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Personal Writings
You're too smart
Hearing I'm too smart from my dad, being lonely and not turning back
July 6, 2024
Personal Writings
You worked for this
Patting myself on the back for getting to this moment
September 21, 2022
Personal Writings
You'll never see a U-haul behind a hearse
The aimless need to accumulate stuff
January 5, 2023
Personal Writings
You don't want to be famous
Long poem on not wanting fame
May 14, 2023
Personal Writings
Why do we doubt ourselves so much?
Self-doubt, immigrant parents, and appreciating how lucky you are
April 12, 2021
Personal Writings
When people tell you you're hot, doubt yourself
Working harder in success, not believing your own BS and committing to the work
February 24, 2022
Personal Writings
What does success mean to you?
Defining success, striving for goals and letting go of expectation
January 18, 2022
Personal Writings
What are you chasing?
Chasing goals, inspiring friends and enjoying the journey
December 31, 2021
Miscellaneous Musings
This Means More
One fan’s journey through how the Raptors went from being the laughing stock of the NBA to World Champions
June 14, 2019
Personal Writings
The world doesn't know it yet
Reflecting on what I've done the last few years and how the world will hear about me
August 1, 2024
Personal Writings
Thank you Jurgen
My love letter to Jurgen Klopp on his final day
May 20, 2024
Miscellaneous Musings
Success Vs. Happiness
My story about one of the most significant moments in my life that shaped my perspective on success vs. happiness
March 5, 2014
Personal Writings
Success is fleeting
Not believing your own success, Will Smith's Oscars slap and learning life's lessons
April 3, 2022
Personal Writings
Success is a lousy teacher
Success, rewiring your brain and reframing failure
June 10, 2021
Personal Writings
Study success
Successful people, learning their stories and the road to success
March 22, 2023
Personal Writings
Success is
Poem about success
November 27, 2023
Personal Writings
Stay with it
Reminding myself what I've accomplished on the tough days
March 6, 2025
Personal Writings
Solve the mundane
Sock drawers, focusing on what's in front of you and healthy habits
August 20, 2022
Personal Writings
'So what if you're right? Do you want a medal?'
Being right about some of my predictions, how my life could change and playing with house money
March 31, 2022
Personal Writings
Show your failures
The dark days, focusing on the work and the impermanence of success
August 20, 2022
Journal Entries
Read
Day 703 – Day 198 Quarantine – Sep.23.20 – Read
September 23, 2020
Personal Writings
Ran a marathon in 4 months
Reflecting on running a marathon after 4 months
May 7, 2023
Journal Entries
I have no idea what I'm doing
Day 738 – Day 233 Q – Oct.28.20 – I have no idea what I’m doing
October 28, 2020
Personal Writings
No one is worth the pedestal you put them on
Idolizing flawed people, struggle being a universal experience and learning from stories
May 24, 2022
Personal Writings
Night before the marathon
Reflecting on the night before running my 1st marathon
May 6, 2023
Journal Entries
How do you change the world?
Day 582 – Day 70 Quarantine – May.25.20 - How do you change the world
May 25, 2020
Journal Entries
Why did I succeed?
Day 577 – Day 65 Quarantine – May.20.20 - Why did I succeed?
May 20, 2020
Journal Entries
No one sees the dark days
Day 1278 - Mar.28.22 - No one sees the dark days
March 28, 2022
Journal Entries
Go be wrong
Jan.2.24 - Day 1922 - Go be wrong
January 2, 2024
Journal Entries
2000 days
Mar.22.24 - Day 2000 - 2000 days
March 22, 2024
Journal Entries
Increased failure means increased success
Day 1267 - Mar.17.22 - Increased failure means increased success
March 17, 2022
Personal Writings
Let them laugh at you
Letting other people judge, building for me and focusing on the work
March 7, 2022
Personal Writings
Let history be the judge
Showing up, work compounding and letting history be the judge of you
March 30, 2022
Journal Entries
Toronto 3-1 against GSW
Day 273 - Toronto 3-1 against GSW – June.7.19
June 7, 2019
Journal Entries
1000 days
Day 1000 - Day 540 - July.13.21 - 1000 days
July 13, 2021
Journal Entries
Man in the arena
Day 809 - Day 299 Q - Jan.3.21 - Man in the arena
January 3, 2021
Journal Entries
Be in the arena
Day 1204 - Jan.13.22 - Be in the arena
January 13, 2022
Journal Entries
Believe and you will achieve
Day 1201 - Jan.10.22 - Believe and you will achieve
January 10, 2022
Personal Writings
I'm speaking into the void
Writing for no one, reflecting on old posts and not being afraid anymore
March 31, 2022
Personal Writings
How Impermanent is Success?
The impermanence of success and chasing outwardly goals vs. inwardly goals
April 19, 2022
Miscellaneous Musings
How Did Drake Become So Successful
What Drake's journey to global superstar can teach us about success
January 20, 2021
Personal Writings
Here's to the innovators
Toast to the innovators, pioneers and Claude Monet
March 17, 2022
Personal Writings
Go to work
A reminder about the value of work
December 24, 2024
Personal Writings
Excellence lies in effort
Being excellent, failing for years and putting in the work
December 29, 2021
Personal Writings
For others
The loneliness of chasing your own goals, my reflections from a 3 star Michelin meal and what my therapist taught me about happiness
April 21, 2025
Personal Writings
Expedite your knowledge
Advancing your knowledge, the Stoics and learning from the best investors
April 27, 2023
Journal Entries
Steal the best's ideas
Day 1233 - Feb.11.22 - Steal the best’s ideas
February 11, 2022
Personal Writings
Fame
Success and the downsides of fame
May 27, 2021
Personal Writings
Enjoy the shadows
Enjoying darkness, the drug of success and working in silence
May 24, 2023
Personal Writings
Empower your people
Empowering those around you, my role models and the need for good leaders
August 28, 2023
Personal Writings
Eat dirt
Failure, Sturgeon's law and controlling your effort
January 13, 2024
Personal Writings
Dream the biggest dreams you can dream
Dreams and taking risks
May 10, 2021
Personal Writings
Don't hate the game
Figuring out which game you're playing and optimizing for that
March 19, 2024
Personal Writings
Do it because you love it, not because of anything else
Yes Theory's podcast episode, creating what you love and ignoring the numbers
May 8, 2022
Journal Entries
Ask 'what would Kobe do?'
Day 1189 - Dec.29.21 - Ask ‘what would Kobe do?’
December 29, 2021
Journal Entries
Proud of you
Dec.27.22 - Day 1550 - Proud of you
December 27, 2022
Personal Writings
Celebrate the small wins
The day I found out I got promoted and accepted into the Mensa society
April 3, 2023
Personal Writings
Be unapologetically yourself
The Defiant ones, struggling through the journey and being authentically you
March 7, 2022
Personal Writings
Attachment will eat you
Attachments, mimetic theory and why you want what you want
April 14, 2024
Journal Entries
Success is a terrible teacher
Day 1409 - Aug.8.22 - Success is a terrible teacher
August 8, 2022
Journal Entries
Success is a great polluter
Day 901 - Day 391 Q - Apr.5.21 - Success is a great polluter
April 5, 2021
Journal Entries
You'll get there one day
Day 1285 - Apr.4.22 - You’ll get there one day
April 4, 2022
Journal Entries
You can't speed up the process
Day 917 - Day 407 Q - Apr.21.21 - You can’t speed up the process
April 21, 2021
Journal Entries
Happy days
Day 916 - Day 406 Q - Apr.20.21 - Happy days
April 20, 2021
Journal Entries
Help your friends win
Day 909 - Day 399 Q - Apr.13.21 - help your friends win
April 13, 2021
Personal Writings
Am I a failure?
A recent failure, going again and remembering I've already won
February 10, 2025
Personal Writings
Add them to the list
Keeping a list of haters and using it as fuel
August 29, 2022
Personal Writings
2023 - A Transformational Year
Reflecting on my 2023, including accomplishments, highlights and favourite movies, podcasts, books, blog posts and restaurants
December 28, 2023
Miscellaneous Musings
2024 - The Curve Year
Reflecting on 2024, my favourites of the year and my big 2025 goal
December 25, 2024
Personal Writings
1000
Reflecting on writing my 1000th blog post in 3.5 years
August 11, 2024
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