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Clarifying “Uncertainty over Unhappiness”

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Curtis Noll, Independent Thinking, Lifestyle Design

In my 2010 Stockholm speech I discussed unhappiness and uncertainty, and how I chose uncertainty over unhappiness — when it mattered most, and when I was not getting the details right (when I was screwing stuff up).

I will clarify what I mean by this today — choosing uncertainty over unhappiness.

Clarify because I see it as necessary to get my ultimate point across, because I have come to further understand the gravity of what I was saying … and because I have come to understand that this is one of the greatest gifts my best friend gave me before his death — and that this is an expression of the greatest sensation man can experience.

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When James Galt II chose uncertainty over unhappiness (in regards to a work related decision if I’m not mistaken), little did he know, I think, that in the process of choosing “uncertainty”, he was choosing his own certainty.

He chose to…

Why I Host Cayo Costa

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Curtis Noll

For four years in a row I have hosted The 21 Convention. Many have helped along the way, but no one has been the spear head aside from myself.

I have bared the weight of my own creation – and carried it on my own terms every step of the way.

Similarly, I have hosted a camping trip to Cayo Costa for four years in a row – but I was not always the spear head of it.

My former best friend Curtis Noll was the first year, 2007.

He died shortly before the second trip was to be held. The last question I ever asked him was whether or not he wished to continue it – he did.

And I have.

But, it is one act to carry on a camping trip an additional year in the memory of a friend’s last wish – it is entirely another to continue it multiple years beyond that.

This fourth trip I thought long and hard about why I continue, since…

The Dream You Guys Never Got to Meet

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Curtis Noll, Independent Thinking, The 21 Convention

I was discussing the possibility of an investor in The 21 Convention the other day with my dad. He mentioned a problem I had was that if something ever happened to me, the whole business goes adios.

For one, he’s right. If I ever got into an accident and died, T21C would go bye bye.

For two though, there was once a possibility that this did not have to be so. Contrary to how it may appear now, I was not always the lone wolf. I had a friend that was a brother at the same time, and his name was Curtis Noll. He was the best man I’ve ever known.

He died of cancer August 1st 2008 – although that is a bit misleading considering his treatment, his doctors, the information those doctors were working with, and the medical status quo then, that prevails to this day.

In any case, Curtis dieing presented a difficult time in my life. It was the first time someone so close and so prevalent…