Hello! My name is Kenji and welcome to my blog. I'm a writer, coder and right brainer. I write about personal growth, the creative process, career development and web technology. I also practice Vipassana Meditation.
Ignoring the hard truths of life is a dangerous thing to do. Unfortunately, because the truth is so damn scary, it’s something we all do from time to time. In order to ignore them we tell ourselves lies–lies that warp our view of reality to the point where we’re incapable of knowing the actions we [...]
When contending with a superior force, the worst possible strategy is to face your enemy head-on. Unfortunately, this is what most people do on the job hunt. They scan the listings on Monster.com and Craigslist, shoot off resumes and sit and hope. If you do this, know that hundreds if not thousands of applicants are doing [...]
It’s easy to regard the telephone as a relic that serves no purpose but to clutter your desk and gather dust. Now that twitter, facebook and linkedin have conquered the internet, cold calling seems as primitive as clubbing your mate and dragging them into your cave. The problem with cold-calling is that most people misunderstand [...]
Hello All, Just a quick announcement today. I’ve put together a blog to help promote my web app. As you might expect, The Goldhat Blog will have articles on new features as well as some tips and tricks for how to use the app more effectively. But I’d like to go beyond the regular web [...]
Over the course of my life I had started many ambitious projects and had abandoned most of them. I’d begin a project with enthusiasm, but somewhere in the middle I would regard my efforts as feeble and inadequate, and wondered whether or not it all was a waste of time. Forcing myself to work made [...]
As some of you know, I’ve been working full-time on a web application that I believe could help many more people make money online. Although I had planned not to reveal the concept of the website until it was launched, in order to be able to do business with online merchant account providers I had [...]
If you Google the words “How to become self-employed,” you’ll find a lot of advice about quitting your job, creating a plan for your own business, and of course, a few too good to be true pyramid schemes that promise a six figure income in just half a year. Most of these blog articles and [...]