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Continue reading →: Anchors Aweigh!You’ve heard a guy at a barbecue call his wife “the old ball and chain.” It’s a joke. It’s also a lie. The real ball and chain travels with you everywhere you go. And most people spend their whole lives hacking at the wrong ones. This week’s post is about…
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Continue reading →: I Know, Right!?!We all say it. “I know, right?!?” It rolls off the tongue so easily that we don’t even notice we’re doing it. But that little reflex might be costing you more than you think. It closes doors, shuts down conversations, and worst of all, it fools you into thinking that…
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Continue reading →: Let’s Be HonestWhy are we quicker to tell someone they have spinach in their teeth than to tell them they look great? A.J. Jacobs called it radical positive honesty—if you think something good and keep it quiet, you’re lying by omission. Sylvester Stallone’s entire career exists because one Harvard professor told him…
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Continue reading →: The Brain BucketHow the hell do you post every week? That’s the question I get more than any other. People assume the answer is discipline, or time management, or some freakish typing speed. It’s none of those things. The answer is a catchall folder in Apple Notes called the Brain Bucket. Every…
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Continue reading →: Cheers From A StrangerI remember the pain of those final miles. Heavy legs, every step negotiated. But somewhere in that last straightaway, I heard cowbells and cheering. Strangers—families waiting for their own runners, neighbors with too many mimosas—were cheering for me. My eyes welled up. I’ve found the same is true with writing.…
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Continue reading →: Magic Pills, Volume Two: The BrainI jumped into a freezing pool by accident and came out changed. That’s been my approach to brain optimization ever since: try it, keep what works, discard the rest. This volume covers the few mental performance tools that earned a permanent spot—morning sunlight, creatine, cold exposure, high-EPA fish oil, and…
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Continue reading →: The EditorsI went looking for a developmental editor and accidentally ran a live experiment on trust. Dozens of polished proposals came in—impressive, credentialed, and completely generic. Not one engaged with the actual work. Then one editor did something simple: he read it. What followed was specific, thoughtful, and honest feedback that…
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Continue reading →: The Collison InstallationStripe is now worth over $100 billion, but it started with nine lines of code and a radically hands-on approach. When potential customers showed interest but hesitated to act, founders John and Patrick Collison didn’t just send instructions—they asked for their laptops and installed the code themselves. This “Collison Installation”…
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