1. Be patient. No matter what. 2. Don’t badmouth: Assign responsibility, not blame. Say nothing of another you wouldn’t say to him. 3. Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you. 4. Expand your sense of the possible. 5. Don’t trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot … Continue reading John Perry Barlow’s 25 Principles of Adult Behavior
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Book Review & Summary: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
Review: Recommended. There is a lot of sound advice for life and business in this book. While the war stories do help to illustrate the points being conveyed, I thought that they distracted from the principles being discussed. Overall, worth your time. Summary: The central idea is to own everything that happens to you, i.e., … Continue reading Book Review & Summary: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
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Bushman Money Magic
"Jackal [the Bushman trickster god] had been riding his donkey and grew tired. He decided to stop and cook some meat. When the meat was stewing in his pot, he saw some [cattle ranchers] coming toward him. Quickly he covered the fire with sand so they could not see it. When the [cattle ranchers] arrived … Continue reading Bushman Money Magic
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