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Weekly Question & Framework: November 17, 2023
Question: How to flip the script on your fears.Framework: The 80% rule (kick the afternoon slump).
The Anti-To-Do List
Every journey has two fundamental sides: (1) The Positive: Where we want to go; and (2) The Negative: Where we want to avoid along the way.The Anti-To-Do List is our t...
Weekly Question & Framework: November 10, 2023
Question: Are you fulfilled, or just less lonely?Framework: Grayscale Mode.
How to Be Different
Researchers studying zebras in the wild placed a red dot on the target zebras to distinguish them, but they were quickly eaten by lions. The Zebra Effect says that ble...
Weekly Question & Framework: November 3, 2023
Question: What game are you playing?Framework: The Diderot Effect.
The Art & Science of Conversation
Mastering the art and science of conversation is essential to creating the deep human connection that provides rich texture to life.Four principles of connected conver...
Weekly Question & Framework: October 27, 2023
Question: How would you accomplish your 5-year goals in the next year?Framework: Inversion
10 Lessons from 10-Year College Reunion
Last weekend, I attended my 10-year Stanford University reunion. It was an opportunity to look back on those formative years, reconnect with old friends, and reflect o...
Weekly Question & Framework: October 20, 2023
Question: How is your definition of success harming your life?Framework: The 90% Rule.
Mental Time Travel: A Cheat Code for Success
I have spent time with a lot of very successful people. I have observed two common trends: (1) A struggle to appreciate the present and (2) A struggle to identify the ...
The Curiosity Files: Episode 1
The first in a series of impromptu, off-the-cuff episodes based on my daily learnings and notes.This episode covers 10 key lessons learned from spending time with 50 m...
Weekly Question & Framework: October 13, 2023
Question: How would you want your loved ones to describe you?Framework: The Life Force Pyramid.
Building Your Personal Braintrust
Pixar Animation Studios has a 30+ year history of creating award-winning animated films. One of their secrets for consistently excellent output: The Braintrust.The Bra...
Weekly Question & Framework: October 6, 2023
Question: Who are your Winter Friends?Framework: The 3x5 Notecard Strategy.
10 Short Lessons from a Beautiful Life
The world lost a beautiful soul over the weekend. My grandmother, Vimala Reddy ("Avva" to me), passed away peacefully in the early morning hours on October 1. She was ...
Weekly Question & Framework: September 29, 2023
Question: What am I certain of today that I'll laugh at in 10 years?Framework: The Bike Shed Effect.
The 4 Types of Professional Time
I recently re-read an old Paul Graham essay that got me thinking about the composition of professional time—what "types" of time exist in our workdays and how we can f...
Weekly Question & Framework: September 22, 2023
Question: What would you invest in today assuming you had to hold the investment forever?Framework: Survivorship Bias.
The Dark Side of Big Goals
I just completed my first marathon in 2:57:31 just 6 months after I started running. By achieving the sub 3-hour marathon time, I had hit my Big Goal. It felt great, a...
Weekly Question & Framework: September 15, 2023
Question: The 1-Second Decision.Framework: Maximizers vs. Satisficers.
The 80-Year-Old Life Decathlon
Dr. Peter Attia uses a framework with his patients called the Centenarian Decathlon to organize physical aspirations for life’s later years. The idea is to choose 10 p...
Weekly Question & Framework: September 8, 2023
Question: What does your perfect workday look like?Framework: The 3-3-3 Method.
The Power of Thinking Differently
A Stanford business professor split her class into groups and gave each group $5 and 2 hours to generate as high of a return as possible. The losing groups bartered wi...
Weekly Question & Framework: September 1, 2023
Question: If everything stays the same, what is the one change that would have the greatest impact?Framework: The Locksmith Paradox.
10 Learnings from a Mastermind
Last week, I spent three days with a group of successful entrepreneurs on a retreat in Big Sky, Montana. I left the event with a new energy to grow and a lot of intere...
Weekly Q&F: August 24, 2023
Question: What am I avoiding because it's too painful to address?Framework: Fundamental Attribution Error.
3 Strategies for Mastering Stress
While we all want to live in a state of low stress, during certain moments, we need to learn to optimize our stress response—we need to learn to harness stress to our ...
Friday Question & Framework: August 18, 2023
Question: If you woke up three years from now and were living your ideal life, what were the three things you did to get you there?Framework: The Pyrrhic Victory.
The Art & Science of Luck
Theory: Our belief in our ability to create our own luck exposes us to more good fortune (or at least allows us to see the good fortune amidst a sea of bad).In an earl...
Friday Question & Framework: August 11, 2023
Question: Do I actually need more information, or do I simply need to act on the information I already have?Framework: The Identity-Action Grid