The Surprising Benefits of Getting Angry
For a long time, I was afraid of allowing myself to get angry. Anger felt like a dark, powerful and dangerous force, and I hated the times I let it take over me. Like that time during my army service… When my soldier disobeyed my order, I saw a white flash in front of my […]
Continue readingHow I Learned Spanish To Fluency in 3 Months
Up to the age of 31, I could only talk two languages. My native language of Hebrew and English, which I spent a long time speaking while living in Australia. But I’ve learnt to speak 3 more languages in the last few years, to varying degrees of fluency. I’d like to share my experiences with […]
Continue readingI Got Paid To Learn How To Make Money Online
Early 2011. I had just left my dating coaching business. I decided to learn how to make a full time living online. Maybe if I had the money, I would pay someone to teach me how to do it. But I didn’t…. so I decided to do the opposite. I was going to get paid […]
Continue readingThe Inner Battle Of Leaving a Business and Moving On
December 2010 was a particularly low point in my life. The local Melbourne men’s dating forum decided to stop allowed paid advertising… The same paid advertising that was my main way of attracting clients. Following that, my dating coaching business was falling apart at the seams. My income went to close to zero overnight. I asked my parents […]
Continue readingHow and Why I Moved to Australia
When I was a 25, based on a strong gut feel and without having any friends or family to welcome me, I moved to Australia. I eventually became an Australian permanent resident. This is how it went down. Backpacking trip At age 22, I was working and saving money to go on a big trip overseas […]
Continue readingHow I Became A Full-Time Dating Coach (from 2008-2010)
For 3 years of my life I was a full-time dating coach. People have often wondered how I became a one. It’s a valid question I guess – there was no dating coach academy out there, no university degrees or training courses. This is my story. Brisbane Lair I was always looking for a way to […]
Continue readingMy First Real Failure In Life
At age 21, I was fresh out of the army and wanted to get my first job in the real world. With no work experience and relatively few real life skills, most jobs I could get were minimum wage and repetitive. But there was one job I was perfect for. I could be an SAT instructor. The […]
Continue readingDrinking Ayahuasca
This is the story of how I’ve come to ingest the strongest hallucinogens known and what I’ve learnt from it. What is Ayahuasca? Ayahuasca (pronounced AYA-wa-ska) is a liquid concoction made by combining two plants native to the Amazon rainforest. When ingested, this jungle juice gives one hallucinations and visions, and triggers deep philosophical realizations. […]
Continue readingLessons From The “10 Posts in 1 Month” Challenge
I bought the domain unstagnate.com in July 2012. I planned for it to be a place where I give value by sharing my stories, beliefs and tactics. With the theme of the blog being quite general, I could write a lot of my experiences under the same umbrella. And yet, ironically, Unstagnate remained stagnant. There […]
Continue readingHow A Magazine Scrap Changed My Love Life Forever
Cinema City Movie Complex, Tel Aviv. November 2005. It was a little after midnight on a Tuesday. The late show had just finished, and people were heading out of the movie theatre. Among the few people there were my old-time army friend Eitan and myself. He had just come back from a big backpacking trip overseas […]
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