Posted in Motivation, Psychology on Dec 30th, 2010
I’ve played baseball my whole like and from very early on I knew the kind of player I was: a contact hitter with pretty good speed. I usually hit leadoff and I bunted a lot—homeruns were not my thing. One day when I was in my twenties, a new Cuban coach said something surprising: You [...]
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Posted in Jobs on Dec 28th, 2010
I’m a huge baseball fan: I love to watch baseball, play baseball, and think about how my life would be different if I would’ve made it as a pro baseball player. It would still be a dream of mine to play just one season of pro ball, be it in the minor leagues or an [...]
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Posted in Gadget Lust on Dec 27th, 2010
It’s no secret: I’ve been obsessing over buying a new cell phone for months. I counted down the days until my two-year contract with T-Mobile was up so I could get the latest and greatest phone. It did not go as I expected. I found out I was on a weird plan that was cheaper [...]
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Posted in Budgeting, Gadget Lust on Dec 22nd, 2010
A month ago I thought my contract with T-Mobile was up, so I called them up to see why I couldn’t upgrade to a new phone on their website. I had been obsessing over buying a new phone and I was finally ready to pull the trigger. Here’s what they said: Sir, you aren’t on [...]
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