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Leadership and mindset lessons from the field.
Happiness is a practice.
The ultimate flywheel.
The SIMPLE Way to Better Decisions
You don’t need more data—you need a system.
Be Dumber
How to Fight the Enemy Within
Prioritization Frameworks Are Mostly Garbage
How to do what matters
Ephemera: Why You Remain Stuck at Square One
The art of getting ahead: Climb the durable ladder
Remembering Founder Mode
Weaponizing a founder's worst impulses
Practice meh.
We're fundamentally lazy creatures. I was thinking about my kids and sports. So much of parenting is telling your kids to do stuff that sucks. We view this as a binary trade: Do nothing or do the uncomfortable thing. Yet it's all about tradeoffs: play video games or do your homework, for example. Even laying in bed is an activity that has some relative utility against other options. Procrastination, avoidance, impulsiveness, recklessness, perfectionism, and ADHD are highly interrelated. The
How to Glow in the Dark
5 ways to beat Seasonal Affective Disorder
The fear we don't talk about
There’s a kind of fear we don’t talk about much. Because it doesn’t feel like fear. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like anything. * It’s the times we waste finding the perfect idea. * It’s when we are afraid we’ll miss our chance. * It’s when we protect against every risk. * And when we overanalyze. For many of these instances, it’s not fear of rejection. Or disapproval. It’s fear of missing our shot at greatness. And that’s why it’s tricky. Because we’re still motivated. And we’re still
Run the day, or the day runs you.
Are you a shark or a jellyfish? 🪼
The science-backed secret to never quitting.
Fall back—not down.
Man in the box.
How to compartmentalize work.
You’re so good... it hurts.
The hidden cost of self-improvement.
📬 You’ve got mail... if you’ll accept it.
Why acceptance—not control—is a high-performance superpower.
Lost in Transition
Deep work matters. But what you do between it matters just as much.
Don’t say this 4-letter word.
The nasty label that's killing your growth.
Throw Out the Playbook
Identity is the biggest catalyst for change.
Seeing anyone?
Pros grow off the field. Here's how:
Hell, With Bells On
The 4 secrets great leaders know
Pain Is A Portal
How to grin and bear it.
Talk is cheap.
How to actually do stuff.
The Golden Mean of Innovation
Never sell out. Wait...
The Moving Target of You
This was originally written on andrewsridhar.com a year ago. I’m on vacation in Europe this week but take your and my budding relationship seriously. So I’m excited to drop you a short something to think about. It might mean all the difference. Who Is 'You'? Being authentic is critical. But so is personal growth. The two can be at odds: Our mind is flexible. (And everything in life comes from the mind.) So, that means that who you are is almost completely flexible as well. The big questi
Finding the Pocket: Two Kinds of Flow
Becoming Superman
Have fewer opinions. Get more done.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Why Bad Norms Outlive "Good" Ideas
The French innovation that changed... nothing.
True Believer: Your Company Or Your Life?
How thoughts become reality.
Breakin' Dishes: How to break the overwhelm cycle
A fork in the road
Half of What We Know Is Wrong
Thirst traps for nerds.
The Eight Assassins of Discipline
Know thine enemy.
Diary of a CEO
The inside joke of success.
Communication Breakdown
It's always the same.
How To Not Be Scared
All fear. Some move.
5 Ways to Seize the Day
No one is coming to save you.
Passion Pit: 6 Reasons Passion Backfires
"This sucks. Let's stay here."
Telltale Signs of Self-Sabotage
The Mountain Is You
8 Ways to Lead Like Lincoln
Abe sometimes goes Founder Mode
Throw yourself into the sea. Over and over.
Take risks like old-school Navy SEALs
5 Ways to Build While Raising a Family
Nixing the "But I Have Kids!" excuse
Are you addicted to anxiety?
Break the cycle
STOP chasing validation
Are you really focused on results?
We're all Childish Gambinos
Two kinds of drive
7 steps to walk into any room like a BOSS
You Are Legend
Lessons learned from ping pong with my daughter
This all occurred to me in the span of two games schooling my daughter ;) 1. Don't want the thing you want in order (actually) to get it. When I was a kid, I loved tennis. I wanted to go pro. When I played points, I really didn't want to lose. I got anxious before serves (especially second serves) and easy winners, and what do you think happened? I lost more points. The Inner Game of Tennis crushes this lesson (at least implicitly): care less = play loose = win more (and mayb
Snoreboard
"Comparison is the thief of joy" they say. It's also the thief of progress. Because if you watch those ahead of you, demoralization will set in. Overwhelm. All-or-nothing thinking. Maybe even shame. We—especially us Type A guys—watch the scoreboard incessantly. But what if we ignored it? Basketball players in high school don't see NBA stars as a threat. Because NBA teams play other NBA teams. That's the scoreboard. But when we're in business... or art or dating, ...we compare against eve
🙌🏽 How to build an elite team through small victories.
Mike Macdonald's Super Bowl Secrets
The secret is there is no secret.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
The Unconventional Year-End Review
Reflect within a bigger frame.