What counts as interesting? When’s the last time you learned something useful? Something that really shifted your knowledge and made a difference. How about the last time you found something…
Browsing CategorySkills
The Art of Thinking Poorly
What does good thinking look like? Thinking is hard work. To write well, you must think well, that’s more work. And that’s a start. To write well, read a lot….
The Focus Problem
winning the war of art It’s hard seeing things through. Since I heard of the magpie, when someone hops from one thing to the next, I think of this bird….
An Anti-Forecast
So… 2020, huh? How has 2020 been for you so far? With everything the world has been through this year, things will not be the same. The question for you…
Getting Everything You Can – #1
Never fall in love with… Hello friend, In the next few emails, I will share lessons from my distant mentor, Jay Abrahams (the 21.7 billion dollar man) — with application…
How to Invent Anything, Simplified
How to Create Luck like its Paper There’s an untold secret to inventing and innovating things — it’s often a remix. The trick is figuring out what you can remix….
Inventing: Overrated.
How to “model” success instead Inventing is overrated. What you need is a framework to re-invent. Here’s the catch: Think in terms of what others have done that you can…
The COVID Void
What are your hidden opportunities? COVID has thought me an important lesson. Everything can turn around in a snap. It is teaching me to play and think defensively. The good…
When is the Right Time?
How to predict a market’s future The usual advice you get when building something new is, “just do it”. How about if you can look into the future and know…