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Personal Growth

How to Take a Proper Headshot (For Men)

Put your best jaw forward.

Personal Growth

How To Make Good Things Happen To You

Git gud.

Expat Travel

Shopee vs Lazada (Thailand)

Shopee vs Lazada in Thailand. Which one is best?

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Financial Independence

Bitcoin is The Invention of Money and You Can Buy Some (For Now)

I like Bitcoin because it finally led me to some answers for a few questions I always had as a boy growing up. I first bought Bitcoin back a few years ago because I don't like not understanding something. I'm not Ramit Sethi where I smugly

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Expat Travel

The Passport Pill- 5 Uncomfortable Truths For Men

Financial Independence

YouTube Invalid Traffic is Your Reminder to Build an Actual Business

I've been seeing a lot of videos on YouTube and a lot of posts on X about "invalid traffic." Creators are upset (and rightly so) that their channels are being hit with invalid traffic and YouTube is having their CPM rates plummet. I talked to one

Financial Independence

Short Selling Explained To a 5 Year Old (Example)

Short selling is stupid.

Personal Growth

How to Tell When a Girl Likes You (5 Signs)

As man who has been on both sides of the proverbial coin, a useless twenty something who was unattractive to women and couldn't get a girl to save my life to now a guy who is over 30 and has options, choice and crazy intimate stories with beautiful

Personal Growth

40 Years Old is When the Report Card Comes In

I'm now in my 40's. I'm sitting next to the fire, smoking a corn cob pipe reading a book with my reading glasses and reflecting on the good ole days. Kidding. You know what the surprising thing is? I'm not old like

Expat Travel

Hanoi Girls Tinder Scam Explained

Hanoi Girls Suck (Sorry not sorry).

Expat Travel

Muay Thai Visa in Bangkok - Everything You Need to Know

I'm now on a one year, Muay Thai visa in Bangkok and I'm going to explain how it works and what you need to know if you're looking for a long term way to stay in Thailand that is both fun and beneficial. Yes,

Personal Growth

What is the Best (and Worst) Height For a Man?

One thing that always annoys me about "red pill" YouTube is when men compare girls having a height preference in men to a woman's weight. The idea being that women want tall men and men don't like fat women. But the reality is women

Gemini Credit Card Review - 1 Year Later

The Gemini credit card. Is it the best cash back credit card available? Let's find out.

Personal Growth

58+ Books Every Man Should Read - My Essential Reading List

Book for men. This my continually updated list of of book that every man should read.

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Answering (Insane) Reader Questions

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Personal Growth

7 Simple Ways To Set Yourself Up for Success in Your 30's

Welp, I'm no longer in my 30's. So far life has only gotten better as I've aged. Life gets better when you get better as I like to say. Not that everything is perfect, things could be much better obviously, but things could also

Expat Travel

How to Become a Digital Nomad - Live and Work Abroad

I’ve been a digital nomad since 2017, when I finally transitioned away from teaching English abroad. As I mentioned in my about page, I got my start first in the world of corporate finance in Connecticut and then quit my job to teach English in Thailand. I loved every

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Expat Travel

11 Remote Working Tips For Expats Abroad

I’ve been doing the digital nomad, remote work lifestyle thing for 10+ years now. As the concept has only grown in popularity since I started (passport bros is now a thing), I thought I would share a few hard-won tips to help you be successful, happy, safe and productive.

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Personal Growth

The power of focus – One brand, one audience.

The power of focus. One brand, one audience. Get to work.

Gemini vs Coinbase - Which is Best For Americans?

I have extensive use of both Gemini and Coinbase so in this Gemini vs Coinbase review, I'll breakdown the essential differences between these two popular crypto exchanges. In short, I'm partial to using Gemini because they have an excellent credit card where you can earn up

Best Places to Buy Bitcoin (For Americans)

Buy Bitcoin. Having no BTC is the wrong position and I don't care what Ramit Sethi or Dave Ramsey have to say.

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A Few Things That Surprised Me About Jakarta (Girls, Food, Travel)

Jakarta Indoneisa. I solo traveled there for 5 days and wow, what a great city. In this post I'm going to document my short experiences there. Yes, this is going to be kept private because I'm talking about topics I don't want publicly available

Expat Travel

Google FI is The Best Phone Number For Expat Americans

I've been an expat for 10+ years and let me tell you one thing, having critical accounts like your email, brokerage accounts and credit cards tied to some stupid foreign phone number is the worst. Like an idiot, I tied my old Voyager account (now bankrupt) to my

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Thai Immigration Getting Strict

A quick story on how I was treated with unfair skepticism at Thai immigration.

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Pattaya Thailand Nightlife - Is It Worth Visiting? Yes and No

Is Pattaya Thailand worth visiting? Yes, but mostly no. Learn why I think it's a one and done place.