You Can Have Anything, Just Not Everything
As I'm reading this, the way it is written, the OP seems to be forgetting that you can have anything–you just can't have everything. Everything is a trade-off. Especially when you think it isn't.
Young Men's ED Rates Surge Amid Porn Consumption
The levels of reported ED issues among young men have skyrocketed in recent years. To anyone familiar with the porn epidemic, this is not surprising at all. In 2012, Swiss researchers found Erectile Dysfunction (ED) rates of 30% in a cross-section...
Hardship Shapes Us; Better Beginnings Won’t Define Success
Sometimes I think about where I would be and what I would have accomplished if I had been born into better circumstances. Then I remember that I wouldn't be what I am if I had been. Lemons and lemonades, right? Shit, some dudes...
Start Now: It's Never Too Late, But Easier Early
It's never too late for almost anything. But it's a hell of a lot easier the sooner you get started.
Take Initiative: Offense Beats Defense in Life, Chess, Fight
In everything, the best defense is a good offense. Tactically, you maintain initiative. That alone forces your opponents to be on defense. Strategically, you can dictate the terms of engagement to play to your strengths. There's a reason that–generally speaking–the winner of a...
Self‑Deception Can Be a Tool for Growth
Positive gaslighting If you're gonna bullshit yourself, make sure it's into a better version of yourself.
Portugal Clamps Down on Tourism‑driven Housing Crisis
Portugal became so popular over the past decade that it made life for locals incredibly expensive. It was not always like this. In fact, one of the reasons my wife's family moved here from Portugal is that there were no opportunities...
Simple 120‑lb Sandbag Fuels Fast, Effortless Movement
This 120 lb sandbag I have is really just an awesome way to get some quick movement. Kid plays outside and I just walk up and down the driveway, backward and forward carrying in. I'm not even using this thing to its...
Silence and Humility Earn Respect From Seasoned Leaders
The older you get, the more easily you can tell who's full of shit. This is why the single most powerful thing a young man can do to gain the favor of men above him is stfu, don't front, and try...
Master What You Can, Avoid Futile Effort
Control what you can to gain control over what you can. To do anything else is, in the purest sense of the word, a waste.
Parenting: Ultimate Stress Test, Not for the Uncertain
The voice of nuance here: Having children, watching them grow, and raising them *can* be the most rewarding thing you do. It is also routinely listed in the top 3 most stressful events a person goes through, right up there with prison...
Strong Core, Strong Punch, Safer Chin
"Proximal stability enables distal power." This is why a strong core and glutes make someone a power puncher AND have a better chin.
Chasing Clout over Talent Fuels Toxic Social Media Culture
Gotta get them views, ad revenue, sell books, and stay relevant instead of actually developing a talent or skill. This fuckin modern culture... Where just being perpetually angry and spouting bullshit can make you famous. Imagine the damage that Koresh, Manson, or...
Unlearning Wrong Beliefs Beats Learning New Facts
"The hardest part is not learning the right thing. It is unlearning the wrong thing you have already built your decisions around."
Strategic Effort Turns Uncertainty Into Luck
The reality is that any significant accomplishment is a confluence of both individual effort and interference from factors beyond your control. You make your own luck, but paradoxically, only when you’re acting in a way that reduces the need for luck. In...
Hard Childhoods Forge Resilience,
There’s a reason why kids who grow up in that environment are considered “at-risk youth”. However, not all who come from this environment end up in prison or with a lower quality of life. It’s not a guarantee that having...
Retatrutide Drops Weight Fast, but Triggers Severe Reflux
So it's time for an update on me playing around with Retatrutide. This is typed from mobile, so forgive any typos or missing words. First, I stopped using it about 2 weeks after post below. I didn't run out. I'm just...
Learning Is Cheap—Never Too Late to Switch Careers
Something to be extremely grateful for living today: The cost of skill acquisition or career switching is incredibly low. This means that for almost anything, it is never too late. We have access to so much, and have so much technology to leverage...
Cheaper, Better Homes Exist—Governments Resist Change
A great video on how homes could be made so much more cheaply and better, but our governments hate us. https://youtu.be/5fe3rP92hjY?si=xtK_Lxm_Idn469Tp
Sobriety Brings Self‑alignment; Relationships End by Misalignment
Once I got sober and started thinking clearly and living within my values, I stopped caring if people liked me. At this point, I am completely confident that if someone falls out of my life, it is truly a misalignment. There was...
Choosing Truth Over Tribe Requires Courage Most Lack
The average person has neither the courage nor the intelligence to choose truth over tribe. They're too worried about fitting in. Or more precisely, about not being outsted and being forced to confront the possibility they've been fed bullshit. Because then they'd have...
Life's Finite—Choose Fitness and Happiness
You're gonna die no matter what you do. So you may as well be fit and happy
Speak Freely: Ignore Audience Before Commenting
Never change X. Never change... Never look at who you're talking to before you start commenting.
Money and Relevance Fuel Endless Problem‑agitating Content
Spot on about clicks and views. That has been the conclusion I've reached after being closely involved in that space for almost a decade. The incentives are money and social relevance, which means that their content CAN'T actually solve the problem—it has...
Kindness Isn’t Weakness; Set Boundaries Against Takers
Some people take your kindness for weakness because that's exactly what it is. . Givers have to set boundaries because takers rarely do.
Release the Past: Own Your Growth, Not Regret
At 41 years old, I have lost quite a few friends over the years for different reasons. My drinking or being an asshole or just being immature. Many were my fault, 100%. Others, I could have salvaged, but only by betraying myself. I'll...
Negotiation Tactics Exploit Gender Differences, Not Salary Equality
If I'm hiring someone for a gig, I always come in a little lower than what I'm willing to pay. I'm leaving room for negotiation. Likewise, when I give a quote, I always quote a little higher than I think they're...
More Volume, Less Intensity Drives Faster Progress
Analogously... Biggest change in combat sports in the last few years has been less hard sparring. You get better, faster, when you have more rounds.
Human Evidence Ranks Supplements: Exercise, Fiber, Vitamin D Lead
Useful story here for someone. I can't take DHEA because it's banned by WADA. But I can take pregnanolone. And that boosted not just my DHEA-S back to levels in my 20s, but also boosted my testosterone with tripping up my estradiol.
People Skills Matter More than Technical Expertise
Your lack of people skills cost you more opportunities than your lack of technical ones.