Is the Problem You or Where You Are?

There’s a running joke in my family that every 2–3 years, I’ll tire of where I’m located and…

Inception Series #2 — Freud, Jung, and the Interpretation of Dreams

Avoiding the Life of Quiet Desperation

“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

Embracing the Journey: Prioritizing Process not Product

Guidelines, Inspired by the Munger Operating System

Rise Early. Rise Above.

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” My mother used that saying more times than I…

Defining Ego: From Psychoanalysis to Neuroscience

Sparks, a Story of Interest

To start this week’s letter, I’m going to take a step back to the first piece I wrote for Becoming Polymathic…

Having a Conversation with Your Shadow

Whether or not we choose to admit it, we enjoy having conversations with ourselves…