Blog of Josh Hall

You don’t need to be the best. You’re already the best -you- there will every be.

You don’t need to be first. No one cares but you.

Don’t waste your time in lines for new places or new experiences or new products. Novelty wears off and your time is valuable. A Nathan’s hotdog for 5 cents, for example, is a great deal, but waiting hours for it is stupid.

Nothing good happens after midnight.

People watching is completely and only acceptable when both the viewer and the viewee are in public spaces and real time. Any deviation from that is creepy. Clarification: there are some gray areas, like being seated at a restaurant. Sure, it’s public, but the seated area is more exclusive/private than open spaces. This leaves wiggle […]

Think for yourself.  At the risk of sounding too much like Emerson, form your own opinions.  Don’t just swallow the expert’s advice.  The fact is, sometimes they’re wrong or sometimes you’re different than what they’re generalizing.  If they’re right, then great, but at least you know why they think that way and why you agree with […]