Once I believed I was a leader I started seeking followers. I was 19. My heart was emblazoned with passion as I committed to self knowledge and growth. It was painful to see that the people I…
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How To Know When to Quit Your Job
For months I contemplated what would happen if I just quit. Would I be able to sell one of my deals? Will my ideas work? Can I support myself without a boss? If it doesn’t work,…
How Do I Get Rid of Unhealthy Habits Quickly?
Keep doing your unhealthy habits. Keep. Doing. Them.I used to try to immediately eliminate negative habits. Literally out of nowhere they would show up again and I would have to restart. I’d feel guilty, ashamed,…
The Biggest Obstacle To A Great Life
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How To Get Unstuck
When everything is absolute fuckness, you’re stuck and can’t get anything done – GOOD. It means you have higher standards and values for yourself and want to strive towards them. If you’re anxious, angry, sad, excited,…
[Interview] Oliver Manalese on Toronto Real
In this episode, we talk about how Oliver went from a young 19 year old working on an assembly line, going through the motion of the school-to-work path, to realizing that he had another option….
How Do I Find Myself?
You become what you are not, hate yourself for a bit, then run in the opposite direction hoping it’ll be different.In 2005, a portrait of me chugging a Corona with my gut sticking out made…
What Firing Twenty Strangers Taught Me
It was my first day and I had to fire twenty complete strangers. Okay, maybe it was more like 14.I was one guy in a two man operation right before the economic toilet we call…
Heal The Self, Heal The World
“OMG should I do it? Should I commit?” Janet asked.We’re both in transitional times in our lives and are already over-committed with endless projects and to-dos.Needless to say, it was not the best timing.Yet, we…
Oliver’s Summer Reading List 2015
[Photo by: Moyan Brenn]I was sending the bulk of my waking hours into a blackhole. I was in university to please my parents. My boring high paying job helped me buy things I didn’t need…