Two of the most useful and valuable things people either learn later in life or are lucky enough to be taught by someone else are just not universally taught in school. The first thing is finances and financial literacy. Math is universally taught but finance, while requiring math skills, is…

Good morning! I’m thinking about what our post-pandemic future might look like and how I believe it will lead to a less “always logged on” society. I think the “metaverse” is a bad bet, especially since we’re likely to be entering a period of exhaustion, if we haven’t already, with…

Good morning! Today I’m thinking about the way people are making decisions about going about their lives based on unclear guidelines. Access to Covid-19 tests is uneven across the U.S. and around the world. Some places offer it free but it’s in short supply. Other places have plenty of tests…

Good morning! Today I am thinking about uncertainty. One thing I learned fairly early in life is to get comfortable with the fact that things are never going to stay the same for long and that life is a series of changes. …

Today I’ve been thinking about how much life has changed for many of us in the last two years and how that ripple impacts the rest of our lives. I started a new job about a week before many businesses began asking people to work remotely for the first time…

Good morning! Today I’ve been thinking about time, attention, and effective communication. The moment you landed on this post you were likely thinking “Do I have time for this?” It’s what I do when I start combing through my emails early in the day. …

Happy New Year! It’s January 1st which means it’s time to try to start up some new good habits and abandon them by mid-March. So, here I am trying to regularly write this newsletter again. I’m going to try more of a freeform format than the section based one I…

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