Earlier this year, I had several weeks of chronic back pain, right under my shoulder blades, and I could not figure out why it kept coming back. Even after a deep massage, the pain would return. Nothing fully reset the area. Then I spoke with a friend who is a physiotherapist. She suggested something I had never considered: it might be my breathing. For whatever reason, I had slipped into bad breathing habits. I was no longer fully expanding my lungs, and that meant the muscles under my shoulder blades were not getting stretched with each breath. They were tensing up, locked in place. I was also beginning to experience a bit of diastasis recti after recovering from a hernia. Once again, the culprit seemed to be my breathing,specifically, the fact that I was not exhaling completely. I was only working with the middle third of my lung capacity, never fully emptying or filling my lungs. I was also beginning to experience a bit of diastasis recti after recovering from a hernia. Once again, the culprit seemed to be my breathing,specifically, the fact that I was not exhaling completely. I was living in the middle third of my lung capacity, never fully emptying or filling my lungs. Whenever I sprinted or did intense cardio, the pain would ease, but I assumed it was because of warmed-up muscles. In truth, it was the breathing that helped. Deep, natural, forced breathing. Since then, I have been consciously retraining myself to breathe deeper and exhale more fully. It takes a little time for the effects to become automatic again, but it works. Posture improves. Pain fades. Energy returns. Bad breathing sabotages posture, energy, and muscular function. Fixing it changed everything.

If the left were truly about helping the downtrodden, they would be chanting “no slaves”, urging people to free themselves from the shackles of control. Instead, they chant “no kings”, because what they really hate is sovereignty. They hate that a man could be high agency, self-governing, and capable of leading himself. They do not fear oppression. They fear independence. But we should be striving to embody the spirit of kingship, the judge, the warrior, the provider. Sovereign men who take full responsibility for their lives and lead with strength, courage and honor. Every man a king. That is the spirit they want to kill. And that is the spirit we must revive.

I'm very happy it helped.

When someone says, “You’re perfect the way you are,” they might mean well, but they are sabotaging you. None of us are perfect. We can all improve. A better thing to say is, “I love you just the way you are.” That leaves room for growth. It affirms love without denying reality. The same applies when encouraging others, be specific. If you tell your child “I love you,” let them know why. Maybe it is as simple as, “Because you are my son.” Or go deeper: “I love how brave you are,” or “I love that you always try your best.” I love my wife because she is loyal, easygoing, hardworking, those are virtues I value in her. Naming them reinforces her strengths and shows her what I cherish. When we tell people what we love about them, we help them understand their value, and we give them a reason to keep growing.

Fantastic. Moritz is great!

The most unhappy people are the ones who can’t connect their bad decisions with their unfortunate outcomes.

The quality of the answers we get depends almost entirely on the quality of the questions we ask. It doesn’t matter if we’re asking a human or a machine. Back when I did business consulting, this was the recurring pattern behind most failures: poor communication. Management and employees didn’t ask each other the right questions. They avoided the hard topics. They never bounded the conversation or defined their terms. No clarity. No precision. Everyone just felt their way through, so the answers they got were vague, and the internal flow of information stagnated. I think that’s why I get such good results from AI. After years of solving those communication breakdowns, I know how to ask the kind of question that delivers a clear, focused answer. That doesn’t mean I lead the AI to a specific answer, it means I define the boundaries of the right answer. I make sure only the relevant variables are included, and none are missing. When you ask an AI a question, frame it like a tightly bounded rational argument. You can even start with a rough question, then ask the AI to structure it as a logical argument. From there, you tell it to judge the claim based on first principles, and be specific about whose first principles you mean. Once the rules are clear and the field is defined, AI does excellent work. Usually. Just remember to re-establish those rules every 10 or so questions. Or better, bake them into your system prompt.

When my kids were little, just a few weeks old, I started massaging them every day. I’d stretch their arms and legs, gently squeeze and pinch, not to hurt, just enough to get the blood flowing. I’d move them slowly, brush their skin with my hands or soft baby cloths. As they got older, I added little brushes with different textures. All that physical stimulation? It’s gold. It helps their bodies grow strong, keeps circulation healthy, prevents development imbalances. But even more than that, it awakens their senses. It teaches them how to feel the world. And it’s bonding. Deep, primal bonding. Even now, as they grow older, I still massage them. Still tickle, still dry brush. If you want to be close with your teenagers, you start with moments like this when they’re small. Touch. Attention. Joy. That’s how you build trust that lasts.

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