Accidental Meaning: How The Baby Boomers Misled Us About What Leads To A Happy Life
People are still pursuing the default american dream path and not getting what they expect, meaning. How do find meaning in today's world?
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How I Think About Money & Retirement While Self Employed
Why do full-time employees think self-employment is so risky? Here's how I think about money, retirement & my future
Personal Reflections & EssaysMoney & Finance
How Obsession With Work Killed Our Connection With Leisure
We've lost connection to an ancient definition of leisure which was centered around contemplation and an active engagement with the world
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The Inevitable Decline Of The Elite Full-Time MBA
The full-time MBA performs a certain number of jobs well but it is being replaced by new options that are using the power of networks to scale
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The Battle For The Soul Of The Creator Economy
Will the \"creator economy\" self-destruct before it ever takes off or will a new culture emerge that helps develop an ecosystem of creators?
Creativity & The Creator Economy
What I learned in Ali Abdaal's YouTube Course
A review of Ali Abdaal's Part-Time Youtube Academy course. I share how I levels up my YouTube skills and changed my mindset towards creation.
Creativity & The Creator Economy
150+ Things Worth Reading & Listening To From 2020
150+ links from the boundless newsletter on work, life, carving one's own path and making sense of the modern world
Books & Reading
Don't Follow Your Passion, Work In The Corporate World First
People have more freedom in the corporate world than they imagine. A corporate job can be a great first step to an entrepreneurial journey.
Modern CareersOrganizations & Culture
The Magic of Non-Doing
What is non-doing? Wu-wei, or inaction in Chinese, is being in a state of not having to \"do things.\"
Leisure, Rest & Non-Doing
Why Did People Stop Caring About Developing a Meaningful Philosophy of Life in the 1970s?
Why did college students abandon trying to achieve a meaningful philosophy of life and instead replace it with the desire to become wealthy?
Wisdom, Success & Philosophy
An Ode To Travel and What It Means (Video)
Long-term travel is different than short-term vacations and it surprised me in ways I didn't expect. This is a short travel essay I wrote.
Travel
The Knowledge Worker Mind & The Birth Of Careerism
How did the worker become transformer into the modern career-driven performer? It wasn't Frederrick Taylor's fault
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