tell the truth.
I've realized that almost every time that I'm lying, I've knowingly made an avoidable mistake. Other times I lie, I'm dealing with ignorance. Now, as I make a decision, I wonder "Will I be forced to lie about this?" With this method, I find that I force out simpler ideas that have understandable consequences. This also allows me to take intelligent risks and discuss my decision process with others.

compete and win.
I'm better able to focus on the tasks that need to be executed to advance my interests. Allowing me to put more effort to fight as aggressively as I possibly can.

always be testing.
It's easy to sit around and write theoretical plans about executing e.g. business plans. If I'm continually testing myself and my ideas then I am producing battle-tested results. I'm also encouraged to focus on testable tasks which eliminates a large amount of wasteful activities.

focus, focus, focus.
Exclusively work on tasks that are essential in attaining a particular goal.

confident yet humble.
Life is always a balance. I feel this statement gives myself a floor and a ceiling for how I should maintain myself.

attract intense passion.
Intensely passionate people can accomplish anything. If I surround myself with them, I will too.

consistent execution wins.
It's claimed "better to under-promise and over-deliver". It's easy to excel once or to under-claim just to exceed yourself. It's better to learn what you are able to deliver and push yourself to consistently execute.

acheive unreasonable goals.
Push myself to the edge until I've beaten my own expectations for what's possible.

challenge your assumptions.
I understand my evaluation criteria and consider if I'm being influenced by incorrect information.

altruistically maintain focus.
Sometimes I become so focused on my task that I forget what I've set out to do in the first place: Help others. As long as I know that everything I do ends up helping someone other than myself, I'll always find happiness in my work. The problem with pure competition: becoming so aggressive that only harm is produced from the activities. To diffuse this situation I "passionately compete to help others." I compete to ensure my activities help others better and faster than everyone else.

Re-starting my blog again! Yes, I've started it three times already and re-started once before. But now will be different...

Anyway, this post is short it just talks about what this blog will be all about:

• All posts are < 2500 characters (excluding whitespace), because I think everything I will say should be under a page. Also, if I discover more information instead of just appending previous posts and creating large mythical tomes that no will care to read, I will try to creatively work in new insights.
• I am prohibiting myself from using the word: "not", hence "couldn't", "wouldn't", etc. are prohibited.
• I activated comments for all users.
• One post per week. The post will have the most activity over that week, so keep checking back. If there's substantial updates later I'll post them on Twitter or the then most popular online messenger.
• You can submit posts to this blog via post@dasickis.posterous.com and I can moderate it once it comes in!