A few months after graduating college (2008) some of my friends started talking about grad school, which of course made me think about grad school. I didn’t want to. I just graduated college, but it seemed like everyone else was going to get their MBA so I probably should too. Then the economy happened. People […]
Archives for November 2011
10 Things I Learned from Working in the Service Industry
I’ve spent about 10 years working on and off in the service industry (7 years as a Valet, 2-3 years Pizza delivery, 3 weeks Car washer, 1 Summer Promotions, etc). While some of the jobs have been horrible, others were actually enjoyable and didn’t pay that bad for the time. But no matter which job […]
Step Out of Focus
If you focus and stare at the plus sign below for 15-20 seconds, you’ll notice the purple dots eventually disappear (Troxler’s Fading). Intense focus is good. To do anything amazing you need an inordinate amount of focus. But with that focus, you can lose sight of everything going on around you. You can be a […]
Jogging vs. Sprinting and Doing Creative Work
Jogging isn’t an efficient form of exercise. I’m not just saying that because I personally don’t like jogging. It’s largely a waste of energy compared to what you could be doing. When jogging, you’re mostly just running at one constant pace without much change in incline, especially on a treadmill. This only trains your slow-twitch […]
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