Book Review: Die With Zero, and Why Too Many Save Too Much for Too Late
Die With Zero is a persuasive argument for those who spend to much to turn money into time & experiences earlier in their lives
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Book Review: Games: Agency as Art by C. Thi Nguyen
C. Thi Nguyen's Games: Agency as Art frames games as a way of practicing agency. My notes and favorite highlights, and why I think paths like mine are about taking a game stance toward the world.
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Book Review: The Good Enough Job by Simone Stolzoff
One of the first modern work books that avoids both "hustle harder" and "capitalism sucks." My take and favorite highlights.
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The Way of Mediocre Man
Mediocre man flows through life. It is his birthright. He is not great man aiming at great results but merely trying to do enough of the right things over a long period of time such that it might lead somewhere interesting.
Personal Reflections & Essays
A Pebble In My Shoe (Excerpt From The Pathless Path)
An excerpt from Chapter 4 of The Pathless Path, on the stages people go through before leaving the default path
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Book Review: The Inner Game of Tennis and the Inner Game of Life
W. Timothy Gallwey's The Inner Game of Tennis is a short book about tennis that's really about how we learn, judge ourselves and get out of our own way.
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Book Review: The Food Lab and the Art of Learning to Cook
For years cooking never clicked for me. Then a friend handed me J. Kenji López-Alt's The Food Lab, and one idea from it changed everything: cooking is science.
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Leaning Into Ambition & Deeper Commitments: (Still) Enjoying The Journey | 2022 Annual Review
My 2022 year in review: publishing The Pathless Path, 2.5x income growth, finding community in Austin, and learning that ambition doesn't have to mean compromise.
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Book Review: The Art of Gig by Venkatesh Rao
The best book I've read on consulting. My notes on Venkatesh Rao's maxims, the inner game of indie life, and the price of freedom.
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12 Common Experiences of People Making Life Shifts
When I left my job I thought I was having an n=1 experience. I became fascinated by how people make life shifts and talked to hundreds of people. I started to notice many common experiences and patterns.
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Book Review: Russ Roberts' Wild Problems and a Life Well Lived
A review of Russ Roberts' Wild Problems and why the biggest life decisions can't be solved with logic. The upsides of bold leaps are impossible to imagine beforehand.
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Selling My Time Too Cheap: How Full-Time Year-Round Work Blinds Us To The Joys of Life
I sold my time at a bargain for too long. After five years of self-employment, I realized how unnatural it is to trade most of your waking life for a paycheck.
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