Anti-viral writings for financial resilience, location independence and meaningful relationships.
Apologies for the cryptic title. But what I’m going to talk about in today’s post has the potential to disrupt our world in ways never seen before. Let’s start with the news. The news, which you may see here, says basically that a German-Australian company has devised a technology that will make quantum computing available … Read more
It’s a nice Wednesday morning, you open your computer as always, and, to your surprise, you find an email from a prince. Someone, who must be a prince, or the heir of a prince, because he just presented himself as such, finally found your email. And, for once, fate turned around, because it seems this … Read more
If you understood the title above from the first read, congratulations. If you didn’t, let’s break it down in each language that I’m hinting at. Voulez vous apprendre une langue nouvelle? Would you like to learn a new language? Quieres apprender una nueva idioma? Vre?i s? înv??a?i o limb? nou?? I will continue now in … Read more
According to Wikipedia: Biosphere 2 is an American Earth system science research facility located in Oracle, Arizona. Its mission is to serve as a center for research, outreach, teaching, and lifelong learning about Earth, its living systems, and its place in the universe. It is a 3.14-acre (1.27-hectare) structure originally built to be an artificial, materially closed ecological system, or vivarium. Wikipedia I confess I … Read more
We are spending the largest amount of our lives on this Earth by working. The current norm is that we must do this for at least 5 consecutive days, putting in 8 hours each day, then rest for the following 2 days. There are quite a few variations around these numbers, but, overwhelmingly, that’s how … Read more
Very briefly put, presence, patience and frustration are the most important ingredients of my learning processes. And by learning processes I understand a very large category of activities, like learning a new language, learning to play the guitar, learning to adjust and adapt in a new country (location independence), learning to manage your money (financial … Read more
TLDR: break them down into small things. Seriously, though, if you only remember the line above from this article, it will be enough. The most effective way to accomplish something that we perceive as “big”, or “enduring”, or “difficult”, or “spectacular”, is to break it down into smaller, manageable tasks. As I write this, there … Read more
When in doubt, improvise. I used to follow this principle a lot. Not anymore (spoiler, you’ll find out at the end of the article why). Improvisation – or the ability to adjust, adapt, play along, roll with the punches – is a fundamental skill. It helps you correct course when the expected outcome doesn’t happen. … Read more
