Did you position yourself for success or mediocrity?
How cool would it be to lay in the hammock by the pool with the glass of Pina Colada and a laptop to write whatever comes to mind?
That’s how you know you finally “made it”, right?
Fortunately, the place I currently staying at has the hammock, …
Sometimes you need to stop learning in order to grow
Just got out of the water after the morning surfing session at Playa Hermosa in Costa Rica. Pretty tired, but otherwise it feels great.
The sun is up, but it’s not burning down. Not yet, it’s only 9am.
I usually surf well into the winter while back home in NY, …
Surround yourself with A-level players
About two years ago I was on vacation in Puerto Rico. It was going great and we enjoyed it a lot – great weather, awesome people and a lot of sunshine of course.
We stayed in different spots as we drove our car to the beautiful San Juan. …
How reading almost killed me… and why you should still do it.
12 years ago I was living in Brooklyn with my brother Andrei.
At the time I didn’t know much of anything as I was a fresh immigrant. Thankfully my brother came to US about a year before me and already had a place to live. …
Why adding value to other people always comes first
Winter is tough, it’s gloomy and rainy and cold. Not going to lie, it’s so hard to wake up at 5.30 and get out of the warm bed like I did just minutes ago…
You know how some “experts” say that when you wake up at the same time every day, …
What happens when you fall off the rails
My wife was making fun of me ever since I started introducing little changes into my daily routine.
Which changes am I talking about? Well, now that I think about it, it’s quite a few actually. If you are really curious, feel free to read my full story. …
Beware of busywork
The winter has finally arrived in New York. I feel like a bear down here in my basement and let me tell you, the cold shower that I take every morning got a lot colder, to the point that it burns your skin if you stay there for too long. …
Pains of starting from ground up. Don’t give up!
There is something magical about staring at the screen with the blinking cursor. I’ve been doing it for the past five minutes thinking what should I write about today.
Reminds me the programming when you start with the empty text editor and after a while end up with thousands of lines of code (and hopefully some useful application). …
How you can actually get your first crypto coins
Not so long ago I posted an intro story about crypto world. I did get a lot of questions from my readers asking how to actually buy cryptocurrencies and which ones to get.
At the time of writing the price of bitcoin was around 4K and I was waiting for the bank transfer to clear so I could get some at that price. …
Stop chasing quick buck
Last week was a bit of a wild ride for me. The fishing trip that I mentioned in the past finally happened and we drove for about 5 hours to the Salmon River in hopes to catch some Steelheads.
It was raining, …