I was pondering a business problem the other day, and my co-founder told me “I think we know what we need to do, it’s just a matter of doing it.” She was 100% right. So much of what gets in our way of success is not the lack of knowledge, […]
Category: rick life
Sixth Sense
I recently started watching Sixth Sense, a Korean variety show where the producers show the hosts three different restaurants, experiences, or people based on a theme (eg. non-traditional foreign workouts, or innovative chicken restaurants). The producers find two existing entities, and create a third one from scratch, going so far […]
Watermelon
Watermelon is the best fruit ever. From the high water content to the texture that gives you just enough crunch yet crumbles in your mouth, to the amazing flavor, watermelon is obviously the best fruit around. Grapefruit is the worst fruit ever. It’s sour, has a peel inside the peel, […]
Birthdays
Birthdays, and age in general, are super interesting, as they’re part fact and part fiction. The fact comes from the notion that you were indeed born on a certain date, and your age corresponds to how many years since that event has occurred. There are also biological generalities that affect […]
I Don’t Know Much
I don’t really know much. Honestly, I feel like there is still so much out there and I find myself ever curious to know more, to learn from others, to try new things. Even though I might know a good amount about culture design, education, monsters, art, creativity, leadership, and […]
Feeding the Birds
We recently started putting out a bit of bird feed in our backyard to try and attract more birds. Intending to replenish a day’s worth of feed in our homemade bird feeder, I ended up spilling a bunch of seeds onto the ground. What initially might look like a mistake […]
Sliced Neck
I shave with a double-edged razor, or a safety razor. A safety razor is a bit of a misnomer for the modern man, as it’s far more dangerous than the triple-bladed Bic stuff or an electric razor, but is safer than a Sweeny Todd straight-edge razor. I choose to do […]
Hall Pass
In high school, due to my somewhat extensive extracurricular activity list and sports involvement, I was often walking around school during class with a hall pass. I would often see the hall monitors, with their sunglasses and walkie-talkies, patrolling the halls. And as your typical “stay-out-of-trouble-Valedictorian-club-president” type, I was always […]
Judo of Constraints
I never really got into martial arts as a kid for a few reasons – the first is that my primary interest in martial arts was learning how to be a ninja, and the second is that I hated the rigors and discipline that is the basis of martial arts. […]
Bifurcation
I’ve recently learned from Margo Aaron that good copy bifurcates, which is a fancy word that means to divide or fork into two paths. Basically, what this means is that good copywriting lets you know whether or not it is for you or not for you. So if you’re looking […]