Creative Lessons
Lessons that emerged from the work
Hacking Creative Work to "Flow Through You" and 6 Things That Keep You Out of the Zone
6 things that stop you from working in flow state, and how you can change them to stay in the zone and create magic.
The Key to Lasting Business Success: Understanding Human Nature
1 Business is always changing, but people are not. Without understanding this, business success can feel random. Your work-life or business can feel overwhelming. With things changing so fast, how do I adapt? We get confused when a product isn't selling, or why a product is selling, and another one
Wealth = Working with great people
After all of the money, Charlie Munger and Warren Buffet said that essentially the commodities you could buy were no match for "the ability to find people you really enjoy working with and working with them." I think that says a lot about happiness in general, as well as happiness
Making Progress & why "competition" doesn't exist.
A major modern struggle is feeling a gap; between where we are and where we want to go. This gap is often unconscious, and primed from our constant exposure to the lives of others: * With such easy access to see exactly what other people have, and what we don't. * With
I Keep a Dopamine Notebook to Capture and Put Distracted Thoughts into Paper Jail
"Dopamine itself is not the reward, it is the build-up to the reward". – Andrew Huberman
So you want to be creative? Excitement is the missing ingredient
If I'm not excited or energized, I can't do something. You can call it a flaw, something I need to work through or work on, something I should get past, but I'm not sure I can. And yes, I've read Pressfield's "The War of Art." "Excitement is for amateurs." "You
Cutting off edutainment, reading better content
I'm addicted to macroeconomics. I studied Econ in college, and while I honestly sucked in the classroom, I pay attention to global macro and finance the way that people get into sports teams. While I like being informed at the surface level, the truth is I'm in the stands, not
Hot Streaks
Sometimes some of our biggest successes are followed by lows. Some of our deepest lows are followed by our greatest peaks. There are two concepts that I find helpful to understand if you find yourself in this ebb and flow between success and burnout. Stuckness and success. "Ceilings" of growth"
The "2-Minute Rule" Google rule for learning
When I'm reading a book, like a book on investing I read last night, I often come across terms I don't know. For example, last night I highlighted "backdoor IRA conversion" "529 account" and a few other terms I didn't know. It's normal in reading a blog or book to
Why failure is often better than "it's not ready yet."
I used to be worried about failing... and but now I'm worried about not failing enough. When your biggest fear is how you're received by the market, it's easy to delay making any real progress. When something becomes important to you, like a new project, idea, or hobby, it's easy
