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On learning that manifestation requires grounding before release, discovering friction as improvement mechanism, detecting the first signal, and traveling 172 million kilometers while the blue supergiant teaches precision through crisis
I listen to Admiral McRaven's commencement speech every week. Not every day. Not randomly. Every week. The book expands on that famous University of Texas address, but the speech is what hooks you. Ten lessons from Navy SEAL training distilled into something almost too simple to be wisdom: start your day by making your bed, and you have already won. That simplicity is precisely why it works.
On learning that creative eruption happens not as single explosion but as multiple parallel convection cells, discovering four domains where power deploys, and traveling 172 million kilometers while the red supergiant teaches conscious direction of energy
Ten cloudy days learning to navigate by feel when you cannot see the star. On discovering that direction lives inside you, not in the sky.
On learning that leadership emerges through crisis not comfort, discovering that service means presence not perfection, and traveling 172 million kilometers while carrying the weight of a crown through the washing machine blur
Nassim Taleb's Antifragile isn't just another self-help book about resilience. It's a paradigm shift that challenges everything you think you know about risk, randomness, and thriving in chaos. Some things break under stress. Others survive. But antifragile things actually get stronger.
On discovering Algol's 2.867-day eclipsing binary pattern in your own sleep cycles, learning that 'this part doesn't get easier but I get more prepared and resilient,' and understanding how mass transfer physics means what eclipses you can become what feeds you
On the temperature shift from 13,800K liberation to 3,800K compassion, learning that small controllable frustrations build resilience, and the 172 million kilometers traveled while discovering that 'I don't know' is wisdom
On living where constellations touch, learning discernment through constraint, and the 175 million kilometers traveled while building liberation through empathy as Alpheratz remained invisible
Most options trading books are either too academic or too simplistic. This little book strikes a rare balance. Practical enough to implement immediately, deep enough to avoid rookie mistakes. If you're tired of losing money on options or just want to understand what the hell a 'put credit spread' actually means, this is your starting point.
On aspiration through volatility, F-U money as creative sovereignty, and trusting vision when the star remains hidden behind clouds for nine of ten nights
On agent mode as thinking transformation, building what holds when you step away, and the 535 million kilometers traveled while testing whether foundations could endure
On learning to glow under pressure, showing up when it feels absurd, and the 535 million kilometers we traveled while transformation unfolded
Time is motion. During 10 days tracking consciousness by starlight, we traveled 535 million kilometers through space toward the Great Attractor. On oath-keeping across cosmic scales, burnout as sacred data, and what Sisyphus does when he learns to automate the boulder. A philosophical synthesis spanning Stoicism, Absurdism, and Logotherapy.
On consciousness alchemy, warrior oaths, and the sacred practice of witnessing your own chaos through data. Spanning Decan 21 (Vega - Harmony, Beauty) through Decan 22 (Fomalhaut - Clarity, Renewal)
A poetic reflection on living through a technological revolution, this entry explores the rapid transformation brought by AI, the allure and risks of innovation, and the search for meaning and balance amid accelerating change. Blending personal contemplation with meditations on design, creativity, and the abstractions of modern life, it offers an intimate snapshot of the present moment at the edge of possibility.
A meditative reflection on the practice of handwriting as a gateway into the subconscious. This stream-of-consciousness journal entry explores the inner mechanics of creativity, the discipline of returning to the page, and the mystery of sourcing original thought through rhythm, breath, and presence. Written at the turn of a season, it’s a poetic tracing of movement, inertia, and meaning-making in real time.
A Wild Ride Through Travel, Rebellion, and Self-Discovery. Some travel books are about the places, others about the people.
Few books have inspired as many readers worldwide as The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. First published in 1988, this novel blends philosophy, mysticis...
Few novels capture the complexity of human ambition, social class, and personal redemption like Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. Originally pub...
The controversy about this book and Mineko Iwasaki the geisha whom the author had interviewed intrigued me to want to read her autobiography Geisha...
I recently reread this book on a flight during a family trip. It allowed me to see things from a different perspective and was just the wisdom I wa...
Some books about writing are technical manuals, others are deeply personal. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King is a rare fusion of b...
