Half Man Half Noodle

  • What all the greats have in common?

    If you read every single autobiography you will find they all have one thing in common. From Michael Jordan to Madonna to Steve Jobs to Oprah to Buddy Rich. They all did their thing. They didn’t just read about doing their thing, nor did they spend all their time talking about what it would look…

  • Lost in time

    When you catch yourself completely lost in time doing anything that fills you with excitement, remember that and do more of it. If sitting at your laptop jotting down little ideas for a comedy sketch entertains you, do more of that. If spending an hour trying out new exercises at the gym fills you with…

  • The land of the want

    There’s the land of the want, then there’s the land of the do. You can only get what you want if you spend time working in the land of do. You will only appreciate getting what you want, once you have spent time away from your loved ones working hard and finding out if it’s…

  • Four Thousand Weeks

    Four Thousand Weeks

    Rating 9.5/10. Up there with Meditations. – Our modern way of thinking about time is so deeply entrenched that we forget it even is a way of thinking; we’re like the proverbial fish who have no idea what water is, because it surrounds them completely. – We imagine time to be something separate from us…

  • Enough

    Roof over your head? Food in your belly? Someone to love? Something to work towards? This is everything. The keys to a life of enjoyment. Instead, we want more, we look to others for what to want next, we worry. We get jealous. We struggle to rest and be kind. In moments of absolute calm…

  • Create your own pocket

    By “own pocket” I mean a space where you lay down your words, your ideas, your art. A way to find, develop then reinvent your voice. I’ve been spending too much time consuming. Gorging myself on media. A video about the homeless of California, a podcast with Alex Hormozi, the book Everything is Figureoutable and a…