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Weekly Question & Framework: September 6, 2024
Question: What are the lesser goals keeping you from your real goals?Framework: The Riptide Mentality
The Most Powerful Life Hacks I've Found
For the last several years, I've kept a running list of my favorite life hacks. I add and subtract from the list whenever I come across new ideas that create value in ...
Weekly Question & Framework: August 30, 2024
Question: What are the barriers within you that need to be broken?Framework: The Beginner's Paradox
The Life-Changing Power of Missions
I have a few core Missions that define my life—everything is aligned around them.Missions are life journeys with no specific end. Missions are not goals. Missions are ...
Weekly Question & Framework: August 23, 2024
Question: Do you need to reframe retirement?Framework: The Cathedral Effect
Brutally Honest Advice to My Younger Self
I recently had a long conversation with a young man in his mid-20s who was unhappy with his standing in life—feeling behind, lost, without a clear vision for the futur...
Weekly Question & Framework: August 16, 2024
Question: How wide is my Information-Action Gap?Framework: The Yet Mindset
The Stories You Tell Yourself
At a young age, I decided I wasn't smart. That story stuck with me for the first 30 years of my life—it created ripples into my actions, thoughts, and behaviors.The Na...
Weekly Question & Framework: August 9, 2024
Question: What can you do today that wasn't possible for you six months ago?Framework: Shinrin-yoku
9 Hidden Signs of Personal Growth
The Chinese bamboo tree offers a powerful lesson on growth: It requires daily nurturing for several years before it ever breaks through the surface, but once it does, ...
Weekly Question & Framework: August 2, 2024
Question: What are the boring, basic actions that you are avoiding right now?Framework: The Fosbury Flop
The Ever-Changing "You"
The Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment proposed by the Greek philosopher Plutarch in relation to a story about the Greek hero Theseus. If every single piece of Th...
Weekly Question & Framework: July 26, 2024
Question: What is one tiny action that would create momentum?Framework: The 2 Types of Knowledge
The Promises You Make to Yourself
John Wooden was the legendary UCLA men's basketball coach who led the team to 10 national championships over a 12 year period. He is most well known for his life wisdo...
Weekly Question & Framework: July 19, 2024
Question: What if your path is a spiral?Framework: Shu Ha Ri: The 3 Stages of Mastery
The 5 Types of Wealth - My First Book!
I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that my first book—The 5 Types of Wealth—is officially available for preorder everywhere books are sold!For the last three years,...
Weekly Question & Framework: July 12, 2024
Question: What would you do if you had zero fear of judgment?Framework: Truth Tellers
Winner's Game vs. Loser's Game
A "mental model" is a way to think about the world. The world is infinitely complex, so the aim of any good model is to provide a lens through which you can simplify, ...
Weekly Question & Framework: July 5, 2024
Question: If you hired the best CEO in the world to be the CEO of your life, what actions would be on their 100-day plan?Framework: Return on Luck
How to Use Failure to Succeed
Here's an interesting thought: Failure is a skill. But unfortunately, failure is not a skill that any of us learn to develop in school. In fact, people who are high ac...
Weekly Question & Framework: June 28, 2024
Question: If you were writing the story of your life, what would the current chapter be called?Framework: The Einstellung Effect
The Most Important Choice of Your Life
Last week, I came across a beautiful story that impacted me so deeply that I found myself telling everyone about it. Each time I did, I saw their eyes light up as the ...
Weekly Question & Framework: June 21, 2024
Question: Cheap is expensive.Framework: The man, the boy, and the donkey.
Lessons From an Imperfect Father to His Perfect Son
Being a father has been my highest calling—my son has brought a joy and purpose into my life that I didn't think I'd ever find.With last Sunday being Father's Day, I s...
Weekly Question & Framework: June 14, 2024
Question: One decision to remove hundreds.Framework: The PO Creativity Method.
Attention Residue: The Productivity Killer
Albert Einstein devoted three years of his life to deep focus on the specific task of generalizing his theory of relativity. He didn't work on ten things during this p...
Weekly Question & Framework: June 7, 2024
Question: Is it time you start living outside the box?Framework: The Steel Man Technique
5 Lessons on Life Purpose from a Legendary Letter
If you're a regular reader of my work, you know that I have a special affinity for drawing upon wisdom from the past and applying my own lens to create something more ...
Weekly Question & Framework: May 31, 2024
Question: What am I not achieving simply because I haven't asked?Idea: Hemingway's Lost Suitcase
How to Choose Your Life Pursuits
Your time here is finite, so choosing the pursuits—personal and professional—that deliver the greatest returns on that time is essential.I use an exercise I call Pursu...