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The best game to play is the one that requires no scoreboard in the first place.

1) Tell your story TO someone. Pick one person you love or admire or want to connect with, and write the whole thing directly to them —like you’re writing a letter. This will bring forth your…

Unlock your own creative taste, and splatter your experiences into a sea of blank canvases

I recently discovered a simple step-by-step process that significantly increased my personal productivity and made me happier along the way.

"It's a different sort of place," the billionaire says.

Listen now (12 min) | This week’s podcast (12 minutes) is on a crucial difference, between planning to start, and planning to finish. We talk a lot about the difference between more and less planning, on the spectrum between full waterfall and full agile, and like most of you, I share a bias towards less planning.

I create the equivalent of at least 1 book worth of writing per week. Most of my work ends up in newsletters, websites, and marketing campaigns for companies you know very well. You won’t see my name, but you’re probably reading my stuff all the time. On good days, I get to write for you directly.

Dieter Rams’ profound influences on modern design blossomed throughout his 30+ years working for Braun and in his text, “10 Principles for Good Design.”

A system to organise projects.

Follow a system. There are plenty out there. Find one, and give it a chance. Never, ever forget there are three parts to the system: nutrition, resistance (weights) and CV. All need to be addressed. But within that there are...

In my last article I provided an overview of the six major models of Product Ops that I have encountered (thus far), and I shared my views on each.  But while I highlighted the models that I consider dangerous or harmful, I didn’t elaborate on the root cause of the harmful models. In this article […]

A great gift you can give the children in your life.

The reason behind @jack’s post-Twitter tweet rampage.

I have become very fond of iOS widgets both on my iPad and iPhone. On the iPad, it functions as a dashboard into all my important apps and…

Plus his devotion to daily routines, meditation, Bob’s Big Boy, and sugar!!!

PLUS: My favorite book, TV show, podcast, movie and meme.

If you can master the art of the start, then any creative endeavor is possible.

In a culture so focused on managing time, we have become subservient to it.

Less than 4% of the estimated 50 million creators earn a living from their creations. While that might not seem fair, it couldn't be any other way.

In settings where sorting is difficult, half a bushel of perfect apples is worth more than a full bushel with a rotten apple in it. One bad apple can spoil a whole bunch. We pay a significant premi…

Young People Are Leading the Mental Health Revolution

By Emma Young. But timing matters: students only benefited if the second viewing was immediately before a test.

Despite considering myself a cryptographer, I have not found myself particularly drawn to “crypto.” I don’t think I’ve ever actually said the words “get off my lawn,” but I’m much more likely to click on Pepperidge Farm Remembers flavored memes about how “crypto” used to mean “cryptography” than ...