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Dear Friends, I’ve served aboard a nuclear submarine, worked at a multi-billion-dollar private tech company, and helped people lead the world’s largest organizations. Here are 20 of the most powerful, non-obvious ideas in professional life: Over-Engineer Watches, Not Strategies.
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Dear Friends, A mentor once said, “A word of advice, don't give it.” He meant there's no such thing as advice: it's only possible to share what you've…
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Dear Friends, Yesterday my son made a lion out of LEGOs. He loves building things, and because of that, I love watching him build things. LEGOs are the…
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Dear Friends, The internet’s best lecture about writing is “The Craft of Writing Effectively,” a talk delivered by Larry McEnerney, former Director of…
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Dear Friends, Ten years ago this week, Bret Victor spoke at a software engineering conference in Canada. Bret’s a technologist — and his talk of one of…
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Dear Friends, Undeniably, today’s web platforms impoverish the way we “experience” life. They render people catatonic and passive. They make readers…
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Dear Friends, In 2001, the American author and screenwriter, Ray Bradbury, delivered the keynote address at the Sixth Annual Writer's Symposium by the…
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Dear Friends, The ultimate career hack is writing well without getting stuck. Here's a theory of creativity that will make you a better writer. When…
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