• LOOKING AFTER ANOTHER

    The man willing to look after another is the man worthy of respect. When someone takes on responsibility for another person they’re doing something they don’t have to do. And even in the modern world it’s a voluntary sacrifice of epic proportions. Because the person you look after isn’t you. And when you choose to…

  • INDECISION IS A LUXURY

    If you want to accomplish a lot of things in life, then practice removing indecision. Indecision is a luxury you don’t get to have if you want to move forwards. It’s a sensation that feels like an external force that stops you from doing what needs to be done because you think you have to…

  • HUMILITY

    Humility holds us back when we don’t understand what it is and we overuse it. We often think it means remembering that you’re not important. And at it’s worst we use it as a shame tactic on ourselves. But humility means close to the ground. The original word literally translates to “earth.” I believe it…

  • INCREDIBLE THINGS

    There’s something inside that tells all of us we could do great things. And when someone tells a story about the magic that flows in our veins we come alive. We hold our hands up in the air and say yes. That’s me. I could do great things. But those great things don’t come from…

  • DOING WHAT YOU LOVE

    I wish I would have learned this when I was younger. You don’t have to make money doing the thing you love. You can be a musician and have a job in finance. You can be an artist and work in the technology industry. And this doesn’t mean you’re being sucked dry of your creative…

  • HOW A BABY LEARNS

    We make a terrible mistake of assuming we should know what’s going on. This makes utterly no sense, particularly if we’re high achievers. If someone seems like they really have it together it’s more likely that they’re dealing with things they don’t understand on a regular basis. Because progress comes from dealing with the unknown,…

  • AUTHENTICITY

    The real value in authenticity is that it’s less work. If you’re creating a lot of things that represent what you believe about the world then everything you create will have a common thread. You’ll create a niche through your beliefs about the world. But if you create things you don’t believe in just because…

  • FEAR IS A BAD LEADER

    Your fear is a bad leader. Every time you act on a fear and survive it gives your mind more reason to act on that fear next time. You brain doesn’t do the math to realize that, in many situations, not acting on your fears also would have resulted in your survival, and possibly an…

  • CONNECT

    Anytime there’s a disconnect, there’s an opportunity to create immense value in connecting. If you’re working in a field where there’s usually technical expertise but they’re lacking in social expertise, then there are ways for you to bring value by using your social expertise to connect people in ways they wouldn’t be able to otherwise.…

  • LIFE IS GETTING BETTER

    Life is getting better on earth. It doesn’t have to. But it is. The fundamental aspects of scientific thought argue that without careful attention, the organized elements of life fall apart. And yet humanity lives up to it’s potential a little bit more every year. The life expectancy of people goes up over time. Which…