How to Make Impossible a Thing of the Past

 (more at avanoo.wordpress.com) Water can turn into wine… humans can walk through steel reinforced walls… and world hunger can be eradicated. These things will happen because, simply, nature dictates that they must happen. And because there are people that...

How to Make Your Dream a Reality… Even if Others Say You Aren’t Qualified...

(more at avanoo.wordpress.com) We live in a world where dreams come true… where the impossible becomes possible … where the triumphs of the humanity are on display on every street corner. Yet, for whatever reason, many of us aren’t pursuing our dreams. Fuck that!...

Lessons From Great Minds on How to Turn Big Successes into Big Failures

(available on Avanoo.wordpress.com) Thomas Edison was quoted as saying that he thought it’d probably take just two weeks to invent a light bulb. His estimate was a little off! It took him more than two years, during which time he experimented (and failed) with over six...

What To Say When Someone Asks You What "It" Means

(story available on avanoo.wordpress.com) The Indianapolis Colts had just capped an amazing comeback and were going to the Super Bowl! People in the Pussycat Lounge were cheering, taking shots, and giving each other hugs and high fives! I was happy too… but I also had to...

What To Say When Someone Asks You What "It" Means

(story available on avanoo.wordpress.com) The Indianapolis Colts had just capped an amazing comeback and were going to the Super Bowl! People in the Pussycat Lounge were cheering, taking shots, and giving each other hugs and high fives! I was happy too… but I also had to...

Three Surefire Steps for Improving the World… Regardless of How You Choose ...

(full article and many more like it on avanoo.wordpress.com) Just a hundred yards or so from my house, on my way home from the coffee shop this morning, I felt a tug on my jeans… and heard a voice from the direction of the tug. “Hey… dreamy guy!” I jumped back...

Why Jefferson, Churchill, Gandhi, and Clinton’s Vices Don’t Overshadow Th...

(go to avanoo.wordpress.com for full article)   Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal” was a slaveholder. So is my friend Marcia, a dominatrix. But whereas Jefferson claimed to treat his...

Tomorrow’s Sex Will Be So Much Better than Today’s… Are You Ready For It?

(article available at avanoo.wordpress.com) Sex today isn’t that good (just ask Japanese women, only 10% of whom say they have good sex). And even when it’s good (like in Austria, where 80% of men say they have good sex), it can be better. That’s because sex, like...

Don’t Be a Dude Yamaha: A Gripping Story of Life and Death in Silicon Valley

Dude Yamaha is a venture capitalist. But Dude Yamaha isn’t his real name. Perhaps I’ll save that for the book. Or perhaps I’ll forever keep it a secret… one known only to Wilford, myself, and a few super-savvy code breakers! I once thought it’d be years before...

Don’t Be a Dude Yamaha: A Gripping Story of Life and Death in Silicon Valley

(available on avanoo.wordpress.com) Dude Yamaha is a venture capitalist. But Dude Yamaha isn’t his real name. Perhaps I’ll save that for the book. Or perhaps I’ll forever keep it a secret… one known only to Wilford, myself, and a few super-savvy code breakers! I...

Science Has Debunked the Happiness Myth... Why Aren't People Listening

(available on avanoo.wordpress.com) About a year ago, a friend returned from a harrowing stint in Iraq and wanted to treat himself to something special.  So he bought a big truck.  Not one of the sissy trucks that most of his army buddies drove… No, he bought...

Science has debunked the self esteem myth.... why aren't people listening?

(from avanoo.wordpress.com) One of my best friends in college used to complain after every test he took. “I failed… I fucking failed,” he’d say. He was usually inconsolable. But, like clockwork, when he received the test back, he had aced it. He went on to be a...