Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.
- Benjamin Franklin

Return on investment (ROI) is a term you hear frequently, usually in relation to business and finance. The goal (obviously) is to maximize return on the money you invest. The implications of this concept go much deeper when you start to think of time as your primary investment rather than money. Everything you do is an investment of time. When you watch television, you’re making an investment in entertainment. If you watch a show that sucks, you’ve made a bad investment and receive a poor return for your time. Click here to continue »

Something strange happened this weekend. My roommates both went to the beach, leaving me with the apartment entirely to myself for the first time all year. After dinner I settled into the couch and turned on the television. A depressed, lethargic feeling came over me as I prepared to sacrifice the next couple hours to the plasma screen gods.

At that moment I decided to do a little experiment: no television for the entire weekend. Click here to continue »

I’ve decided to enter a contest to become The Next Internet Millionaire. Basically, it’s an online reality show where contestants complete for $25,000 and the opportunity to do a joint venture with internet marketing legend Joel Comm.

Check out my video audition. Hopefully I’m not too different from what you’ve imagined. While you’re there please vote for me too.

Obviously the potential for this to be ridiculous is enormous, but I decided to go for it anyway for a few reasons. Click here to continue »

It’s been three weeks following the slow carb diet suggested by Tim Ferriss. I have to thank Eugene Thong because his breathing advice cured the exercise induced headaches I’d been getting. This is very important to learn for anyone who isn’t experienced weight training with the 5-5 cadence (5 seconds up and 5 seconds down for each repetition). Click here to continue »