I do not believe in the concept of legacy. This idea that one should work tirelessly, striving to do good so that they may be remembered after death, is, in my view, an inadequate way to live. And yet, it has become widely accepted as an altruistic and noble pursuit. I cannot agree. A human …
Most humans find it easier to speak than to write. Writing is a much more difficult task because it forces you to transform your ideas into letters and think about structure. With little to no preparation, you can give a ten-minute monologue about your favorite topic and not stutter. The reason is that the barrier …
Marriage as we know it today is an invention of the Government. The idea that you need to go to the Government to confirm that you love someone is a manufactured idea. Previously, people lived together as a way to preserve clans and family relationships. Parents betrothed their children to their friends, and when these …
I was watching a podcast recently and one of the questions was “what was the first album you ever bought”. It was a question that got me thinking because the first album I ever bought had a funny story behind it. I went to the market and went music store to music store looking for …
I was having a performance review session with one of my product managers who recently made the switch from product design to product management and the conversation dovetailed into a very valuable lecture. I was trying to show him a path to growth and how we can become better at his job and in doing …
I have written severally about how lucky I was to get really early starts into some of the things that define me today. Writing, reading, computers, public speaking, etc. As I randomly thought about those starts, I also began to see the misses as well. Take computers for example. I got a really early start …
Here’s a link to the some of the books I read in 2023. This year was a good year, I read more pages this year than I’d ever done in a while, if not in any calendar year at all. I read voraciously as a child and used to finish a book in two days …
I was inspired by Morgan Hausel’s book where he talked about some of the events and persons that shaped the 20th century and how they altered the course of history. 15 billion people were born in the 19th and 20th century and yet just seven of them altered the course of that century and history …
I find that so many people don’t understand the way life works. Not that anyone does, life is so complex and dynamic that it’d be hard for one person to fully understand the gamut of life. When you think of hard times, who’s going to be there for you? It’s not an easy question to …
Here’s my football love story. In one take. Football has been the one true love of my life. I fell in love with this game more than 26 years ago. As a child, the one gift I always wanted was a soccer ball. I’d play with kids, I’d play with my dog and I’d play …