Note to People Who Have Facebook-Friended Me – My Answer is Yes, but I’m in Vietnam, and it’s blocked here

September 15, 2010

1. My answer is yes! Yes, you’re all added. 2. However, I’m in Vietnam, where Facebook is banned. 3. I had a VPN I was using, but it stopped working. So you’re all stuck in limbo in the meantime. Sorry and no disrespect intended! 4. In the meantime, I’m @sebastmarsh on Twitter. If you tried [...]

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Immediately Jump on the Obscure and Fleeting, but Don’t Forget the Low Hanging Fruit

September 15, 2010

When you come across some era of history you’ve never heard before that might be fascinating, or an obscure but highly recommended book on conflict management, or you come across some primary source papers that are largely unread any more about an important event – jump on it right away. You’ll never really be motivated [...]

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NO SHAME

September 14, 2010

A friend of mine set some goals for last week, and failed. His goals were realistic and possible, but he did not do them. He sent me an introspective email analyzing why. We had a good discussion on it, here’s an excerpt of what I wrote him – – I understand. This really sucks. By [...]

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Sami Says – Being a Sloth is No Good

September 13, 2010

This had me cracking up laughing. I added the bold for emphasis. Avoiding Standard Error: Being a sloth and unreliable create such an asymmetrical negative payoff for what little upsides they bring you. So does fostering addiction or dependency, letting impulsions go unchecked, or being envious or resentful. So does not studying or taking seriously [...]

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Chase Meaning, Not Happiness

September 13, 2010

I see such an obsession with happiness these days. It’s sad. There’s different sorts of happiness, but the one people seem after the most is the lowest, saddest form of happiness – a pleasurable mix of biochemicals. Do you know how cocaine works? It’s what’s known as a triple-reuptake inhibitor. It makes some of the [...]

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