The Mexican Fisherman story is a great parable I heard recently. I came across it recently on the YouTube Channel Better than Yesterday, which I consider one of the best channels to watch in my spare time. I previously recommended a previous video of Better than Yesterday called “Use Laziness to Your Advantage – The…
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While I was listening to the most recent episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, Ferriss recommended all of his listeners to read an essay called The Tail End by Tim Urban. This was not the first time I had heard someone mention the piece before, so I was sure to take a look this time…
Computer science is a really popular field to study today, mostly because of the great jobs it can offer people at the biggest tech companies. It is something that I wish I knew more about, as it seems very useful and is an in-demand skill. Algorithms to Live By is a book written by Brian…
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After having lived in Europe and Asia, I have never understood how US cell phone plans are so much more expensive. In Asia I paid about $20 a month (and this was considered expensive), while in Europe I paid about $10 a month for cell phone service. This is not just for basic phone services,…
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While I normally write about things I recommend, I want to have more variation. I will continue to do recommendations of things I come across, but I also want to post my findings of questions that I have (on any topic). These are not questions unique to myself; however, I have taken the time to…
Yuval Noah Harari is one of the most famous historians in the world, having written books such as 21 Lessons for the 21st Century and Homo Deus. However, probably his most well-known book is called Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. Similar to 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Harari discusses a lot of extremely…
How I Built This is a podcast produced by NPR and hosted by Guy Raz. Raz is one of the most popular and well-known podcast hosts around, and is well deserving of his recognition. How I Built This interviews founders of major companies, and each episode goes into detail about the origin story and troubles…
I recently listened to an episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, and the guest for episode was Dax Shepard. I know Shepard because of his career as an actor (and also that he is married to Kristen Bell), but I had only heard a little bit about his podcast before. After listening to the episode…
Andre Agassi is one of the most famous tennis players of all time, a former world #1, and an 8-time major champion. He also is the author of one of the most well-known sports autobiographies, which is the #1 national bestseller Open. I listened to the audiobook version, but the physical version is 432 pages.…
I have mentioned the Tim Ferriss Show before as one of my favorite podcasts; however, I have a couple of favorite episodes that have really stuck out for me. One of the most recent episodes I really enjoyed listening to was episode #484 with Daniel Ek (the founder of Spotify). In my opinion, Spotify is…
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