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Jun 12

Lessons from My Father — Volume I

The original draft of this essay was titled: “Lessons from My Biological Father”. I wrote it during the winter of 2021, and it was the heaviest thing I had ever written, to the point where, as you can tell, I decided to not share it. It made Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime…

Lessons

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Lessons from my Father — Volume I
Lessons from my Father — Volume I

Published in Age of Awareness

·Aug 21, 2021

Lessons from My Childhood Nanny

Dedicated to my childhood nanny, Paulina — I decided to write a series of Lessons essays for the people who are closest to me and who are still here. After all, they’ve taught me the most important lessons I’ve learned. This is the third essay of that series. …

Lessons

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Lessons from my Childhood Nanny
Lessons from my Childhood Nanny

Published in The Startup

·Sep 7, 2020

Lessons in Writing from My Literary Grandmother

Dedicated to my grandmother — I recently decided to write a series of Lessons pieces for the people who are closest to me and who are still here. After all, they’ve taught me the most important lessons I’ve learned. This is the second piece of that series. …

Writing

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Lessons in Writing From My Literary Grandmother
Lessons in Writing From My Literary Grandmother

Published in DataDrivenInvestor

·Aug 16, 2020

Lessons in Personal Finance from My Galician Grandfather

Dedicated to my grandfather — I have written two of these Lessons pieces as tributes to great people who had sadly passed away. This led to me being asked the following: Do I need to die for you to write a Lessons piece about me? To which I responded: Donald Trump? Why are you in…

Personal Finance

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Lessons in Personal Finance from my Galician Grandfather
Lessons in Personal Finance from my Galician Grandfather

Jul 18, 2020

Lessons in Learning from Professor Anders Ericsson

Dedicated to Professor Anders Ericsson — Professor Anders Ericsson was an earned genius, and his research on learning and expertise changed my life. I used to have countless limiting beliefs about my abilities and potential, all of which have disappeared thanks to Professor Ericsson’s work. So, when I learned of his passing, I decided to write…

Psychology

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Lessons in Learning from Professor Anders Ericsson
Lessons in Learning from Professor Anders Ericsson

Jul 3, 2020

Lessons from Travel — Volume I

I try not to date what I write, but I must mention that I’m writing this in the year 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, which people in the future will call by the same name I first used to refer to the 1918 H1N1 pandemic: “There was…

Philosophy

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Lessons from Travel
Lessons from Travel

Apr 19, 2020

On the Powers of Internal Language

Much is written about the powers of what I call external language, or language that is used to have an effect on external reality, mainly on other people. This has left me wanting for a resource that explores the powers of what I call internal language, or language that is…

Language

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On the Powers of Internal Language
On the Powers of Internal Language

Mar 24, 2020

Lessons in Songcraft from Kenny Rogers

Dedicated to Kenny Rogers — When I learned that Kenny Rogers had passed away, I wasn’t sad. That came later. First, I picked up my acoustic guitar, and I played “The Gambler”, one of the most iconic songs he recorded. I sang the first few lines with my eyes closed: On a warm summer’s evening On…

Kenny Rogers

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Lessons in Songcraft from Kenny Rogers
Lessons in Songcraft from Kenny Rogers

Published in The Startup

·Feb 16, 2020

Lessons from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival

Having already written an article on lessons I learned at SXSW 2019, I was more aware than normal when I arrived in Park City, UT for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, knowing that I wanted to learn as much as I could, so I could then distill what I learned…

Sundance

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Lessons from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival
Lessons from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival

Jul 16, 2019

On Moving Without Going Crazy

For all the romanticizing of mobility, globalization, travel, remote work, and “freedom,” the truth remains that moving is challenging, not only logistically, but holistically. Moving involves much more than choosing whether to drive or fly. …

Moving

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On Moving Without Going Crazy
On Moving Without Going Crazy
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