// by Nate Rifkin
“When the cop started knocking on my door, I knew I had to answer. They kicked me out of my room. I tried talking to the front desk, but the cop said, ‘NO. YOU NEED TO LEAVE THE PREMISES NOW.’”That’s what David told me, when I called to find out what was going on.Jeez, and I thought I had a …
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// by Nate Rifkin
As I raced along the side of the road, I heard the rumbling of the massive engine behind me. Little did I realize that I was moments away from receiving an open, bleeding wound.I tried look inconspicuous. As though I weren’t in any hurry at all. But in truth, I was 100% focused on beating that …
// by Nate Rifkin
“I get up every morning around 7AM…”San Diego. March 2016. I think.I was standing with a group of mimosa-sipping business owners, when someone asked about my writing schedule.“First I shower. Then I meditate. Then I sit down to write.”I described my process, and how I feel at a …
// by Nate Rifkin
One spring morning in 2010, I woke up, ambled over to my computer, and discovered my partners cheated me out of a business.I didn’t find out by receiving a long email. Or even an angry phone call.Instead, it was because I checked on something that seemed slightly amiss. The day before, one …
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// by Nate Rifkin
Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump.I focused on the gaps between my footfalls – when I floated through space, and my spine lengthened and aligned. Then, when my feet landed, coiling like springs… I focused on blasting off again, from my hips.It was around 8AM, just south of downtown Baltimore, at …
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// by Nate Rifkin
One early morning, while it was still dark outside, a friend of mine bolted awake in a cold sweat.Even though he lived under a roof with his wife and five children, he felt completely alone. Because, instead of providing for them, he was leading the entire family into a death spiral of …
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// by Nate Rifkin
The school hallway loomed as large as an airplane hangar as I paced towards the Principal’s Office. Without the crowds of kids shuffling from class to class, or dashing out the door to busses, everything felt eerily quiet and empty. Especially to a small nine-year-old.I was in trouble for …
// by Nate Rifkin
A couple evenings after launching Should You Date Nate, I stood in my bedroom doing a brief standing meditation. Similar to a practice called zhan zhuang.After a couple minutes, I sensed a peculiar, pleasant energy flowing to me from all directions. And from many, many different sources. As if I …
// by Nate Rifkin
“It’d be nice to be locked in a prison cell,” I thought.I sat in my condo in Boulder, Colorado, facing a television set. Tuned to some blaring nonsense. Papers were strewn about my floor. Outside chirped a world full of distractions.I was pondering productivity. Going deep – mastering …