It’s all perspective

In sixth grade, I lived in an entirely different world. My junior high had a tradition where the sixth graders would play tackle football against the eighth graders. The PE coaches will all be there. For their amusement. As a sixth grader, the eighth graders were all eight feet tall…

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“You’re so lucky you’re talented”

Mom enrolled me in piano lessons and I was terrible. Absolutely awful. I picked it up at a snail's pace and read notes like I was stupid. You know why? I wanted to play football (American). My heart was on going outside. Every chance I got. I compiled football stats.…

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Straight men are supposed to admire beautiful women

If I wrote this article in the 1980s, nobody would have read it. They would have seen the headline and immediately thought "duh!" It was totally normal for a straight guy to admire a beautiful woman. Women knew it too. So they worked on looking good. I've said before that…

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If you’re doing pro work, use pro tools

Hi. My name is Roman. And I'm a workaholic. (Everyone claps). I cannot stop working. It's just what I do. I work. All day long. Often all night long as well. I'll wake up in the middle of the night with an idea then never go back to sleep, working…

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