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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 readingI 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 […]
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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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Lucas (name changed) was a young friend of mine who I had met in Melbourne. He had a bit of a temper. I had seen him flare up at small things. He went from having massive crushes on girls to hating them, from deeply respecting a friend to getting into a huge fight with them. […]
Continue readingThis is the second part of this story. You can read the first part here. Or just keep reading, you’ll get it. Background My physiotherapist just finished diagnosing my foot injury. He told me that it would take 6 weeks or so to heal. The Marathon was in 6 weeks. He said I should forget […]
Continue readingGrowing up, I wasn’t an athletic person at all. I was that kid who got picked last when we split into soccer teams. In gym class, when we went for runs, I was always one of the last to finish, puffing and wheezing, face red from effort, and always with a pain in my side. Until […]
Continue readingLike any red-blooded 18-year old Israeli, it was my time to begin my national service in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). In Israel, national service is mandatory. With some exceptions, every 18-year old Jewish citizen joins the army. When I joined, men would serve 3 years and women would serve 2 years. The role of […]
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