On Jazz and Classical Music

In 2003 the 16-year old me went into a music store with his father. It had taken years of continuous persuasion but finally I had been convinced by my parents to start playing an instrument: electrical guitar. For me it was the begin of a musical journey: from hard rock to blues to funk; from …

Strain: The art of pushing yourself.

In the beginning of this year I read an article by one of my favorite podcast hosts Patrick O’Shaughnessy about strain and one by the author Ryan Holiday about not being hard enough on ourselves. Lately I was thinking a lot about those topics so I want to share some thoughts about them. Strain O’Shaughnessy …