Travel Tales Thoughts on Coming Home (Part 3): These Things Traveling Taught “I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” – Lillian Smith, American writer This is Part 3 of a 5-part piece called Thoughts on Coming Home. After a long journey like mine, it Written by Matthew January 30, 2013August 12, 2013
Travel Tales The Scariest Place “All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it’s impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.” – Niccolò Machia Written by Matthew December 20, 2012June 12, 2013
Travel Tales The GiveLiveExplore Comfort Challenge-Challenge: Stories From the Trenches (And Voting!) “Nobody ever died of discomfort, yet living in the name of comfort has killed more ideas, more opportunities, more actions, and more growth than everything else combined.” – T. Harv Eker Two weeks ago when I shared the details of my uncomfortable date with a sexy Serb, I came to th Written by Matthew November 28, 2012September 26, 2013
Travel Tales A Really Uncomfortable Date (Plus a Contest!) “Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.” – Brendan Francis Behan, Irish writer There’s a concept that best-selling author, entrepreneur, and my personal hero Tim Ferriss introduces in his book The 4-Hour Wo Written by Matthew November 15, 2012August 12, 2013
Travel Tales Conquering The Fear of Missing Out “He remained annoyed with himself until he realized that not knowing what he wanted was actually quite natural. We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.” – Milan Kundera, Written by Matthew August 16, 2012September 4, 2013