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Christopher Pierznik is the author of 9 books and has contributed to numerous websites on a variety of topics including music, sports, movies, TV, personal finance, and life. He works in corporate finance and lives in northern New Jersey with his family. His dream is to one day be a member of the Wu-Tang Clan.

This is the second entry in a three-part series on modern life in work and business – you can read part one here.
I recently accepted a new job and the first question everyone asks isn’t “What’s the position?” or “What is the organization?” or even “Is it a promotion?” The question is, “Is it a shorter commute?”

This is the first entry in a three-part series on modern life in work and business.
In a darkened room lit only by the glow of a screen, you continue to hammer away.

Much of the reaction to Jay-Z’s thirteenth album, 4:44, from much of the press is that Jay – finally – has matured and is allowing himself to be shown through his music.

The June 2017 edition of my monthly reading review newsletter.

I know what you’re thinking.

For most of the ’90s, there was really only one hip-hop magazine that truly mattered.

Just as I did last year, here are my quick-hit thoughts on the 2017 NBA Finals:

“Anything in my life that I would recommend to someone else just to make their life better? An underrated thing that you can do that no one does anymore: just sit in a dark room. Give yourself, like, twenty minutes, don’t meditate, actually think about things, and I feel like…if you have a bunch of problems in your life, it’s amazing how twenty minutes alone in a dark room in the middle of the day can change everything.“
– Chuck Klosterman on the How To Be Amazing with Michael Ian Black podcast

It wasn’t just an album release. It was an event.