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How Can You Settle on One Person When You Don’t Know if Someone Better Might Come Along?
It’s pretty simple. If you feel like you’re settling, you shouldn’t get into the relationship to begin with. You’re just wasting both people’s time and causing pain in the end. If you feel that you have found everything that your heart could ever desire, then you stop looking. —Originally posted on Quora.
What Do People Who Work 70–100 Hour Weeks Do in Their Free Time?
I used to work 105 hours a week. This is what I did back in 2006: Wake up at 8am. Shower. Get dressed. Get into car. Take the 101 freeway 10 miles in 15 minutes to get to North Hollywood. Arrive at 10am. Have Armenian boss yell at me for being late to work. Walk … Read more
10 Steps to Get Verified on Facebook — and Why You Need To
The elusive blue check mark — once reserved for celebrities and household names on Facebook — is easier to get than you might think. Here’s why it’s worth it. For no other reason than reaching a vanity milestone, Blake Jamieson and I decided we wanted to get our public pages verified. Both of us figured it might help us … Read more
How Do You Learn to Be Self-Confident?
Repeat positive affirmations on a daily basis. Interrupt patterns when you have negative thoughts. Associate negative thoughts with pain and positive thoughts with pleasure. Walk with your back straight. Smile. — Originally posted on Quora.
How Does a Person Try to Get out of Bed When Depression Is Keeping Them In?
I’ve had times of my life where I was so depressed, I wanted to just hide away from the world and just give up as it kept moving forward. I watched my Lexus GS 350 disappear. I saw that I no longer had trust from my investors. I saw that my job was basically ended. … Read more
Would You Rather Take 10% Equity or a Cash Bonus of $100,000 in a Startup’s First Year?
If a company can afford to give you a cash bonus of $100,000 during the first year, they must be doing absolutely everything right. It would be in your best interest to take the equity, even if there is risk involved. Why would I come up with this resolution? Let’s look at five years into … Read more
How Is Racial Profiling Different from Racism?
Racial profiling is cultivated from an institutionalized system made to keep minorities as underprivileged citizens. The root cause of the problem can be the criteria to get a loan for a home, health benefits, or even what zip code one lives in compared to their white counterparts. In the past, Tim Wise stated that it … Read more
How Do You Tell if Someone Is a True Friend?
They don’t judge you for what you have, or what you lack. Instead, they are there for you because they enjoy your company and like you for who you are. They don’t want to use you or take advantage of you in any way. Instead, they are looking out for your best interests. They will … Read more
What Should I Do if I Don’t Reach My Goals?
Without expectation, there is no disappointment. All goals do is lead to disappointment, because you put these self imposed expectations on yourself. Then you end up in a negative downward spiral, where you’re wondering if you should just go and hang yourself. Instead of thinking of how you’re not reaching your goals, why don’t you … Read more
What Is a Response for When You Ask Someone out and Get Rejected?
Oh… Okay. Wanna eat a cookie or ice cream with me or watch Winnie the Pooh instead? — Originally posted on Quora. Leonard Kim consults startups and writes books like The Etiquette of Social Media: How to Connect and Respond to Others in the World of Social Media