I have an addiction.
I hate that I have it.
There are days when I succumb to this addiction for hours at a time and it leaves me feeling utterly worthless.
It takes me away from my family and I miss important moments in their lives.
Category Archives: Thoughts
Hello middle-age, goodbye manhood
I’ve officially crossed the threshold and passed on to the other side of life known as middle-age.
You might ask, “How does one know when this level-up status has been reached?”
Buckle up (you’ll get the pun later), you’re about to find out.
My run-in with the cops
It’s 2:45 am. I’m on a train. I’ve just fallen asleep after hours of trying.
It seems like the more you think about falling asleep, the harder it is.
A tribute to dad
My dad is my hero.
Not because he’s perfect, just the opposite in fact. When I was a teenager, he and I would argue about pretty much everything in an effort to out-stubborn the other. I would always win… wait no… he would win… he was the most stubborn… but I was right.
Selflessness is Evil
“You are selfish.”
This is one of the most gut-wrenching insults a person can throw at you. It puts you into a special category of low life who sucks the energy and resources from others to serve your own interests.
Ironically, being called selfish is usually in response to you being unwilling to do something to serve the accuser’s self-interest, and is quickly followed up with, “You should be more selfless.”
But should you?
How to influence people: The good, the bad, the ugly
Every interaction has product.
Yes, even this blog post. Products include things you can hold in your hand, services that take work away from you and put it on someone else, or information.
Every product has a cost. Those costs include time, money, energy, thoughts, and emotions. If you’ve made it this far, thank you. You could have spend that time doing something else.
If it made you angry, guess what… you fell for it.
Several studies have looked at what makes people interact with posts, videos, stories, and content in general. Here are the 5 emotions that spark the most interaction and sharing
Changing your mind means you’re weak
“Hold the line.”
“Be consistent.”
“Don’t change your mind.”
Because apparently changing your opinion on political and business issues means you don’t have a backbone. You flip-flop. You say whatever you have to in order to get ahead.
Do we really believe that stubborn, hard-headedness is the ideal?
If you think differently than me, I’ll unfriend you
Look, it’s social media, so you’re well within your right to connect with or sever connections with whomever you’d like. I just hope that when you demand that people who think differently than you be more open-minded, and then say things like the title of this post, you see the irony.
Erik Soderborg 