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A dad’s legacy: Warriors’ Kerr guided by father’s example

May 18, 2015 by Nick Leave a Comment

Malcolm Kerr was assassinated in the winter of 1984, gunned down by Islamic terrorists at the American University of Beirut. Source: A dad’s legacy: Warriors’ Kerr guided by father’s example

Filed Under: Culture, History, Travel

Podcast #1: Overcoming Approach Anxiety

May 8, 2015 by Nick 2 Comments

In my inaugural podcast I discuss approach anxiety and how I overcame it. I started by asking women indirect questions like asking for directions or when the metro stopped running. After this I went through several years of PUA-style game where I used routine-based approaches to meet women. Lately, inspired […]

Filed Under: Game, Lifestyle, Podcasts, Self-Improvement

Juicing For Athletes by Mike Cernovich

May 5, 2015 by Nick 1 Comment

I’m proud to announce that I’ve become an affiliate of Fit Juice and I endorse the Fit Juice Trilogy written by Mike Cernovich. A while ago I told you about my experience with juicing and showed you how I juice in Warsaw. I was introduced to juicing a few years ago […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Self-Improvement, Weightlifting

Meet Women Head On

April 21, 2015 by Nick Leave a Comment

In the past few weeks I’ve started to take a real hard and critical look at how I meet women. I wasn’t satisfied with the number and caliber of women that I was meeting and dating and decided I needed to make dramatic changes. Be a player not a pickup […]

Filed Under: Game, Self-Improvement

Apple Watch, a Cutting Edge Rejection Buffer?

April 16, 2015 by Nick 1 Comment

The excitement for Cupertino’s latest product has been building and reviews of the Apple Watch are coming in. One of the writers whose opinion on tech I respect is John Gruber of Daring Fireball. Gruber’s take on the Apple Watch was interesting to me, and I appreciate the fact that he highlighted […]

Filed Under: Culture, Game, Lifestyle, Self-Improvement

Stick to One or Two Big Goals

April 7, 2015 by Nick 7 Comments

I recently watched a great video from Chris at Good Looking Loser (the accompanying article summarizes many points in the video, you should read and watch both). The main takeaways I got from the video were: You’ve got to learn to work hard before you can learn to work “smart” If […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Self-Improvement

Modafinil and Making My Move to Europe

March 31, 2015 by Nick 9 Comments

Much has been said about Modafinil, a drug originally developed for treating narcolepsy and military purposes, which dramatically sharpens your focus for extended periods of time. Comparisons have been made to the imaginary drug, NZT-48 from the film Limitless with Bradley Cooper. I don’t agree with this comparison since that […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Self-Improvement

A Day in an Independent Life

March 25, 2015 by Nick 1 Comment

Part of the joy of living independently is creating the lifestyle you want. As time goes on I see there just aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything I would like to, but I’m trying to refine and adjust things as I go along to make the most […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Self-Improvement

There’s No Substitute for Experience

March 23, 2015 by Nick Leave a Comment

Experience is like currency or an investment that you can draw upon as you accumulate more of it. Recently I reflected on three areas of my life where experience over time was the defining feature of my achievements, namely: game, moving abroad and my PhD. There’s no substitute or shortcut […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Self-Improvement

Challenges of Independent Living

March 19, 2015 by Nick Leave a Comment

In my last post I wrote about the benefits of independent living. Though things are much better for me now, there are tradeoffs and new challenges to face when you reconfigure your lifestyle towards freedom. Diet Last time I mentioned that a poor diet was a phase I went through when I […]

Filed Under: Game, Lifestyle, Poland, Self-Improvement, Travel

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