by PepTalksBlog | 2016-11-29 | Motivation, Foundational
Have you ever heard of the infamous “27 club”? The club refers to a number of exceptionally “talented” musicians who all passed away at the age 27. It includes some of my favorite artists like Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, Robert Johnson,...
by PepTalksBlog | 2016-11-18 | Mindset
Imagine life itself came knocking at your door. And the first thing she said was “How can I help you today?” “You can have any life you desire. Nothing is impossible. But after you choose it, there’s no going back.” What would you tell her? Would you...
by PepTalksBlog | 2016-11-17 | Addiction, Foundational
I have a confession to make: For most of my teenage years I was addicted. I was going to finish that sentence with “…to alcohol” but as I’ll explain later, I don’t believe that’s true. Even though it definitely looked like it from an...
by PepTalksBlog | 2016-10-27 | Foundational, Mindset
Have you ever seen one of those weird maps from earlier times that just seem very funny and… Well… totally wrong? I’m talking about maps like these: It’s crazy to imagine that somehow people in those times were still able to use them to navigate themselves through the...
by PepTalksBlog | 2016-10-06 | Experiments
Can you survive without ever sleeping longer than 20 minutes? According to conventional knowledge, you can’t. But a little over a yea ago, I decided to do something dangerous: Test if it was actually true. I read reports from fellow bloggers about...