152: Judo & Prince Harry
Capturing a moment of delight in words, the untold backstory of a celebrity ghostwriter, and lessons on mental strength from a judo experiment.
🐚 Stories
149: Wild Leadership (+ a Giveaway!)
Lessons on resilience drawn from wild animals raising their young in nature. Plus a readership survey with a giveaway!
148: Living Unbounded
A letter about the existential questions that arise from a layoff announcement and what it means to go from bounded to unbounded living.
147: Operating at Reduced Capacity
I got sick this week so I'm writing you a letter about how to operate at reduced capacity.
143: Thesis & Khe Hy
A recap of the Thesis festival and 3 clips from my salon on productivity with Khe Hy, founder of Rad Reads.
140: Process > Outcome
Process over outcome means focusing on what you can control — your effort, preparation, and approach — rather than fixating on results that depend on external factors.
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.
129: Layoffs at Meta
Featuring 2 🎬 's with thoughts from me before and after the layoffs went down.
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.
127: 3 Times I F*cked Up
My latest piece in Every: "What Getting Sued, Scammed, and Arrested Taught Me About Resilience"
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
121: Reboot your hedonic treadmill
Ex-Microsoft and Facebook engineer Philip Su reflects on the lessons learned from a grueling period working at Amazon