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2023

10 Ways to Unfuck Your Life

Mastering Your Social Anxiety

The Beginner Mindset (And Why I Envy You)

2022

How Trust Runs the World

2021

3 Life Lessons I Learned From Will Smith

Behind the Scenes: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Documentary

3 Crazy Theories That Might Actually Be True

Why I Am Not a Stoic

2020

The “Once in a Lifetime” Paradox

Who Wants to Live Forever?

Why We All Need Philosophy

The Best and the Worst of Someone

The Dangers of Distrust

The Great “Meaning” Trend

2019

10 Important Lessons We Learned From the 2010s

Three Months Later: Does the Attention Diet Work?

The Best Parts of Travel Are the Things You Don’t Remember

The Paradox of Progress

2018

How I Ended Up Working With Will Smith

Stop Trying to Change Yourself

On Rock Music and Writing: The Fight to Stay Creative in the Face of Success

2017

10 Cool Things About the Brain and What It Means for You

The Real Value of Money

The Most Important Skill in Life

The Creative Advantages of Ignorance

The Paradox of Success

Further Reading and References for The Subtle Art

Reflections on Aging

2016

The Most Important Year of My Life

The Future of Self

How Your Insecurity Is Bought and Sold

2015

Why I Have a Potty Mouth

Romance Is Like Alcohol

5 Things That Should Be Taught in Every School

2014

5 Life Lessons From 5 Years of Traveling the World

2013

Why Everyone on the Internet Is an Asshole

The Dark Side of the Digital Nomad

5 Life Lessons I Learned From Playing Guitar

The Bad Acid Trip

“Check, Please” – A Short Story About Perspective

2012

The Borders of Sexual Harassment

An Open Letter to My 18-Year-Old Self

10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America

The Ipanema Boardwalk

When The Fall Comes

2011

Woman Lovers and Woman Haters