I expected this book to be something like Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck. However, it was so much more. This book, written by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga, covers Adlerian psychology, which is in some ways opposed to popular Freudian psychology. Of course, one could learn about Adler’s psychology theories from reading his books… but as the author describes, he’s meant to be Adler’s Plato.

+++ title = “10” date = 2019 +++ You’ve felt this way before: moderately stressed, such as a sports performance or a high stakes test. You’ve also felt stress-free, such as on vacation. For a few years now, I’ve kept myself in the moderately stressed zone. I find it works best for me, and I’d guess many of my friends would relate. When my systems for productivity and wellness get pushed to their limits, I’m always excited to see that I can handle more than I thought.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a pop star. I was thrilled by the idea of writing songs and performing on stages. So, to satisfy myself, I began performing on stages, playing my own songs at the age of 7. At family gatherings, I’d dance like Michael Jackson. In high school, I’d play my songs at parties and I’d think super carefully about my set list and banter.

+++ title = “10” date = 2019 +++ I studied marketing in college, and we studied it the right way. We were taught how to adjust product, price, and brand to meet the demands of a segment of the market. But then I started reading about marketing online and most of the content was about how to get a higher search result on Google, how to increase follower count, how to “hustle” and make money, and a bunch of other to-dos that are more about having bragging rights than they are about marketing.

+++ title = “10” date = 2019 +++ I was with someone the other day that I didn’t know very well. I asked them how they were doing, and they said “ah, you know, the days are long the years are short.” It stuck with me. It’s such an interesting problem: on one hand, it’s scary how quickly the years seem to fly by, but the day can stretch out, hour by hour, seemingly forever.