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26 of the Most Important Things I've Learned (About Life, Career, and Relationships)
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…
May 12, 2022
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20 of the Most Powerful, Non-Obvious Ideas in Professional Life
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…
May 11, 2022
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February 2022
Building a Lion: Making The Writing Process Enjoyable
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…
Feb 8, 2022
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The Craft of Writing Effectively: A Distillation of The Internet's Best Lecture About Writing
Dear Friends, The internet’s best lecture about writing is “The Craft of Writing Effectively,” a talk delivered by Larry McEnerney, former Director of…
Feb 3, 2022
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Inventing on Principle: A Distillation of Bret Victor's Extraordinary Talk About How To Live Your Life
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…
Feb 3, 2022
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Paint Your Life: A Metaphor For Creating From Your Own Life Experiences
Dear Friends, Undeniably, today’s web platforms impoverish the way we “experience” life. They render people catatonic and passive. They make readers…
Feb 3, 2022
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How to Write and Be More Creative: Nine Lessons From Ray Bradbury
Dear Friends, In 2001, the American author and screenwriter, Ray Bradbury, delivered the keynote address at the Sixth Annual Writer's Symposium by the…
Feb 3, 2022
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How to Write Well Without Getting Stuck: A Theory of Creativity That Will Simplify Your Writing Process
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…
Feb 1, 2022
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What Four of the Most Influential Books of the Past Decade Say about Human Progress, Potential, Evolution, and Creativity
Dear Friends, I read and synthesized 4 of the most influential books of the past decade: The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch The Origins of…
Feb 1, 2022
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The Distilled Philosophy of a Thoughtful Person (Jack Butcher)
Dear Everybody, Channel the philosophy of a thoughtful person. My take on the distilled philosophy of Jack Butcher (2 min. read time): Memes exert force…
Feb 1, 2022
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January 2022
Why You Should Create and Build a Book of Wisdom Throughout Your Life
Why you should create and build a Book of Wisdom throughout your life: We tend to think we remember more than we do, but to a first approximation, we’ve…
Jan 25, 2022
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In An Age of Leverage, Move to the Frontier and Push to the Extreme In Your Art
Dear Friends, In an age of leverage, B gets paid 10,000x more than A The classic formulation: Being at the extreme in your art is very important in the…
Jan 25, 2022
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