“This feeling of ‘when I’m ready,’ deep in your heart you know it, and all the rest of it is just making excuses.”
What Makes a Hero?
You can’t mess with time without turning the world upside down — not even a little bit.
You can’t mess with time without turning the world upside down — not even a little bit.
Keep Stacking Little Wins
Instead of hoping we’ll have more time, we must use the time we have.
Instead of hoping we’ll have more time, we must use the time we have.
Sacrifice Must Hurt
Damn, this making money thing is actually really hard.
Damn, this making money thing is actually really hard.
What’s Not on the Bill
The best part of what feels like a bad deal at first might be something you’ll easily miss if you don’t blink twice.
The best part of what feels like a bad deal at first might be something you’ll easily miss if you don’t blink twice.
Unit Bias at Work
Unit bias is our tendency to think that easily measurable amounts of things are automatically the right amounts of those things.
Unit bias is our tendency to think that easily measurable amounts of things are automatically the right amounts of those things.
The Purpose of Inconvenience
The purpose of inconvenience is to make large problems manageable.
The purpose of inconvenience is to make large problems manageable.
Nobody Cares What You’re Not Good At
There will only be a few times in your life when a bad trait threatens something important.
There will only be a few times in your life when a bad trait threatens something important.
Trash Can vs. Trash Can’t
Don’t litter — and don’t let big piles of work keep you from carrying away small tasks.
Don’t litter — and don’t let big piles of work keep you from carrying away small tasks.
Shave When Itchy
“Has this task reached the appropriate level of urgency to just do it now?”
“Has this task reached the appropriate level of urgency to just do it now?”
When the Price Goes Up
Think before you complain, and remember: What you pay for is what you get.
Think before you complain, and remember: What you pay for is what you get.
Everyone Has Parents
Everyone has a tribe. A destination. A group of people they will call “home” when they finally find them.
Everyone has a tribe. A destination. A group of people they will call “home” when they finally find them.
Notes on Desire
Don’t crave what you can’t attain but only be given, and don’t resent what you should be able to attain but can’t.
Don’t crave what you can’t attain but only be given, and don’t resent what you should be able to attain but can’t.
Responsibility vs. Manners
Show us your manners and earn our respect.
Show us your manners and earn our respect.
Turn Letdowns Into Leadership
Most of our problems happen in our heads and should be managed there.
Most of our problems happen in our heads and should be managed there.
Make Room for Art
Art is for everyone because it’s a form of human connection.
Art is for everyone because it’s a form of human connection.