Stop Balancing Work Against Life. Fix What's Actually Broken.
Balance assumes work and life are opposites. They never were. When work drains you, find which part is broken and change the smallest thing that fixes it. Y...
Balance assumes work and life are opposites. They never were. When work drains you, find which part is broken and change the smallest thing that fixes it. Y...
What the blur itself can tell you. You keep telling yourself the answer needs a little more time. A few more visitors. A few more conversations with users....
Part of the “Getting Past Your Own Reasons Not to Ship” series
You've been buying books faster than you can read them, and the price tag was never the problem. A book costs $20. Maybe $30 if it's hardcover and you're fe...
You've spent years becoming the person who does X. Now a machine can do X too. I've switched domains enough times to recognize a particular feeling. Not bec...
Part of the “What AI Changed About Being Good at Your Job” series
You've been building toward a specific outcome for months. What if the outcome was never the point? You hit the milestone. The revenue number, the launch, t...
You're grinding through the work and calling it virtue. What if the need for grinding is the actual problem? Everyone's selling discipline. Wake up at 5 AM....
Part of the “The Polymath/Multipotentialite's Survival Guide” seriesMost AI talk frames it like a tireless intern. It writes the email, summarizes the meeting, cleans up the spreadsheet. The promise is efficiency. But what f...
I keep noticing the same pattern. When my week feels alive, I do not “manage screen time”. I forget my phone exists. When my week feels dead, the guilt shows...
Most productivity advice says to focus. Pick one thing. Go deep. Stop dabbling. I do the opposite. And it works. I spend most of my time exploring. New fra...
Part of the “The Polymath/Multipotentialite's Survival Guide” series