Every year we see hundreds of blog posts from attendees. Here's the first second round of unfiltered reviews and opinions on a variety of topics related to WDS.
Things I found on long walks in foreign cities, or perhaps when someone posted them on Twitter. In this edition: traveling in Yemen, civil resistance, and high-speed tennis betting.
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After spending hundreds of hours in preparation and then hosting a week-long adventure for thousands of awesome people, I don’t actually say much about it afterward, at least not on the blog. I’m a writer who doesn’t do a writeup. Thankfully, our awesome attendees pick up my slack—and wouldn’t you want to hear from them…
Read MoreFrom my inbox: “I have a sneaking suspicion this feeling of being unsettled won’t go away until I control my freedom.” A common theme in the emails I receive is one of readers feeling unsettled. People are frustrated with one or more parts of their current life, yet they sense that change is possible—somehow, somewhere—if…
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Things I found on long walks in foreign cities, or perhaps when someone posted them on Twitter.
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I saw someone wearing this watch at an event and loved it right away. I asked if I could take a picture of it, which I then posted to Instagram. “My arm is on Instagram a lot,” he said.
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Later this fall I’ll be visiting at least 40 cities to meet readers and talk about my new book, The Happiness of Pursuit. I’m super excited about this tour. We’re hitting a bunch of major markets where a lot of you live
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I always love Murakami’s work. The title of this post comes from a new short story published in the New Yorker. Here’s more: When I moved from Kansai to Tokyo to start college, I spent the whole bullet-train ride mentally reviewing my eighteen years and realized that almost everything that had happened to me was…
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Eight years ago, the man known as Mr. Money Mustache and his wife retired from traditional work—at age 30. They did this after saving money for five years and relentlessly paying off their mortgage. J.D. Roth spoke with Mr. Mustache about how they managed this non-traditional financial feat. Here’s a snippet from their conversation: “We…
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Every Friday is giveaway day. Comment to win! One day Allan Karl woke up to discover that he was unemployed and his marriage had ended in divorce. Allan looked at these forks in the road of his life as an opportunity to both follow a life-long dream and pursue his passions. After a successful Kickstarter…
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Today officially begins the fourth-annual World Domination Summit, also known as WDS. It’s here! Posts on the site will continue, but I’ll be mostly offline with our 3,000+ arrivals coming in for the main show + many different academies. Later this morning, our first Academies will begin. I’ll be at several of them. Tomorrow morning…
Read MoreInterviewer: “When it comes to human nature and human behavior, would you describe yourself as a pessimist?” “Pessimism has no function. It’s an indulgence of people who have little stamina to confront the challenges of modern life. And it’s a good way to rationalize their withdrawal from the great work of human beings, which is,…
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Things I found on long walks in foreign cities, or perhaps when someone posted them on Twitter.
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Every Friday is giveaway day. Comment to win! I enjoyed reading Essentialism, a new book by Greg McKeown. Personally I’m not much of a minimalist (except when it comes to travel gear). In fact, I’ve even joked that I’m a maximalist—I want to do it all! Even so, this book challenged me and improved my…
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People often think ‘Oh, I really want to go to some far-flung destination like Thailand or Mauritius and write about it,’ but if you’re a beginning writer you need to start with what you know.
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