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Chain-Smoking Drug Dealer Sizes Up Customer With One Glance

November 5, 2020 by Nate Rifkin

A little before 1PM, I peeled off my headphones and glanced around. The traffic rolled lazily enough that I could almost hear the click of the streetlight’s switch from red to green. To the west, the Rocky Mountains stood like bouncers to a nightclub. Arapahoe street seemed to scoop down toward them and I wished …

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Category: Daoism, Origin Story

Beware The Abusive Guru

October 31, 2020 by Nate Rifkin

“He turned around, looked at me, and said, ‘I will rearrange your face.’” Nina grabbed my leg and stretched it as she continued her story. “But you know what? I was really proud of myself. He didn’t cock his arm back. I saw that. He wasn’t actually going to hit me. So I didn’t flinch.” …

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Category: Mindset, Origin Story

Does Your Partner Hold You Back? Do You Hold Your Partner Back?

October 15, 2020 by Nate Rifkin

The truck meep meep meeped a warning as it slid into the bay doors and thudded to a stop. Its odor seeped into the warehouse. When this happened, my first strategy was denial. Maybe I could just ignore the smell. Or maybe it’d be different this time. We’d unlatch the back door, grab the handle, …

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Category: Mindset, Origin Story

Oatmeal raisin cookies. I still ate them.

June 22, 2018 by Nate Rifkin
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Category: Origin Story

Six-Year Promise Fulfilled: Losing A Mercedes-Benz Key At Rooney Road Trailhead

June 8, 2018 by Nate Rifkin

“Damn I can see why this kicked my ass six years ago.” Less than an hour before this revelation, I strode from my apartment to Broadway street and unlocked a Mercedes-Benz I’d reserved. For the past few weeks, I had been enjoying the service Car2Go. They have a fleet of cars parked throughout Denver. If …

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Category: Origin Story

Don’t Fire Negative People From Your Life – Here’s The Weird Reason Why

January 5, 2018 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 of …

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Category: Mindset, Origin Story

Vicodin – Tony Soprano – Capital One – Almost Homeless At Guru MasterMind

October 31, 2017 by Nate Rifkin

In 2008, I flew to Los Angeles and took a shuttle to some hotel, with drugs in my bag and anxiety about my finances stewing in my brain. Writing this almost a decade later, I don’t remember the name of the hotel or which month it was. Heck, I’m fuzzy on the year. Just a …

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Category: Origin Story

Gifts For My Co-Workers – Origin Story Part 37

August 24, 2017 by Nate Rifkin

How the heck do I say all this in Spanish? I thought to myself… before giving up and deciding to leave my fate to Google Translate. Eh, I figured a language translation faux pas wouldn’t be an issue in a written letter. Especially if it also contained a $20 bill as a gift. My horrible …

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Category: Origin Story

Quitting – Origin Story Part 36

August 6, 2017 by Nate Rifkin

“We might have a position opening soon. But it’s only part-time, and it’s the graveyard shift.” A little after 4PM, I stood at the end of an aisle in King Soopers. I’d just driven most of the way home after a workshift, and stopped by the grocery store just a block from my condo. It …

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Category: Origin Story
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