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Stop Trying to Manage Your Time

Do this instead

Aug 22, 2023

A wall clock it blurred into an ethereal yellow background of stars. Text reads, “Manage your energy, not your time.”

Aug 22, 2023

The False Promise of AI Coaching

AI can’t do the one thing you need it to do most.

Jul 9

A hand reaches out to a mirror with lights around it.

Jul 9

Going Goal-less: Halfway Through a Year Without Targets

On facing contradictions, focusing on presence, and upending business strategy.

Jul 3

A tennis ball hovers over the white line. It is ambiguous whether a point is scored or not.

Jul 3

5-Minute Resistance

Day 1: Don’t write anything (seriously)

Jun 4

A screenshot of a blank Medium story.

Jun 4

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Short. Sweet. Valuable.

Creativity Needs Constraints

You get to choose them.

May 30

An hourglass filled with blue sand is nestled in the knot of a tree.

May 30

It’s not the task; it’s your unclear expectations about the mode you’re in.

Why clarity about your work mode unlocks focus, progress, and sweet, sweet relief.

May 30

Close-up of one way signs on a busy street.

May 30

Forget Followers, Focus on Your Flywheel

A method for creating content smoothly on social media, without spinning out.

May 25

Close up of a vase being thrown on a potter’s wheel against a turquoise wall.

May 25

All the ways we interru—

I’ll stop when I’m dead.

May 24

Close-up still life of lemon slices on a wooden table with light seeping through.

May 24

What Billionaires Can’t Buy

On the real currencies that matter when the world falls apart.

May 18

A woman stands under a goal in a large playing field. The sky is red-gold and in the distance, the city appears to be consumed by the sun.

May 18

The Wrong Way to Melt Butter

What learning late in life can teach you about resilience, growth, and doing things your own way

May 17

Butter melting in a cast iron pan. A melting effect has been added.

May 17

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