i regret to inform you that personal growth rarely comes from acquiring new knowledge and almost always from:
• getting humiliated
• showing up terrified and doing it anyway
• admitting you might be the problem
If you run a full bottleneck analysis in your life and actually get to the bottom of the thing (no matter how many layers deep) - the last bottleneck/domino will always be an emotion you're resisting. That's it. That's how funny and wonderful the actual human condition is.
- wear something nice, but not like you're in B2B sales
- find a local lively bar
- befriend the bartender
- speak to everyone
- say you're new in town
- even if you're not
- ask for a cigarette
- speak to girls, if they're stinky, spray them with bug repellant
- find less stinky girls but never search
- dance salsa/bachata, swing, jazz, rock, country, techno
- dance till sweaty
- befriend ethnics, traveling artists, war veterans, people with sadness in their eyes, low level criminals with gang tats, cokeheads, Samoans
- avoid "digital nomads", men who look like they're interviewing for midnight vagina loan, crackheads, people who ask too many personal questions and those with gaudy jewelry
Researchers for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority found over 200 dead crows near greater Boston recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu.
A bird pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, to everyone’s relief, confirmed the problem was definitely NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be vehicular impacts.
However, during the detailed analysis it was noted that varying colors of paints appeared on the bird’s beaks and claws. By analyzing these paint residues it was determined that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with trucks, while only 2% were killed by an impact with a car.
MTA then hired an ornithological behaviorist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentage
of truck kills versus car kills.
The the ornithological behaviorist eventually concluded the cause: when crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow in a nearby tree to warn of impending danger. They discovered that while all the lookout crows could shout “Cah“, not a single one could shout “Truck.”
I have a friend: thin, athletic build, phd in mathematics, built his own cabin in Montana, prolific writer, loves tinkering, but women don’t seem interested I don’t get it