Brandon Wilson @therealbrandonwilson

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I saw a post on the website Cheezburger.com, which somehow floated to my SmartNews feed. First of all, writing a paragraph and then posting screenprints of comments from social media does not count as anything close to a news story. Nevertheless, since I have personal experience with the topic, I...
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So much for pre-orders

Exactly one month ago, I pre-ordered Vishen Lakhiani's new book, The Six Phase Meditation Method. I still don't have it.

Vishen was at the Biohacking Conference last month, and I was intrigued by his description of his six-phase approach to meditation, which can be done in 15-20 minutes. I pre-ordered the...
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2022-10-20 14:17:30

I should have bought two iPhones

I wrote previously about my experience buying the first iPhone in 2007. After reading this story, I should have bought an extra one! An unopened original iPhone just sold for $39,000 at auction.Β 

There may have been a purchase limit on the iPhones, but I don't remember. I'm sure they...
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2022-10-17 15:41:26

Mr. Friday

A friend of mine borrowed some money from me a month ago, and he just paid some of it back today. My reply to his ο£Ώ payment was the following: "Mr. Friday is back in action."

We met at work when we were both temps over twenty years ago. He's...
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2022-10-14 14:00:10

The reward for doing a good job is more work

A buddy of mine said that his company suddenly and unexpectedly announced 15 layoffs, including his manager and two employees on his team. Those employees received three months of salary as part of their severance package. My buddy remains with the company having to take on seven additional clients for...
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2022-10-13 14:44:26

No-show

I had a Teams interview today for which the candidate was a no-show. Not a good sign. Usually, the excuse given for showing up late or not at all is that they couldn't get Teams to work. Wouldn't you launch Teams ahead of time and make sure everything is working...
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2022-10-12 16:20:58

They'll let anyone in!

This week, my neighbor suddenly began frantically knocking on my door. I didn't hear her because I was on the phone, and the new Air Pods Pro 2 earbuds have exceptional noise cancellation. My neighbor proceeded to call me, and I knew something was up because of her escalation to...
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2022-10-11 19:07:03

Smashing Pumpkins Syndrome

What are we calling him these days? Yeezy, Ye? Since those are non-names, I shall use Kanye West. I made the claim toΒ  abrahamKim that the song Gold Digger is his masterpiece. Sir Abe suggested it's one of his masterpieces, so I asked...
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2022-10-06 14:58:09

Webinar

"I signed up for a free webinar on Thursday."

"Oh yah? What's it about?"

"Increase energy, decrease anxiety all through breathing."

"Wim Hof?"

"No, Ari Whitten."

"Never heard of him."

"I hadn't either, but Dave Asprey promoted this webinar, so I signed up for it. I looked him up and looks like he's got a book...
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2022-09-27 17:20:03

9/11

"I don't fly on 9/11."

"Why not?"

"Duh!? The World Trade Centers??"

"So what. You think they would do something again on the same day?"

"I wouldn't put it past terrorists since that was supposedly some special date in the first place."

"I think 9/11 would actually be one of the safest days to fly....
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2022-09-11 14:43:58

Transformational reboot

I wanted to write a few thoughts that I didn't share in today's Be Wellthy newsletter about my experience at 40 Years of Zen last week.

People throw around the words "life-changing" and "transformational" all the time. The hyperbole has inured us from the impact when an event or experience is...
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2022-08-29 17:33:21