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The Say-Do Gap: A Question to Reset Your Life
Here's a question I like to ask myself when I feel stuck:If an outside observer watched me for a week, how serious would they say I am about achieving my goals?Think a...
The Hidden Bias Keeping You Stuck
We all do it.We stay in jobs that drain us. We cling to relationships that no longer bring us energy. We hold onto possessions, identities, and goals that don’t serve ...
A Letter to My Son on His 3rd Birthday
My son turns three years old this week.Over the last few months, I've grown increasingly excited by the idea of writing him a series of letters he can read as he grows...
The Question That May Change Your Life
There’s a story about Apple founder Steve Jobs that I love:When he was 12 years old, he cold-called Bill Hewlett—co-founder of the pioneering technology company Hewlet...
3 Reasons to "Sell" in Life
Last week, investor Bill Ackman hosted a fireside chat conversation in Omaha in front of a standing room only crowd of 500+ investors.Ackman was joined onstage by Ryan...
11 Uncommon Lessons from Uncommon Minds
Last week, I had the rare opportunity to spend one-on-one time with some of the most uncommon minds in the world while attending the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting ...
The Hidden Cost of Comfort
Your entire life will change when you realize that growth feeds on meaningful struggle.When you avoid that struggle, you literally starve your growth of the oxygen it ...
The Statistical Oddity That May Save Your Life
If you're reading this newsletter, chances are you self-identify as an ambitious, high-achieving individual. Or, at a minimum, you aspire to be one.You probably take p...
The Most Powerful Asymmetries in Life
I define an asymmetry as something where the risk is limited but the reward is potentially significant. It's an action with an asymmetric return profile: If it doesn't...
The Hidden Tax Holding You Back
There are certain taxes of life that we must happily pay:Periods of loneliness are a tax on personal transformation. To achieve the growth we want, we need to accept t...
The Paradox of Routines
Morning routines have been a hot topic of discussion lately, mostly prompted by a mega-viral video of an Instagram influencer running through his elaborate minute-by-m...
My Honest Advice on How to Stand Out
In a world that values sameness, standing out is never free. But those who endure unlock the door to the most extraordinary lives.This is a brutally honest list of the...
Question of the Week: The Mountain or the Pebble
Here's a quote I often think about:"It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe." - Muhammad AliOver the years, it's sparked ...
The IKEA Effect: Do Hard Things
Everyone tells you to do hard things, but no one tells you why it's so important.First, it's because life is hard. And when you take on voluntary struggle, you're bett...
An Ancient Phrase That Will Change How You Live
This is an Ancient Roman phrase I find echoing in my brain:"Age Quod Agis"Translation: Do what you are doing.A simple concept, yet so very powerful in the attention-sp...
The Hierarchy of Delegation
Effective delegation is not a subject on any standard school curriculum, so most people have no idea how to do it.Here's my simple guide to get started on your delegat...
The Frog Pond Effect
There is a cost of entry for everything you want to achieve in life.Everyone wants the reward:The growthThe level-upThe next chapterBut few are willing to pay the cost...
The Most Important Trait in Life
Warren Buffett once said, "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful."Everyone loves to repeat it, but it's much easier to repeat the quote ...
The Hidden Debts of Life
A mental model is a simple way to think about the world.The most useful mental models are broadly applicable—they help identify patterns across different areas of life...
How to Earn Your Resilience
This weekend, I was flipping through a few of my old journals when I came across this quote:"When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstances, revert at once to yourself, an...
The Streetlight Effect: A Trap You're Probably Stuck In
The Streetlight Effect is the tendency to search for answers where it's easiest to look, not where the truth actually lies.•••My book has sold 200,000+ copies around t...
How to Build Long-Term Freedom
My entire life changed when I realized one truth:You have to sacrifice short-term freedom in order to earn long-term freedom.•••My book has sold 200,000+ copies around...
How to Prepare for an Uncertain Future
The future feels wildly uncertain (and you don't need to look far to feel it). This is my open letter to anyone struggling to prepare for an uncertain future...First, ...
The Parable of the Sower: Environment is Everything
This is one of my favorite parables:A sower went out to sow.And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.Other seeds fell on r...
1 Question to Start a Powerful Week
Programming Note: The most common piece of feedback I receive is from readers who love the newsletter but find the Friday Five has too many ideas to digest in a single...
Weekly Question & Framework: March 28, 2025
Question: Who would you call to get you out of a foreign prison?Framework: The Stoic Archer•••My book has now officially spent 7 straight weeks on the NYT Bestseller L...
The Life-Changing Power of the Spotlight Effect
In 2022, after making a rash emotional decision to pause my book process, I got a piece of advice from a mentor that changed my life: Nobody cares.Here's the truth: Yo...
Weekly Question & Framework: March 21, 2025
Question: Are you allowing a missing nail to destroy your kingdom?Framework: The Zone 2 Practice Session***My book, The 5 Types of Wealth, is a 6x NYT bestseller! If y...
How to Live a Miserable Life
Inversion is a mental model that flips the script on traditional problem-solving. It forces you to think differently about the problem—to see it from a new angle, from...
Weekly Question & Framework: March 14, 2025
Question: Which wolf will you feed?Framework: Three Men Make a Tiger•••My book was a New York Times Bestseller for the 5th consecutive week since launch! The hardcover...