Fluid vs Crystalized Intelligence

Apparently, many physicists, scientists, and even entrepreneurs hit their innovation peak early in their careers. And they waste the latter end of their lives miserable because they continue to chase success to rival that of their youth. Turns out, there's a scientific reason for this inability.

Collecting Ideas vs. Creating Outcomes

The Collector Fallacy: Believing that by collecting information, we somehow absorb it.

How Americans Spend Time and Shiny Object Syndrome

Shiny object syndrome is when you're constantly jumping from project to project because you think the next new thing is going to bring more value than the current thing.

Creative Resistance and Finding Purpose

Resistance is sneaky because it's always present. It's like the proverbial fish in David Foster Wallace's now famous commencement speech, "This is Water."

Hard Decisions & Deep Work

Deep Insights = Focus x Time

Cycle of Growth & Intentionality

"Intelligence is traditionally viewed as the ability to think and learn. Yet in a turbulent world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn." -Adam Grant

Managing vs Leading & Life Events vs Storytelling

Often management and leadership are words used interchangeably but there is a difference. Take care to recognize when you should lead and when you need to manage.

Risks, Throbbers, and the Ego!

If there's anything in your life you've always wanted to do, excavate and execute the 1% version of it.

Online Mindsets and Pruning Your Commitments

The word priority initially meant 1 thing above all others. Having multiple priorities is the same as having no priority.

Read More, Build Momentum

It's true that some skills are impossible to learn by reading alone...like riding a bike or swimming! But some skills are slow to learn by action alone.

I.D.E.A. Newsletter 9: Storytelling and Comfort Zones

The Cycle of Growth and Stoic Philosophy

99% of people who embrace a growth mindset fall into the trap expecting a singular moment when they'll be fully grown. But this is a mistake.