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The Seasons of Your Life
Here’s something I find myself thinking about a lot lately:Your life is not a singular, static experience.Your life has seasons.These seasons create a natural flow to ...
Want a Better Life? Be Boring.
Here’s an underrated life hack:Be boring in the right ways.Why is being boring so powerful? Well, simply because so few people are willing to do it...•••Andrew Huberma...
The Victim Mentality: A Silent Killer of Growth
The Dartmouth Scar Experiment is an interesting case study on the impact of the so-called Victim Mentality on our lives.In today’s piece, I’d like to talk about Victim...
What Will Your Next Note Be?
I recently read a quote from legendary musician Miles Davis that stopped me in my tracks…“It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note—it’s the note you play after...
34 Short Lessons on Money
Money is a funny thing.It consumes an enormous amount of our energy and attention in adulthood, but very few of us learn anything about it in childhood or adolescence....
How to Make the Ordinary Come Alive
I don't read poetry often, but there are a few poems I come back to regularly because of their impact on my life.This beautiful piece by William Martin is on that lis...
Live Like It's The Last Time
The Ancient Greeks had two different words for time:Chronos was the idea of chronological, linear, quantitative time. That all time is equal.Kairos was a bit different...
The Simple Question to Unlock Progress
This has become the most common question I receive:Big project, very intimidatingDon't know where to startFeeling stuck, paralyzed, anxiousMy response is always the sa...
The Magic of Showing Up on Your Bad Days
On June 11, 1997, Michael Jordan stepped onto the court for Game 5 of the NBA Finals between his Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz.Jordan was reportedly very sick, but c...
I Co-Hosted a Retreat With Richard Branson—Here’s What I Learned
Last week, I had a pinch me experience:I spent five days co-hosting a retreat with Richard Branson, Adam Grant, and a group of incredible entrepreneurs and thinkers on...
The Law of Reversed Effort: Slow Down to Speed Up
Last week, I posted a short thought:The worst mistakes in life are made when you try to do fast what’s meant to be done slow. Real, durable things take a long time to ...
Sahil’s Monthly Idea Drop: July 2025
If you read (or listen) to this newsletter, you know that I’m obsessed with interesting ideas.Here are 5 ideas I can’t stop thinking about this month…(P.S. This may be...
The Cheshire Cat Principle: How to Create Clarity
In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, there’s a scene in which Alice reaches a fork in the road and has a simple exchange with the Cheshire Cat:“Would you tell me, plea...
The Empty Boat Mindset
There’s a story I come back to when I’m feeling stressed or frustrated...A monk is meditating alone on a lake when another boat crashes into his. Anger rises—until he ...
The Arrival Fallacy: Why Success Is Never Enough
Last week, the world's top-ranked golfer, Scottie Scheffler, went viral for something completely unrelated to golf.During his pre-tournament interview at The Open Cham...
The Poem I Wish I Read 10 Years Ago
Last week, a reader sent me a poem that stopped me in my tracks.To live content with small means.To seek elegance rather than luxury,and refinement rather than fashion...
The Poison Arrow Principle: How to Stop Overthinking
Here's an old Buddhist story I think about often:Imagine someone is struck by a poisoned arrow. A doctor is called to remove the arrow, but the man stops him. 'Not so ...
22 Pieces of Career Advice They Don't Teach You in School
I get a lot of messages asking for career advice.The following is my attempt to synthesize my responses from the last few years into a series of short, valuable lesson...
The Question That Haunts High Achievers
Last week, I was speaking to a group of entrepreneurs when one of them admitted he'd been struggling.He's dealing with a challenging family health situation and feelin...
The Artful Life: Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
In the 4th century B.C., the Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, wrote in his Aphorisms (translated into Latin here):Vita brevis, ars longa, occasio praeceps, experim...