Category: Papi Knox

Does this sound like you? You’ve read books about forming habits. Read academic studies on the subject. Watched Youtube videos and TED Talks by experts. Yet in 2023 with all that information, you still do not have a comprehensive way of changing your life on demand. That’s because your approach is flawed. See, information is…

Stress gets a bad wrap. It’s the boogeyman everyone wants to escape. The menacing creature nagging at your pleasure. The disastrous word incites visceral reactions in so many. Yet it is a neutral tool that is so ordinary it need not be discussed. Stress is life. The moment you’re conceived, your life of stress begins.…

Your habits define you mate. Call em “good” or “bad”, but they only reflect what you value. It’s how we all perceive you since we know it is how You, see yourself. A man with six-pack abs has a different set of habits than a man who can’t see what color his belt is. Which…

A violinist played for 45 minutes in the New York subway. A handful of people stopped, a couple clapped, and the violinist raised about $30 in tips. No one knew this violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best in the world. That day he played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with…

Language is a funny thing. It frames everything, but if the wording or definitions are off, it leads us to disaster. For instance, what’s “right” and what’s “wrong”. Or what’s a “villain” and what’s a “hero”. Sometimes our heroes lie, and often villains save lives. So what’s the truth? Amateurs tell you, “It’s somewhere in-between”.…

When I was homeless, the idea of someone having a $10K to their name was MIND BLOWING. Then a funny thing happened. I started being invited to $50K events, for free. I met guys who casually threw down $50K just to have coffee and shake another guy’s hands. Suddenly wanting $10K in savings seemed trivial.…

 In 2023 you’re going to hear a new topic touted in modern psych BS. Collective trauma. It’s not new, but old. This is the latest of “misery loves company” where people bond over shared traumas. No different than any support group. You’ll hear that term and others they come up with as they go. Thing…

Charlemagne The God is world famous. Why? Because he’s honest and vulnerable. People celebrate that idea. Mainly women because once you reveal your weaknesses, you are harmless to them. They know everything about you. Some guys celebrate honesty too. You hear them tell complete strangers their life story. Online or offline. “I’m just being honest.…

Published: Tue, 12/27/22Today’s email is short. Google introduced me to the photographer and artist Brian Kravitz. Now I’m a fan. It is a spectacular reminder that beauty is all around us, if only you would stop to appreciate it all as you go. That is the true nature of meditation afterall. Be well, — Papi Knox

Published: Mon, 12/26/22 The language you use frames everything you think, and then do. For instance: “Don’t think about a pink elephant named Frank, riding a tricycle on the way to the market while juggling pears.” I told you not to do it, and you not only thought it, but acted on it too. Maybe you…