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Thoughts and observations about everything in the kitchen sink from the meaning of life to deep-fried sushi.

Optimizing Your Failures

Posted on December 26, 2012 | Leave a comment

Traditional wisdom teaches us to learn from our mistakes, “learn from your mistakes” “What doesn’t kill your makes you stronger.” The old sayings are incomplete, of course. Sometimes mistakes and misfortunes in life can also give us PTSD, lead to bodily harm, or change our lives forever (see: pretty much every book by Ian McEwan). Continue reading →

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Why Many Personal Projects Fail

Posted on December 23, 2012 | 1 comment

At least for me, keeping up New Years resolutions is like living through Ground Hog Day of recurrent failures. Continue reading →

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