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Saturday Morning with Rick Lewis
"Do you still feel emotionally blocked, Chao?" That’s the question Rick Lewis asked me on Saturday morning during his Pivot to the Podium masterclass…
Aug 23
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Chao Lam
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My trip down Nigerian scams
Why are Nigerian scams filled with typos and grammatical errors? The smug may think the scammers are just ignorant, but the most convincing reason I've…
Aug 14
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Chao Lam
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July 2023
Writing vs Coding
When I deploy/publish software, there's usually nobody using it (just like my writing), but when eventually somebody actually uses it, I get to see what…
Jul 28
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Chao Lam
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May 2023
In praise of rabbit holes
"When I grow up, I want to be just like Chris Wong ." I know, I know coming from a nearly 60 year-old man this sounds facetious, but in a…
May 25
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Chao Lam
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Creating online doesn't have to be lonely
I was sprawled on all fours. It was my first Yoga class. My Downward Dog looked more like doing a push-up. I glanced sideways to the much more poised…
May 17
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Chao Lam
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What IKEA taught me
Dear David, This substack wouldn’t exist without Write of Passage. I’m learning so much, even as I am retaking the class. I look forward to every one of…
May 10
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Chao Lam
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Live in the Future Now
My wife gently chides me about my shiny $3 Temu handheld food slicer. Instead of slicing the long strip as I feed it, the scallion flops under the…
May 3
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Chao Lam
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April 2023
IF stuck THEN zoom in OR out
"Life is a fractal," I tell my brother. He's the world traveler who has observed Emperor Penguins waddling in Antarctica and been inside musty old tombs…
Apr 26
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Chao Lam
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Join me on Notes
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Apr 15
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Chao Lam
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January 2023
Startups and Frugality
Your life is your first venture. Like a startup, you should be intimately and viscerally aware of why and how you spend your money and time. As in…
Jan 18
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Chao Lam
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December 2022
Atomization and Reconfiguring
This week’s newsletter from Chris W ’s Unknown Unknowns was just filled with one mind bomb after another. After falling down many a pleasurable rabbit…
Dec 17, 2022
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Chao Lam
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Contrarian Bets
I’m a frugal person by nature and have spent many a happy break just whiling around the Reddit board r/frugal looking for lifestyle tips to save that…
Dec 3, 2022
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Chao Lam
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