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Topic: Life Lessons

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Life Lessons

To Make Better Decisions, Focus on the Future

Feb 13, 2016    Andrew

Feb 13, 2016    Andrew

Back at the beginning of January, it had been about two months since I had last gone for a run or ridden a bike. I had spent the final months of 2015 more or less completely sedentary, recovering from an accident and eating my way through the holidays. I didn’t feel so great. Maybe I didn’t...

Life Lessons

Life Lessons

Four Commonly Ignored Truths (And How to Embrace Them)

Jan 23, 2016    Andrew

Jan 23, 2016    Andrew

“The truth is like poetry – and most people fucking hate poetry.” – Overheard by Michael Lewis (author of The Big Short) in a Washington, DC bar I recently watched the stellar motion picture adaptation of Michael Lewis’ book, The Big Short. The above quote appears in the movie, and it immediately resonated with me...

Life Lessons

Life Lessons

Patience for the Process (How to Guarantee Success)

Dec 15, 2015    Andrew

Dec 15, 2015    Andrew

Anyone who knows me well will tell you that patience is not a strength of mine. Ever since I was very young, there have been countless times where I’ve been told my patience is lacking. It is something I’ve had to gradually acknowledge as a reality, but it wasn’t easy to get to that point....

Life Lessons

Life Lessons

Building Structures For Your Rebellion

Oct 3, 2015    Andrew

Oct 3, 2015    Andrew

Shift Upwards is still extremely young, but already some common threads have been established. A general overarching theme for what I write about on this blog is rebellion: rebelling against a prescribed lifestyle, and using this rebellion as a platform to define and implement the constructs of your own happiness. One of my primary goals...

Life Lessons

Life Lessons

The Pitfalls of Induced Demand

Sep 22, 2015    Andrew

Sep 22, 2015    Andrew

Induced demand is what happens when wider roads fill up to meet capacity. This phenomenon is often used to argue against the idea of expanding roads to combat congestion. It’s powerful to also think of this concept as it applies to how we fill up our time.

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