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Month: July 2022

Photo essay / Jul 26, 2022

Phnom Penh Initial Thoughts

Just arrived in Phnom Penh, after taking a Korean air 12 hour flight from LAX to Incheon airport, and Incheon to Phnom Penh. The first thought is Phnom Penh looks a lot like Hanoi. …

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Photo essay / Jul 26, 2022

TRAVEL HACKS

At the airport you just have stuff to check in, attempt the first class line. Pretend you’re first class (it is an attitude thing) then when they inform you that you’re not first class, …

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Photo essay / Jul 26, 2022

PLANE THOUGHTS

Long Term and Consistency Grandeur Fun & Happy Minimum Viable vs Maximum Viable Start your own new dynasty Does the product have soul and passion or not? “Cheating” is Good Just let the algorithm …

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Photo essay / Jul 25, 2022

Comparison—

We only don’t like to compare ourselves with others, when we feel inferior? We only like to compare ourselves with others, or compare our kids with other kids, when we feel ourselves superior.

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Photo essay / Jul 25, 2022

BIG JUMPS

Perhaps it is more fun and interesting to attempt big jumps, than small and gradual ones. In this context, anti-kaizen.

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Photo essay / Jul 25, 2022

THE BEST TRAVELING CLOTHES

Lululemon license to train black shorts, outlier.NYC black merino wool T-shirt, ex officio black boxer briefs, Vibram five fingers EL-X, no socks.

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Photo essay / Jul 25, 2022

ANTI FRAGILE

I don’t like fragile things or fragile people— regardless of how “successful” they are.

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Photo essay / Jul 24, 2022

ANTI UNITY

Don’t have a single, unified thought or single mode of living.

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Photo essay / Jul 24, 2022

RELENTLESS

Become relentless, use things which are relentless, clothes which are relentless. Colors (white) as relentless against the sun. The sun as the ultimate relentless power.

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Photo essay / Jul 24, 2022

THE ETERNAL RETURN IN PHOTOGRAPHY

The infinite motivation to keep shooting, reviewing and analyzing your photos and eternally delighting in the process. Autotelic photography — you are automatically self driven and self motivated in the process!

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Photo essay / Jul 23, 2022

Photography Leverage

Dear friends, a thought on my mind this morning; how to leverage yourself as a photographer. “Give me a spot to move and I shall move the world!” – Archimedes One of the greatest …

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Photo essay / Jul 23, 2022

THE ONE BEST.

Better to have just one of the best thing, than many “good” things.

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Photo essay / Jul 23, 2022

What Slows You Down?

Anything which slows you down, or lags you, or causes a chink in the chain is bad. For example, I’ve been discovered in blogging, especially when blogging with WordPress, featured images slow me down. …

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Photo essay / Jul 23, 2022

I DESIRE TO BECOME THE STRONGEST

For example, I want to become the strongest person at the gym. The guy with the biggest squat, that lift, and dumbbell press (working to 150 pounds each hand).

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Information
Photo essay / Jul 23, 2022

Information Sharing

The world is not zero sum. A better way to succeed is to share information, share your information. Information is everything.

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Photo essay / Jul 23, 2022

IMPROVE YOUR LEVERAGES.

”I got that god power, that’s my leverages. I got that holy water, that’s my beverages.” – Kanye West Assuming Archimedes was right, then, the secret to better moving the world is to not …

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Photo essay / Jul 22, 2022

I Hate Old Stuff

I hate old music, I hate old clothes, old fashion, I hate old homes. I prefer the new, fresh and hygienic. I hate old technology and old concepts. I hate thrift stores and “vintage” …

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Photo essay / Jul 22, 2022

How to Market Yourself in Photography

VIDEO PODCAST Whether we like it or not, marketing works. It works on us, it works on nerds, it works on everybody. In fact, the whole capitalist society and system we have is based …

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Photo essay / Jul 22, 2022

Insanely Insatiable

Perhaps it is a good thing to be insatiable. Why? This is what gives you the infinite inner motivation to keep on going.

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Photo essay / Jul 21, 2022

INSANELY AUDACIOUS GOALS.

In life make insanely audacious goals. Just give yourself the time of at least a decade to achieve it. For example, 700 pound lift, 600 pound squat, 500 pound benchpress.

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Photo essay / Jul 21, 2022

DON’T CLASSIFY YOURSELF

No need to classify yourself as tall or short, big or small, etc. The downside of classifying yourself is that you make yourself equivalent to others. You stand alone. You’re not alike.

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Photo essay / Jul 21, 2022

How to Become a Faster Photographer

AUDIO VLOG: Speed is paramount: Why speed? “Cool Prius!” (said nobody) The funny thing is nowadays, the so-called virtuous say that it is more virtuous to take your time. To do things slowly is …

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