Author: matt

  • Fountain Pens for Beginners

    If you’re like me, you’ll read a lot, you’ll feel lost, and you’ll be intimidated. And then eventually, after months and months of reading stuff that you barely understand, you’ll decide to take the plunge and buy a pen and see what happens. You’ll make some mistakes, but eventually after some trial and error, you’ll…

  • On being a Jack of All Trades

    Stumbling upon an article from Tim Ferris on being a Jack of All Trades, reminded me about my decision to become a generalist a few years back. I can’t quite recall whether it was after reading a Robert Kiyosaki book, or the 4-hour Work Week, or something else, but I did make the decision, and…

  • On migrant workers

    When Phadendra Kumar Shrestha heard about the cupboardful of abandoned passports, he knew he was in trouble. The 27-year-old migrant worker from Sindhuli district, Nepal, had travelled to Malaysia on the promise of a salary more than double what he could ever hope to earn at home, but the contents of the cupboard made him…

  • The story of the Mexican fisherman

    This is a story that I read in a book somewhere. I can’t recall which book it was, but it’s a story that has stuck with me. I managed to find a version of it at Be More With Less, which I’ve reposted below. The story of the Mexican fisherman An American investment banker was…

  • Our mobile addiction

    via ParisLemon Unfortunately this is how most modern families are nowadays. We need to learn to disconnect ourselves from our gadgets and distractions.