Glossary: Misogi
“The notion around the misogi is, you do something so hard one time a year, that is has an impact the other 364 days of the year” -Jesse Itzler I read this article about it and learned of Misogi in The Comfort Crisis book., Do your own Misogi at least once a year There are…
TEDFAV: Don’t believe everything you think
Very much aligned with what I have been thinking about.
9 Everyday words that F*ck up your life.
For many people these days, life seems F*cked. While your life may in fact be f*cked, I know without ever meeting you that your words are compounding the problem. How you TALK about life makes all the difference in how you EXPERIENCE life. Here’s some self-talk that blew through my brain recently: “I am stuck.…
The Thin Edge of Angel Investing
Thanks Zecca Lehn, for the fun conversation on your Posit2ive podcast! Listen to Episode here Medium Post EPISODE32: A Thin Edge in Angel Investing Tobias, Angel Investor from the Northwest [7/15/2021] Note: References with links are listed at the end of the show notes. INTRO: 1:00 Talks about his love for things that solve problems,…
TEDFAV: Emotions are guesses
The brain is one big sense making, pattern recognition machine. We expect emotions to be different. That they “just come up” or are “real” or “just happen”. Yet the science tells us that emotions are just another case of the brain sensing certain things and matching those things to patterns I understands. Emotions are patterns…
TEDFAV: My stroke of insight
Jill Bolte Taylor is a neuroscientist who had a massive stroke. Her insight is amazing.
A Nerd in a Football School
In the Fall of 1980, I had it all figured out. I was a Junior at Medford Senior High School, the big leagues. My GPA was perfect and I was looking forward to my AP classes, science club, and the debate team. I grinned when I found my locker, #B69. Chad, the Varsity football captain grunted…
Karma is real
I received a message on LinkedIn yesterday. It read: Martin! It has been like 23 years since we met in Silicon Valley. I so enjoyed our connection. You still in digital media? How have you been?” A couple clicks reminded me of our connection and the memory popped into my head of a couple of…
Reframing a guiding principle today.
“I hope you don’t get what you want in life, because then you are Fucked.” Martin Tobias For over 20 years, this phrase has been one of my guiding principles. Today I am softening it. Why soften it? I want my guiding principles to be in the positive frame, not the negative. While this has…
Loading…
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.