Category: Life
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The Rules Of Toxic Manhood
Break the rules by building healthy masculinity. You do not talk about manhood. You do not talk about manhood. If someone tears up or cries, their manhood is over. Only two seconds per hug. One alpha at a time. No feelings, no homo. Manhood like this will go on until men wake up. If this…
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You Have A Duty To Complain, Here’s Why
That’s right, you have a moral obligation to complain. You don’t have to complain all the time. But you should complain some of the time. Before digging into when to complain or when to hold back, we need to take a few steps back and understand why we get upset, and what our menu options…
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An Open Letter To HR On Behalf Of All Employees đź“©
Putting the HUMAN into Human Resources 🙍 Image source In my career I have worked for a large public university, health care, Big Tech, Chick-Fil-A, consulting, and neighborly lawn mowing. While it may come as no surprise to anyone who has ever applied for a job, the HR experiences at most of these organizations have…
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Density of Communication
As I use written words touting in-person as the medium with the highest density of communication, the irony isn’t lost on me. When communicating, your goal is to maximize both density and digestibility. The medium impacts the message. Mediums ranked in order of highest to lowest density: In-person Video/audio together Audio or video individually Images…
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How To Win ANY Argument
This is a guide to winning arguments and vanquishing all enemies in your path. Once completed, you may begin practicing this martial art. After some practice, you will be nearly invincible. The first step towards conquering all of your enemies is realizing that they don’t exist. Once you do that, they are defeated. They are…
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Pragmatic Jedi Mind Tricks For Everyday People
Delusion involves being unaware of reality or acting bonkers amidst circumstance. For example, performing a stop, drop, and roll despite not being on fire would be delusional. I think of being enlightened as being aware of reality and choosing a way of being despite circumstance. It’s a form of conscious delusion. Lately, I’ve been paying…
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Coping with the Societal Flakiness Epidemic
I’m 28, and most of my friends are in the 40-plus demographic. Why? I don’t know for sure, but I have some ideas. For one, they didn’t grow up with cell phones. This gives them an increased presence during face to face interactions. They have higher integrity- their words and actions are more closely aligned.…
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Life As A Resource Allocation Problem
Our primitive mind keeps us alive. It is excellent at identifying threats and tolerates many false positives. A single false negative can mean severe injury or death. Our threat detection systems not only identify threats, but they also identify many non-threats as threats. The primitive mind also reminds us to eat, sleep, and procreate. Procreation…
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Diversify Your Identity
If our identity clings to too few things, we become fragile. Jim Carey’s father wanted to be a comedian, but it was risky. He decided to become an accountant instead. One day, he lost his job as an accountant. He was fragile. Jim took this to heart, learning that “You can fail at what you…