If you want to quickly gain weight, try taking shots of olive oil. Seriously. There’s about 120 calories in every tablespoon, and it only tastes bad for one or two seconds.
Have high standards in women (or men, for the ladies) because you never know – the next one you meet might just be the one you marry.
When you cross the street, look left-right-left – except in Australia where it’s right-left-right. Fucking oath, mate!!
Bring a book with you because it comes in handy when you’re in queue or something. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been waiting and thought to myself, “I should’ve brought a freaking book!” – probably a million.
College was a waste not-so-effective use of my time. I’ll expunge on this later, but honestly, it’s merely the greatest barrier-to-entry in Corporate America. I know extremely smart people who I admire and aspire to work for who skipped college, and I met quite a few less-than-sharp individuals who graduated… myself included.
Drink 20 ounces of water right after you wake up. While you sleep, you’re basically fasting for eight-plus hours, so you need fluids to rehydrate yourself afterward. Plus, most people don’t drink nearly enough water.
Guys who think they’re “men” because they get women are like Don Quixotes who think they’re knights because they caught windmills.
Read, read, and read. And when you finish, read some more.
Wear compression shorts when squatting, unless you want your boxers to rip…. and yes, I’m speaking from experience here.
Be willing to lose girls when you have no girls, and be willing to spend the time when you have no time. And when I say “spend the time”, I mean investing it in yourself rather than wasting it away.
The best way to network is to take a genuine interest in someone else’s success and GIVE – rather than focusing on a “bigger piece of the pie”, try making a bigger pie. Never schmooze.
And when you give, don’t demand gratitude in return. That just means you’re doing it for the your own interest which is wrong reason.
Do soft-tissue therapy. Daily. Buy a foam roller, steal a tennis ball, whatever… just start.
Hockey is fully sick and is quickly becoming one of my favorite sports. It’s fast, it’s violent…. what’s not to love?
Your glutes are the most underrated muscles in your body. And strengthening them require the most awkward-looking exercises in existence (sigh).
If you are reading this right now, you are an awesome human being. And unbelievably sexy. Rrrrrrr.
Confused about your life? Grab a paper and pen, take a book, turn off your mobile phone, and go for a loooooooooooong scenic walk. This has never failed me.
The metric system is much better than the shit America has. One mile is 1760 yards?? One gallon is 128 ounces?? Sorry, but our system is on heroin.
At the end of the day, a car just takes you from Point A to Point B. As a dude who used to have a “cool car”, I can easily say there’s been no noticeable change after switching to a simple vehicle, besides less stress and reduced expenses.
路在嘴巴上, which translates to: “the road is in your mouth.” In other words, if you’re lost and looking for the correct street, if you don’t ask, you’ll never know. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. If you don’t ask, you won’t get.
Social media is unbelievably valuable. Thanks to people like Vanessa Bedard and Gary Vaynerchuk for showing me that.
“Culture” is overrated. It’s just another word to categorize the people we meet and cloud our perception of the world.
Chances are you don’t need half the shit in your possession. I mean, how many pairs of jeans do we really need? Gather it all up, filter out the essentials, and give the rest to people who need it more. Then, take a deep breath and enjoy the extra space and piece of mind – I usually do this once every few months. Don’t think you can do it? Well, if I can, you can too.
You never know when and where you’re going to meet a new friend. Remember that when you leave your house everyday, and carry that thought throughout the day as you interact with others.
You only fail when you give up and stop seeing the good in the world. Thanks to Kevin Heintz for that one.
Admire or respect someone famous? Send them an email, let them know, and get a dialogue going. Chances are they’ll be excited to hear from you.
When travelling, it’s the generosity of other people – strangers or friends – that makes a great trip an amazing journey.
What random or awesome things did you learn during 2011? Leave a comment or hit me up on Twitter or Facebook.
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I learnt that self-schooling is the best schooling but the trick is to find something that I’m truly passionate about. The other thing I learnt is when to quit. I don’t spend too long reading a single book or trying to fix a single sentence. Instead, I erase the sentence and start over anew.
That’s a great writing tip, Jon (in addition to the many others you gave me, haha). And self-schooling has also been quite a revelation as well – I feel I’ve gone farther in a much shorter time-frame.
Hockey, and the metric system… are you becoming Canadian??
Haha, you’d like that wouldn’t you Del? ; )