Tag Archives: Life

Embracing Death

Posted on October 5, 2011 by AJ Kessler

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these … Continue reading →

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How Could Anyone Live Here?

Posted on August 24, 2011 by AJ Kessler

If you’ve traveled at all, even if it’s just a few miles from your home, you’ve undoubtedly run across places that you can’t imagine living.  Desolate or teeming, scorching or freezing, swamp-like or bone-dry, gaudy or spartan, run down, dilapidated … Continue reading →

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Appreciation For Inaptitude

Posted on August 18, 2011 by AJ Kessler

To the Gods: [Thanks] That I wasn’t more talented in rhetoric or poetry, or other areas.  If I’d felt that I was making better progress I might never have given them up. – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 1:17 You hear … Continue reading →

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Being Interesting Requires Being Interested

Posted on August 14, 2011 by AJ Kessler

Seth Godin with another pithy post: Interesting and Interested . . . it helps to be both.  These are the two ways you earn attention. If it’s so obvious, why is it so difficult? Everybody wants to be interesting, to … Continue reading →

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People Aren’t Racists, They’re Assholes

Posted on August 13, 2011 by AJ Kessler

If I was black, I’m pretty sure I would think a huge section of our society was racist.  If I was flamboyantly gay, I’m pretty sure I would think a huge section of our society was homophobic.  If I was … Continue reading →

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How To Reduce Stress And Look Like You Have Your Shit Together

Posted on August 7, 2011 by AJ Kessler

If you’re reading this, you probably aren’t anxious or stressed out about where your next meal is going to come from, whether something or someone is going to harm you in the very near future, or where you’re going to … Continue reading →

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Fuck It Money

Posted on July 31, 2011 by AJ Kessler

Not to be confused with “fuck you money” (which is the amount it would take you to be able to say “fuck you” to anybody at any time), “fuck it money” is something everybody can, and should have. “Fuck it … Continue reading →

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Litmus Test

Posted on July 24, 2011 by AJ Kessler

Does it make you happy?  Does it make you money?  If not, don’t bother. – Adam Carolla This is a great litmus test for things you’re thinking about doing and it’s especially handy when you’re angry.  It’s short, easy to … Continue reading →

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Life is a Concert, Not a Race

Posted on July 19, 2011 by AJ Kessler

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Relax

Posted on June 21, 2011 by AJ Kessler

On a mini vacation in Palm Springs.  It was 115 degrees today.  What do you do in Palm Springs, in the summer, when it’s 115 degrees?  Well, the sane half of the area’s residents leave town: many shops and restaurants … Continue reading →

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