jitsu
12 Rules For Jiu-Jitsu
Life

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Mind Cafe

·Nov 10

What a Book About Dying Taught Me About Living

Yes — it’s super depressing — but there’s more. — When I first started writing, I was mostly just trauma-dumping. I wanted to prove that I was “damaged enough” to be a writer. This girl broke my heart, the sport I do is hard to make a living in, my body is injured, personal trauma this, personal trauma that. Likewise…

Life Lessons

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What a Book About Dying Taught Me About Living
What a Book About Dying Taught Me About Living
Life Lessons

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Mind Cafe

·Oct 29

The Dating Habits of Winners

What most guys get wrong. — I am not a relationship expert. If anything, I am a hypocrite. I am not a relationship expert, but I’ve written literally hundreds of articles on relationships online (that are under someone else’s name). …

Relationships

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The Dating Habits of Winners
The Dating Habits of Winners
Relationships

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·Oct 21

The Harsh Secrets of “Lifestyle Design”

“The reason to win the game is so that you can be free of it.” — Naval — Most people close to me would say that I’m a bit of a grump, but I still consider myself to be extremely optimistic. The optimism is new, though. I haven’t always believed that the world was a good place. When I was younger, my only dream was to be a…

Life

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The Harsh Secrets of “Lifestyle Design”
The Harsh Secrets of “Lifestyle Design”
Life

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Chris Wojcik

Chris Wojcik

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writer. martial artist. thinker. for more: chrismwojcik.substack.com. my free ebook: https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/153186/75752556205180173/share

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