Bad Priors: COVID-19 Edition
Hi , Straight into it this week! —- What did I get wrong about COVID-19? —- When I started this email list, all the way back in the beginning of 2020, I didn’t know what I wanted to write about. I didn’t have to wait long. When COVID-19 began
All Or Nothing
Hi , This week, we’re finishing up our series on Behavior Change! And what treatment of change would be complete without talking about… Failure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Am I failing as a hero? Because of my own background, I am often asked by would-be entrepreneurs seeking escape from life within huge corporate
Barrett's Rule
This post originally appeared on the “Better Questions” email list. If you’d like to get one email like this a week, please sign up at BetterQuestionsEmail.com. Thanks! —— Hi , We’ve got a legitimate (accidental) series on our hands here! It didn’t start off this way, but we’
Sustainably Successful
This post originally appeared on the “Better Questions” email list. If you’d like to get one email like this a week, please sign up at BetterQuestionsEmail.com. Thanks! —— Hi , Hope you’re having a great week. Let’s get to it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Could I do this forever? Over the
Dominant Thoughts
This post originally appeared on the “Better Questions” email list. If you’d like to get one email like this a week, please sign up at BetterQuestionsEmail.com. Thanks! —— Hi , (A brief word of warning. While there is nothing salacious in this letter at all, it does include a shirtless
Ironic Processes
This post originally appeared on the “Better Questions” email list. If you’d like to get one email like this a week, please sign up at BetterQuestionsEmail.com. Thanks! —— Hi , Hope you’re well. 🙂 Straight into it this week… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How do I not think of an elephant? Let’s
No Time
This post originally appeared on the “Better Questions” email list. If you’d like to get one email like this a week, please sign up at BetterQuestionsEmail.com. Thanks! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What takes time? Joseph Roth, the brilliant Austrian journalist and novelist who moved to Berlin in 1920, said at the
The Product Is You
This post originally appeared on the “Better Questions” email list. If you’d like to get one email like this a week, please sign up at BetterQuestionsEmail.com. Thanks! —— Hi , Hope you’re having a killer week. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How do I subtract? > “What’s it going to take to
Avoiding The Golden Mean
Hi , Straight into it this week. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Where am I along the spectrum? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These last three months, for me, can be defined by one word: Overwhelm. For reasons both outside of and within my control, I took on far too much, tried to do too many different things, got
The Logical Thinking Process, Part One: Five Simple Pieces
What if there was a step by step way to solving any problem? A simple, straight-forward path to getting everything you ever wanted? To avoiding pitfalls and obstacles? To maximizing your potential and living your best life? Well…there is. It’s called the Logical Thinking Process. It’s got
