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Walk a mile in my shoes (literally)

January 7th, 2013 7 Comments Noah

Namaste subscribers. FYI: Make it to the bottom of this email if you want to live in my Downtown Loft in Austin for February 2013. I spent 2 months trying to buy a pair of limited edition Sperry Top Siders Shoes.   Yes, I am officially a yuppy. I had my assistant try to find [...]

My 2013 Goals

November 17th, 2012 42 Comments Noah

I’ve noticed two ways of living life, top down or bottom up. I’m 84% certain most of you have heard that phrase. There’s so much to be said for serendipity and the amazingness of life when you let things happen. The opposite of creating those experiences can be amazing as well. A great question is [...]

30 Days of YouTube Videos

November 1st, 2012 6 Comments Noah

I love trying out new habits. A great way to set them is to do anything new for 30 days. My new one is trying a daily personal improvement video on YouTube. Steve Pavlina has a Great article about using 30 days to form new habits. Read here. Here’s one about how to let go [...]

How to have a Great Day

October 25th, 2012 19 Comments Noah

How’s Your day? How many times have you gotten that question? 100. 1,000. More like 10,000+ Most people answer, “fine,” “okay,” “boring,” “meh.” The more truthful you are with others the better relationship you will be able to form. It got me thinking what are the elements of a Great day. If you knew what [...]

How to Deal with Depression

October 16th, 2012 44 Comments Noah

I was hanging with my uncle Kenny at a Mexican restaurant (obviously) a month ago in San Diego and we started talking about smoothie recipes. It dawned on me at that moment how grateful I was to be alive. There were so many more smoothie recipes to make the next day and I had something [...]

Why I got Fired from Facebook (a $100 Million dollar lesson)

September 29th, 2012 No Comments Noah

Can I be real with you? Real real? (A note from Zuck) I’m TIRED of answering this question so I’d rather write it out and just point people to this post. Let me start in reverse. I can tell you every detail of the day I got fired aka “let go” aka “down-sized” aka “shit-canned.” [...]