The Worst Lie We Tell Ourselves

On doing things now instead of waiting for a future that will almost certainly be more complex and busy

You Can't See the Summit From the Trailhead

On finding new opportunities instead of creating just another repair or improvement business model

Everything Has A Cost

Why you need a filter to determine what actually matters to you each day

Your Default OS Is Reactive

What that means for your life and how it differs from your current state

The Wrong Leaderboard

On designing your own game and the importance of committing yourself to yours and yours only

Optionality Trap

When options are nice to have and when they are paralyzing

What procrastination is actually telling you

The Operators

Relieving yourself from the self-imposed burdens of hustle culture

Start in the Shitbox

On earned progression, right-sizing your competition, and why the shortcut is the long way around

Nobody's Going to Hand You a Syllabus

On implicit rules, self-direction, and why school made us helpless

You're Solving the Wrong Problem

On signal, noise, and the most valuable skill nobody teaches you

How to Reverse-Engineer Success

How to reverse-engineer success (when the current rulebook is a lie)

(I Thought) I Did Everything Right

And still got laid off

Surviving The Holidays

And the thoughts you can only think when you're sick and want nothing more than to stop feeling so miserable

What Does It Mean To Be Healthy?

A question that we simultaneously overthink and under think on our way to unintentional outcomes

What does it mean to be wealthy?

Why our current definition of wealth is excluding many aspects that lead to a more holistic and fulfilling form of overall wealth

30 Day Reset, Revisited

Prep for new year new me

Choose Your Discomfort

You can't avoid discomfort. But you can decide which kind you endure.

Distraction Is the Enemy of Performance

How to reclaim your attention in a world designed to steal it

The Importance of Having a Hobby

And why you need one to flourish

The Energy Audit

A simple framework to identify what drains you—and what to cut from your life

Qualified But Never Started

On Distraction, People-Pleasing, and Missing Your Moment

30 Day Reset

Finding my baseline

Survival Mode

Letting burnout creep up and upend what you think you should be doing for what you ought to be doing.

Adjusting to ADHD

I believe that some of these strategies are even more effective for people without ADHD who are encountering these same issues.