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Learn the Guitar as a Busy Adult: 22 Practical Tips Preface I started playing the guitar when I was 33 years old to fulfill a lifelong dream. The journey started when I walked into Guitar Center and bought a $150 Yamaha acoustic guitar - along with a...
A Big Career Pivot Why I am leaving the legal industry after 20 years to pursue a different career. My Legal Career I passed the California Bar Exam in 2009 - so if you want to count that as the beginning of my legal career, I have been in the...
Genius: What Does It Mean To Be A Genius? Curiosity is what drives genius. You follow your curiosity, and if you keep going for long enough, you find genius. I estimate that it’s about 10,000 hours of work for 5 minutes of genius, give or take. Geniuses...
What Does It Mean to Be A Professional? This question is meaningful to me because I take my hobbies seriously. If I had my way, I would spend all my time on my hobbies and absolutely zero time on my ''job.'' But there's a catch. When you do your...
Why I Started Signaigo Legal Content This article was originally published on my LinkedIn profile. The Origins The year is 2019. The world is about to change because of Covid, but nobody knows it yet. I have recently joined the Peace Corps and am preparing to move...
Reflecting on Model Citizen: The Book I Didn't Publish I wrote a book I never published and probably never will. At the time, I considered it a failure. But that book wasn't meant to make me famous. It wasn't meant to launch me into the stratosphere with Mark Twain...