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Ulmer had realized that ecstasis can be accessed through a host of different pursuits. And that realization, as she says, “saved my life.” Since making this discovery, she has designed and built some of Burning Man’s most famous art cars (including the one Tony Hsieh moved to his Downtown Project in Las Vegas). She also trained as a meditation and performance coach, and now leads Zen ski camps. She hasn’t had to risk her life for a thrill in years. “I still measure the quality of my life by the number of times I get into the zone,” explains Ulmer. “If I spend two weeks at Burning Man and only get that experience a handful of times, then I feel cheated. It wasn’t worth it. But now I can try different things. That’s the real change. Now I know I have options, that there are actual comparisons to make.”
Stealing Fire
Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal
When I was in school my parents and teachers always warned me, "You've got to study as hard as you can while you're in school.
Otherwise when you grow up you'll regret not having studied more when you were young." But after I left school I never thought that, not even once. For me it was more regret that I hadn't done more things I enjoyed doing. Being forced to do that kind of rote memorization, I felt, wasted my life. But maybe I'm an extreme case.
Novelist as a Vocation
Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel, and Ted Goossen
They seem to think that their desire to work for XYZ is sufficient to make XYZ desire them in turn. I always encourage the students to address their employer’s self-love and not just their humanity—to come up with some reason XYZ will benefit from hiring them. How would your skills serve the goals of XYZ? Do you have any idea what those goals are? The idea that other people care about themselves is generally a good thing to remember if you want them to do something for you in return.
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
Russ Roberts
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