Become a Renaissance person: What self-taught learners understand that graduates don’t
One of the questions I get most often is how I've been able to switch industries so many
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Choose Passion: Why the best things in life require the most from you
The word "passion" actually comes from the Latin pati, meaning 'to suffer'. It's ironic,
Check Your Poker Face: How one bad moment hijacks every decision after it
If you get into playing poker, you'll quickly come across the concept of 'tilt'. It'
Take a Long Look: Why patience is a competitive advantage
There's a popular quote frequently attributed to Bill Gates: "People overestimate what they can get done in
Frames Change Everything: How the same facts lead to opposite conclusions
Your frame determines what you see and how you see it. Imagine looking through a camera's viewfinder - what
The cost of reasonable choices: Why inventing something and owning it are different skills
In 1956, a young artist named Richard Hamilton created what would become known as the first "pop art"
Why I write
Writing is what I do. It's why I did well professionally in corporate law and in tech strategy.
Plan Your Misses: Why getting away with it is the most dangerous outcome
If you speed up to try and get past a traffic light that's turning red, there's
Mini-metaverse theory, Democracy, and why Science is dogma
An off-the-cuff recording where I talk about my note-taking process, Sam Harris, Peter Thiel, the power of
Choose to Multiply: The difference between linear and exponential careers
Here's a quick mental exercise I use to exemplify linear vs exponential career development in my speaking engagements
Persistence pays off: What 14 years of failure taught the founder of Uber
Most people know Travis Kalanick as the co-founding CEO of Uber. But in 2001, 9 years before the first
Mouthfeel Is the Path to Mastery: The invisible layer of skill only experience reveals
There's a concept I've been calling 'mouthfeel' - it's the depth of detail
