This is going to be a weird one. It’s time for an exercise, so you need to focus. Whether you’re reading this on your phone or laptop or palm pilot, take 30 seconds to slow down and walk through this activity. From now until you’ve finished reading, don’t move your…

The human race is obsessed with finding the secrets to success. There are podcasts, thousands of books, and even more articles written on the secrets of success in every area. Secrets to a better marriage, to a full night’s rest, to a six-pack. Anything someone wants, someone else will tell…

Planning for the future is hard; planning for even a single year is basically impossible. Your 1-year plan for 2020 probably didn’t pan out. 2020 was a stranger than usual year, but there are hiccups in every plan almost every day. And while planning for the future is hard, it’s…

First off: you should vote for whoever you support and want to win. Don’t be bullied into voting for or against someone by others. Don’t vote for someone you think will win; vote for who you most agree with (because you probably won’t agree with any candidate completely) and who…

I’ve heard it said that if you never miss a flight, you’re wasting too much time at the airport. I agree even though I’ve never missed a flight. In what other areas should we tolerate occasional failure to ensure that we’re not spending too much time/effort/attention on something? Disclaimer: I…

In the last essay that I published, I said I like to take time when I write and I don’t publish everything I write. This piece is the perfect embodiment of that last one because I’ve finally gotten what you’re about to read to a place where I’m happy with…

I often go into my boss’s office and start conversations with lines like “I’m about to make a suggestion that I’m not qualified to make” or “Here’s a question I probably shouldn’t know the answer to”. I’m not sure if it’s normal to overstep bounds in the way that I…

If you ask my wife what the weirdest thing about me is, she’ll have a number of answers to choose from. One of these answers would be that I like to watch videos of Magnus Carlsen playing chess. He’s currently the top-ranked player in the world in three different styles…

First off, one of my biggest pet peeves is when a white person says “📢 attention white people!!” as if they’re not themselves white or are above reproach. I’m sure they don’t mean to say “Attention all you other white people excluding me”, but it comes off that way and…