Jan 21
137: Shapes & Stories —
An 80 year old psych paper and a handy framework for telling better stories
Jan 13
136: How Humans Still Trump AI —
2023 is is a year Generative AI really comes for knowledge workers. Here are 10 enduring human traits that can help us stay ahead of the machines. 🧵
Jan 07
135: A Self-Paced Annual Review —
I made a self-paced version of my annual review. Plus: learning to have conviction, bike bootcamps, mixing up your workouts, the human need for novelty.
Dec 31
134: How We Found Resilience in 2022 —
A recap of the newsletter editions you read most—and a few others I'm proud to have shared with you this year.
Dec 24
133: Secrets, Extroverts, and Interfaces —
This week's concise 🎉🎄holiday edition 🕎❄️ focuses on uncovering secrets to base your startup on, how extroverts can find the social time they need, and opportunities in generative AI for founders.
Dec 17
132: Twelve Ways to Practice Resilience After a Layoff —
In my latest piece for on Every, I wrote about how people can use my resilience framework to better navigate the challenges of a layoff. It's been the most "hearted" piece in the series so far.
Dec 11
131: How to Be Human in the Age of Generative AI —
Generative AI is among the most transformative technologies of the 21st century, but human value persists in taste, judgment, lived experience, and the ability to navigate ambiguity.
Dec 03
130: Happiness at Work —
My latest piece in The Muse and early faves from OpenAI's ChatGPT
Nov 26
129: Layoffs at Meta —
Featuring 2 🎬 's with thoughts from me before and after the layoffs went down.
Nov 19
128: Too Genius to Fail —
In the last few weeks, at least two people who have been heralded as genius have been revealed to incompetent in important ways and I habe some things to say about it.
Nov 13
127: 3 Times I F*cked Up —
My latest piece in Every: "What Getting Sued, Scammed, and Arrested Taught Me About Resilience"
Nov 05
126: 🎬 Push-Up & Ponder —
🎬 Why Being a Jack of All Trades Isn't Bad
🎬 Why You Shouldn't Fear Rejection
🎬 Why Founders Need Conviction
Oct 29
125: The Double Loop Pivot —
The Double Loop Pivot is a structured framework for startups that have lost conviction, developed by Jason Shen after two pivots — one failed, one leading to acquisition by Meta.
Oct 22
124: Restarting Adderall —
🤔 Want to Win a Free Copy of Creative Doing? 🧠 Restarting Adderall 🖼 The Pain Points Map 👉 A 1M Impression Tweet and a $125M Raise
Oct 15
123: Microworkouts —
🤔 Biggest change in last year? 🧠 Microworkouts 🖼 The Double Loop Pivot 👉 Profitability of ADHD Founders
Oct 08
122: Conviction —
💡Cultivating Resilience is a newsletter that helps innovators navigate change and bring new product and ideas into world. It's published by Jason Shen, a resilience coach, product manager, 1st gen immigrant, ex-gymnast, and 3x startup founder.
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Oct 02
121: Reboot your hedonic treadmill —
Ex-Microsoft and Facebook engineer Philip Su reflects on the lessons learned from a grueling period working at Amazon
Sep 24
120: Burned Out Tech CEO → Warehouse Associate —
After a 23-year career at Microsoft, Facebook, and a Gates Foundation nonprofit, Philip Su burned out and found unexpected recovery working as an Amazon warehouse associate.
Sep 18
119: My 12 Hour Walk —
What I learned from walking 29 miles in a single day.
Sep 11
118: Creative Output —
🧠 Enhancing Your Creative Output
🖼 Unscratchable (Scotch & Bean)
👉 A Different Aftermath (AI Comic)