Chapter Four: The Physical Zero We live in a culture that treats “more” as a metric of safety. A full pantry. A walk-in closet. A garage packed to the rafters. These are touted as the hallmarks of a life well-lived. But for the high-performer, physical … Continue readingOne to Zero – Chapter 4
Chapter Three: The “Just in Case” Delusion For the high-performer, the most insidious enemy isn’t failure; it’s redundancy. We are taught from a young age that more is better—more options, more backups, more “just in case” plans. We hoard physical objects, digital files, and professional … Continue readingOne to Zero – Chapter 3
Chapter Two: The Biology of None For the high-performer, the greatest drain on productivity isn’t a lack of discipline—it’s the cost of decision. Every time you “moderate” a habit, you are forcing your prefrontal cortex to referee a wrestling match between your goals and your … Continue readingOne to Zero – Chapter 2
Chapter One: The Purgatory of “Less” We have been sold a lie about the nature of improvement. We’ve been told that progress is a sliding scale—a dimmer switch that we slowly turn down until the light is comfortable. We celebrate the “reduction.” We applaud the … Continue readingOne to Zero – Chapter 1
Let’s pull back the curtain on the subtle ways you are manipulated by systems designed to benefit everyone but you. In this post we will address the yearly “raise.” Inflation: The Hidden Tax To understand why the yearly pay raise is a scam, you must … Continue readingInflation: The Hidden Tax
For much of history, we lived in a world defined by scarcity, the type of scarcity that killed most of our ancestors. Food, clean water, shelter, social stability, were all rare. Because of this, individuals got hard-wired to indulge in abundance when it came our … Continue readingIs More Better?
How poor is the person who thinks to themselves, “I can’t wait for this day to end.” It could be that whatever ails him, is the result of events outside of his control. But even so, to treat one’s limited time with such disdain is … Continue readingToday is THE Day
There’s a unique property of finance and financial assets that many don’t understand. Finance is a zero-sum game. Someone has to lose in order for someone else to win. This is true for all asset types from a purely mathematical standpoint. Let me give an … Continue readingThe Zero-Sum Game
In this post, I explore financial value and valuation from a higher level of abstraction. The goal is not to turn you into a valuation expert for any specific good or service, but to challenge how you think about money and value more broadly. These … Continue readingMoney, Value and Valuation
There’s a simple method to find the true value of anything. Picture yourself stranded on an island, absent government, markets, law enforcement, infrastructure and those who manage it. Under those conditions, anything that is synthetic drops to a value of zero. Money, gold, crypto, contracts, intellectual property—all … Continue readingTrue Value Survives Under Pressure