Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

Paul Ollinger
Paul Ollinger

2.5K Followers

Home

About

Pinned

Staying Hungry When Your Life is Full

I weighed in this morning at 224.5 lbs. It’s the heaviest I’ve been since I lost the sympathy weight after our first child was born. Last time, my heft resulted from a back injury, lots of business travel, and the cupcakes my pregnant wife would bring to the office. I…

Careers

4 min read

Staying Hungry When Your Life is Full
Staying Hungry When Your Life is Full
Careers

4 min read


May 12

Dare to Suck

How to Chase Your Dreams, Part 1 The t-shirt read “Dare to Suck.” I was sitting in my first day of Intro to Sit-com Acting at Lesly Kahn and Co., a well-known acting school in Los Angeles where my instructor had just handed me a pre-shrunk welcome gift. Considering the…

Values

4 min read

Dare to Suck
Dare to Suck
Values

4 min read


Apr 6

Money, Pain, and New Cars

The Diminishing Analgesic Effects of Wealth — When I was 12 years old, my dad took me to the dentist to get my first cavity filled. “By the way,” he said as we walked into the office, “don’t get the novocaine — it’s $20.” My father was a very good man — the most decent, humble person…

Cars

6 min read

Money, Pain, and New Cars
Money, Pain, and New Cars
Cars

6 min read


Mar 23

The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap

The Patriarchy is Totally Slacking off — “Does that mean women are receiving lower pay for equal work? That is possibly the case in certain places, but by and large, it’s not that, it’s something else.” -Claudia Goldin, Harvard economist A disturbing thing happened last week at my local meeting of the National Patriarchy Society. As you…

6 min read

The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap
The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap

6 min read


Mar 16

You Deserve It!

Or maybe you don’t, but that’s not the point — In the climactic scene of the 1992 western, Unforgiven, William Munny (played by Clint Eastwood) holds a rifle to the chest of a supine and wounded Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman), the corrupt sheriff who had tortured and killed Munny’s friend and partner. Little Bill looks up from the floor…

5 min read

You Deserve It!
You Deserve It!

5 min read


Mar 7

The Future is Analog: Learn to Fight

Rich People Aren’t Ready for the Apocalypse — The most disturbing moment of the pandemic for me was the day I realized those doomsday survivalist folks might not be so crazy after all. Sometime in early May 2020, barely getting by in a world with air conditioning, wi-fi, and Uber Eats, it dawned on me: I probably wouldn’t…

4 min read

The Future is Analog: Learn to Fight
The Future is Analog: Learn to Fight

4 min read


Feb 27

Lessons from a Freshman Pimple

If I look closely in the mirror, I can see a faint scar from a pimple that plagued my nose for most of October 1983. One morning, early in my freshman year, my reflection greeted me with a bulging, red honker sticking off the end of my beak, blinking at…

4 min read

Lessons from a Freshman Pimple
Lessons from a Freshman Pimple

4 min read


Feb 14

Why Talking About Money and Happiness Matters

What we can learn from Bono, Brian Cox, and Jonah Hill — For four years, I’ve been exploring the connection between money and happiness on my podcast, I come at the topic mostly through conversations with highly accomplished people and authors who study fulfillment. Sometimes I wonder if the mission is worthwhile or whether I’ve reverse-engineered an idea that fits my experience…

5 min read

Why Talking About Money and Happiness Matters
Why Talking About Money and Happiness Matters

5 min read


Jan 19

The Real Reason It’s Called “F-You Money”

One of many secrets rich people won’t tell you — “The success comes, and you’re on your own. There’s no manual. One day, they give you a check…that you can’t even relate to the zeros on the end, and you can get in a lot of trouble with that much money.” -Tom Petty, Runnin’ Down a Dream (documentary) I went…

Money

5 min read

The Real Reason It’s Called “F-You Money”
The Real Reason It’s Called “F-You Money”
Money

5 min read


Dec 29, 2022

Why Comedy Clubs Matter: Thoughts on the Closing of Carolines on Broadway

After 40 years of presenting the most famous and promising comedians on the planet, the legendary club, Carolines on Broadway is closing on Jan 1. In a world with “too many <comedians> and not enough mics,” the loss of an iconic stage is always a blow to the comedy community…

Comedy

4 min read

Why Comedy Clubs Matter: Thoughts on the Closing of Carolines on Broadway
Why Comedy Clubs Matter: Thoughts on the Closing of Carolines on Broadway
Comedy

4 min read

Paul Ollinger

Paul Ollinger

2.5K Followers

Comedian. Host of the Crazy Money podcast. Proud former Facebook and Yahoo! sales person/leader. http://PaulOllinger.com/podcast

Following
  • Paul Greenberg

    Paul Greenberg

  • Tim Denning

    Tim Denning

  • Sinem Günel

    Sinem Günel

  • Cory Doctorow

    Cory Doctorow

  • Liza Donnelly

    Liza Donnelly

See all (456)

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech