Category: Life
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Your chance to change a life
My good friend Faiz is a pro basketball coach. Yao Ming hired him to coach China’s national team. He has also personally coached NBA champion Lu Dort. You can see him briefly in Netflix’s doc Court of Gold. He’s gotten a lot of other coaching experience too. You’d never guess: he’s been doing all of…
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When a detour is the best route
You are on a road trip. The fastest path to your destination has no fuel stations, and your car is running low. An alternate path has several fuel stations, and it requires a detour—taking you an extra hour or two. Which path will you take? Sometimes, it’s most useful to go directly towards your goal.…
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Lessons I learn, over and over again
Reading something that you like is a reason to get inspired. It’s not a good reason to feel bad about your work. Work with what you’ve got. If you’re going to skip a day of writing, you’ll need to work twice as hard at writing the next day. Don’t be surprised if it feels frustrating.…
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Sleeping just enough
A few years ago, I started experiencing fragmented sleep. One of the first things I did was buy a book entitled, Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep. It came with a worksheet to help keep track of how much sleep you had, what the circumstances were, etc. I tracked this for 12 weeks or…
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More notes on fragmented sleep
Sometimes, I wake up and I find it difficult to fall back asleep. I wrote about how I prevent and deal with this experience a few months ago, and I wanted to add a few more notes: Abstain from writing in the evening. It’s too energizing for the mind. If I find an idea, I…
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Soundtracks that soothe
In NYC, I’ve found a fair amount of shops and publicly accessible spaces blaring high energy music. To balance out this noise, I usually play more soothing music: Wingspan’s soundtrack (the game is also super soothing) Aesop’s Music for Bathing playlist Headspace’s music is helpful for when construction takes place outside