James McCullough

James McCullough

An entrepreneur, a writer, a father, a paleo-eating polymath, fuelled by Blue Bottle Coffee. I work as a consultant for boutique hotels.
Feb
06

Tsundoku or Reading in 2017

A magical Japanese word that describes me perfectly.
3 min read
Jan
03

Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday

Mindfulness and Buddhism in the east, Stoicism in the west. Both have approaches that have been helpful for me over the years.
2 min read
Dec
31

Turning 7 Years Old

> While French is still her second language, her mastery of English is becoming rather scary. If she sees words
5 min read
Dec
11

Doing the Work

> I’m trying to figure out why I don’t write more… why don’t I share my thoughts
2 min read
Nov
24

Mindfulness Reading List

Partially inspired by Ryan Holiday’s Reading Recommendation [http://ryanholiday.net/reading-newsletter/] Newsletter, I thought I would compile a list
7 min read
Nov
11

37- Absence

> Putting the emphasis back on me and not putting so much energy towards negative things that have happened in
3 min read
Oct
26

Thoughts On Money

> For the monks, this way of life expressed simplicity. It wasn’t an expression of poverty mentality. With this
4 min read
Apr
01

Five Years and Counting

Five years ago, I decided to try something new. After months of applying and looking for work, I received an
3 min read
Feb
27

Revisiting The Kindle 2nd Generation

When I started reading Deep Work [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1455586692/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&
2 min read
Feb
18

iPad As New Literacy

> Anything that is truly new must feel unfamiliar; if it doesn’t feel unfamiliar it is not truly new.
3 min read

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Turning 7 Years Old

> While French is still her second language, her mastery of English is becoming rather scary. If she sees words somewhere, she’s reading it. It doesn’t matter if is a minor sign saying the hours of a business, or a major one like the strata rules for our

Doing the Work

> I’m trying to figure out why I don’t write more… why don’t I share my thoughts and ideas more often than I do? Why do I feel so often have this feeling of perpetual stuckness? What’s strange is that I don’t even think I

Mindfulness Reading List

Partially inspired by Ryan Holiday’s Reading Recommendation [http://ryanholiday.net/reading-newsletter/] Newsletter, I thought I would compile a list of books I have read this past year on my path of mindfulness. Ryan tends to read a lot of books- his emails list at least five books and some

37- Absence

> Putting the emphasis back on me and not putting so much energy towards negative things that have happened in my life has improved my outlook on life. It is still difficult at times, of course, and I know failure is right around the corner once again. When it does

Thoughts On Money

> For the monks, this way of life expressed simplicity. It wasn’t an expression of poverty mentality. With this monastic approach, you don’t worry about survival. You live day-to-day. You think just of today; you don’t think of tomorrow. Tomorrow comes, it doesn’t come- either way,

Five Years and Counting

Five years ago, I decided to try something new. After months of applying and looking for work, I received an email from a former employer asking me if I could do some work for them from a distance. That led to another hotel contacting me, and off I went on

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