How My Friend’s Suicide Attempt Broke My Heart Open
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 readingFinally Running My First Marathon
This 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 readingHow I Failed To Run The Melbourne Marathon 2.5 Times
Growing 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 readingRefusing An Order During My First Week In The Israeli Army
Like 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 […]
Continue readingWhat It Felt Like When My Business Exploded By 800% Overnight
I hit a target that I was laser focused on, 6 months ahead of time. And I outdid it by a lot! I should have been happy, right? But that’s far from describing what I was going through. Business can be emotionally baffling. Background In late December 2010, I decided to focus on financial freedom. To have […]
Continue readingHow I Made My First Dollar Online
“The 4-Hour Work Week” sparked my interest in making money online. The book helped describe a fantasy I hadn’t even conceived before – building online assets that work to make you money, and give you total freedom. That sounded sweet. So when I heard about the 30-Day Challenge, I was excited. Taught by Australian online guru […]
Continue readingGoal Achievement Hack, Zero Willpower Needed
I committed to run the Melbourne Marathon, but as I looked at my training stats I was appalled. 4 weeks into the 18-week training plan, I did exactly %50 of the training runs I was supposed to. It’s not that I didn’t know I had to run more days. I just didn’t. You can say […]
Continue readingThere is No Freedom Without Financial Freedom
I’m not a very materialistic person. In fact, I own little more in this world than the contents of the suitcase I travel with. And yet, a few years ago, I obsessively threw myself into the business of making money. I’m writing this article to explain my motivation. These days, I see money as potential, countable freedom. […]
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