[Experiment: Shay Carl – Creating the Care Bear Stare] I had a great “lunch” last Monday. It’s “lunch” in parenthesis because Monday is my fasting day, so I only had (decaf) bulletproof coffee. And it was great because I met like-minded person excited about improving life in any way available. I told him about some … Continue reading
Shay Carl is one of the people I’ve never heard of prior to his appearance in Tim’s podcast. He is part of the world that I know nothing of – YouTube celebrities. Of course I use YouTube – but it’s to watch videos about specific topics like movie reviews, correct way to exercise, Rhonda Patrick’s … Continue reading
I’ve done a lot of weird stuff over last few weeks as part of my Titan Experiment journey. I was hashtagging my emotions to learn how to manage them. I learned how to be happier in 10 seconds. I experienced what it would feel like if I would suddenly earn fraction of what I earn … Continue reading
Easy choices – hard life. Hard choices – easy life. (Jerzy Gregorek) My experiment for this week is based on Tim’s new TED talk, released just a few days ago. It is very personal (suicide is as personal topic as it gets), but at the same time very actionable. He talks about why we should … Continue reading
So I decided to be poor for a week. This experiment was guided by a quote from Tools of Titans: “Suffer a little regularly and you often cease to suffer”. I was testing whether microdosing of our fears will make them less scary. It is a very simple experiment, but I learned a lot more … Continue reading
What a nice coincidence (or “synchronicity” as Robert A. Wilson would say) – just as I’m doing my Stoic week experiment with microdosing of one of my fears, TED published Tim’s talk about fear setting! It’s a great talk and as usual it has very actionable recommendations. Make sure you watch Tim’s TED talk, download … Continue reading
We have so many worries. We are programmed to worry by our evolutionary history – we had to worry about predators, worry about food scarcity, worry about survival of our offspring. Many of are lucky enough and this type threats is not very real anymore. But our worry-circuits need something to do. And if our … Continue reading
