14: Dig your well before you're thirsty
You should prepare in advance whatever tools, skills or resources you will need later in life. Later could be tomorrow or years from now, but you'll be better adapted to capitalize on opportunities!
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13: How to get away with being Black (An update)
This week I'm republishing and adding commentary to a race-related piece that was taken down after some tweets of mine went viral. It's important right now. TW.
12: Focus on cultivating discipline
Discipline is notoriously hard to cultivate. Fried plantain won't eat itself and I can binge Netflix shows like they’re shutting the website down tomorrow. But discipline is achievable!
11: Productivity and the motivation myth
I want to challenge your conception of motivation and point out why it's a poor fuel for productivity. Also, we need to stop pretending broccoli is delicious.
10: In pursuit of perfect virtue
Hellenistic philosophy, the connection between Jesus and Socrates, and what atheists (and others) can learn from the Bible.
9: The fault in our gut microbiomes
If you're feeling like poo this week, boy do I have some facts for you!
8: The world will be different tomorrow
A letter from my isolation bunker focusing less on viral plague, and instead considering our present and (hopefully) our future.
7: We need to talk about Coronavirus😷
It's definitely worth taking serious precautions against coronavirus, but that doesn't mean filling your panic bunker with toilet roll. Here's what you need to know!
6: Learning to live on 24 hours a day
I’d generally consider myself a recovering workaholic but I'm learning to make the most of my days while finding time for things I love.
5: The importance of altruism and good intentions
Cool kids in awesome sweaters made me ponder of the place of altruism in modern society.
4: Never lose touch with the people you used to be
The more we are pushed towards thinking in the present, the more easily we forget what can be learned from the past.
3: The importance of pursuing purpose
I lost two heroes last month and one was Harvard professor Clayden M. Christensen. I'm sharing some thoughts today from an article he wrote on living a life of purpose.
