Maajid Nawaz didn’t get a pleasant introduction to life on Planet Earth. Born into a family of Muslim immigrants (from Pakistani) in east-end London, he was beset by the racism that many Muslims in the West still today. It embittered the young Maajid (well, go figure!) and made him an…

As a young British Muslim, Maajid Nawaz was badly affected by racism. It drove him to Islamic extremism. Then, in an Eqyptian prison from 2002 to 2006 … something changed. In Dec 2021, he told his story to Joe Rogan. (Yes, that Joe Rogan.) I listened to all 3 hours. …

Got eye-opener of an email this week from an A-list copywriter. About how his mom called him an Embarrassment To The Family. She wanted him to get a proper job. He insisted on copywriting. Familiar? Justin Goff is an A-list copywriter. Done incredibly well for himself. Easily a decade of 6-figure turnover years, plus his own…

I listened to Robert Breedlove and Jeffrey A Tucker (Founder of the Brownstone Institute) riff about the pandemic, #Bitcoin, governments, violence, etc. It was recorded Dec 2021, so pre-Ukraine, pre-Trucker-Convoy, pre most of the Scary Stuff Going On Right Now. Jeffrey A Tucker has recently published a book entitled The…

Last weekend, I watched Dickie Bush and Nicolas Cole interview Justin Welsh about his creator success. AWESOME chat. Buuuuut … Just 3 minutes of it hit me square between the eyes. Embarrassed. I’ll tell you which 3 mins, and why I was embarrassed. (If you watch just those 3 minutes…

I enjoy listening to Robert Breedlove on YouTube. Bitcoin, Austrian economics … all the stuff. But his latest one caught me right off guard: Pierre Poilievre, a Conservative MP just across town from me (who’s just announced he aims to be next 🇨🇦Canadian prime minister). HUH? CLICK. Got me. Beginning…

Sunday night, the CBC broadcast The Gig Is Up — a video programme about the gig economy. Being a gig worker (of sorts), I gave it my attention. What I saw … didn’t sit comfortably. When Uber moved into a new city … They paid new drivers quite attractive rates. Until they detected they had high network effect…

I listened to Saifedean Ammous and @Michael Saylor talk for an hour about Austrian Economics. (Link to the video here: https://youtu.be/3242CA8UHpM) Saifedean Ammous teaches a course on it at Saylor.org, and has two books (The Bitcoin Standard, The Fiat Standard) Here is what I concluded from listening: AUSTRIAN economics: Individual…

Outsiders might tout your achievements … But it’s the quirky things that will endear you to your family. Here are 5 things still told on the inside about my great-grandfather: Soft spot for Chinese immigrants in town … Working their tails off … Turning the lemon they’ve been handed into lemonade. Well, he’d know all about that. Made…