Oct 12
Startups As Chemical Reactions — Originally written in 2014, updated with a new example in 2021 (Homejoy → Robinhood) I'm sometimes envious of people who studied subjects in college that correspond to their actual careers. Finance majors who become bankers. Computer Science majors who become software engineers. Must be nice to actually apply the
Oct 11
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why — In Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why [https://bookshop.org/books/deep-survival-who-lives-who-dies-and-why/9780393353716] journalist Laurence Gonzales combines his own personal adventure history with time spent with white water rafting experts, mountaineers, fighter jet pilots, and wilderness survival guides to understand how people survive (or fail to survive) in
Oct 09
073: How to Make Eng Oncall (and Your Life) Suck Less — 🖼 Recover (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 What else is true?
Oct 02
072: Lessons from a Failed War — 🖼 Mistakes were made (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 Hypefury (Twitter Posting Client)
Sep 25
071: The Cost of Obsession — 🖼 Extra Work (Scotch & Bean 019) + 👉 Minimal Flat Avatars
Sep 18
070: Three Metaphors for Productivity — What Does Productivity Look Like? 👨🏻‍🍳 Restaurant 🏎️ Pit Crew 🚀 Startup Accelerator
Sep 11
069: Advising a startup founder facing a mental health challenge within her team — 🖼 Onboarding (Scotch & Bean) & 👉 Riverside.fm (podcasting tool)I
Sep 05
Scotch & Bean 025 - Office Perk — Waste not, want not
Sep 04
068: How Music Gets You in the Zone (+ A Call for Questions!) — 🖼 Office Perks (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 Shang Chi—The Legend of the Ten Rings
Aug 28
067: How Not to Die in the Wild — 🖼 Yacht Party + 👉 "Run It" from Marvel's Shang Chi
Aug 21
066: How Masculine Ideals Affect Resilience — 🖼 Lessons Learned (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 Flow Club (focused virtual coworking)
Aug 14
065: Massive, Aspirational, and Public Goals — 🖼 Appropriate Communication & 👉 Weight Plate Workouts
Aug 08
064: The Lost Art of Speaking to Strangers — 🖼 Social Anxiety + 👉 Techniques for Talking to Strangers
Jul 31
063: The Resilience of Simone & Suni — This is the 63rd edition of Cultivating Resilience, a weekly newsletter how we build, adapt, and lead in times of change—brought to you by Jason Shen, a 1st gen immigrant, retired gymnast, and 3x startup founder turned Facebook PM. Subscribe now -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🧠 On Simone and Suni I wrote a
Jul 30
The response to Simone Biles’ exit shows we still have a long way to go on mental health — Everyone’s eager to talk about wellness when it means bubble baths and meditation apps. But supporting mental health—especially when it’s inconvenient—is something we need to do better, whether on the Olympic stage or in the workplace.
Jul 24
062: Drivers of Asian Hate — 🖼 Olympics (Scotch and Bean) + 👉 Huel (meal replacement)
Jul 18
061: A Healthy Breakdown of Order — 🖼 Extra Work + 👉 Add the Unexpected
Jul 10
060: Brett Kavanaugh's Resilience (Or Lack Thereof) — 🖼 Waiting Till the Last Minute + 👉 Affirming Your Highest Values (exercise)
Jul 03
059: INFRA - Mapping the impact of change — 🧠 The INFRA model + 🖼 How communication really works + 👉 Visual Creator Kit
Jun 26
058: Sometimes You Gotta Punch Back — This is the 58th edition of Cultivating Resilience, a weekly newsletter how we build, adapt, and lead in times of change—brought to you by Jason Shen, retired gymnast, and 3x startup founder turned Facebook PM. This week I’d like to welcome all the new folks who joined us