Zach’s Blog

How Believing You’re a Miracle Can Change Everything

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Miracle is defined in dictionaries as “…a highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment that brings very welcome consequences.” Imagine that you and 2.5 million of your friends get together to play a game of dice. The dice has one trillion sides. What is the probability that you and each of your 2.5 million friends … Read more

How Learning to Fly Fish Taught Me to Not Give Up

I’ve been teaching myself to fly fish this summer. And it’s been a complete disaster. I’ve spent the majority of my time either literally in the river (you’re not supposed to wade in raging rapids apparently), picking flies out of the skin on my face or the trees behind me, and faking casting (flinging the line all … Read more