start again today no. 14: the release ratio, the magic of chess ♜, commit fully or not at all, no mention of the superbowl 🏈
In this week's start again today newsletter, I share More to That's recommendations on how to consume less and create more, Jenny Schweitzer Bell’s short film about elementary school champion chess players, and Zen Habits meditation on partially committing.
Read Morestart again today no. 13: rethinking murphy’s law, legibility, kids 🐣, mythbusters (the wellness edition)
In today’s newsletter, I share Ribbon Farm’s 2010 classic on legibility, a reflection on parenting, and some ways to reframe the pursuit of wellness (that work).
Read Morestart again today no. 10: broken happy, forces shaping the 🌎, love, and STFU
In this week’s newsletter, I share a happy story, Morgan Housel of Collaborative Fund’s breakdown of the 3 forces that will shape the next few decades, a quote from The Alchemist, and a call to action.
Read Morestart again today no. 9: life lessons, neuralink, comparing and saying thank you
In this week’s newsletter, I share Maria Popova’s reflections on 13 years of Brain Pickings, Wait But Why’s basically-a-book on the evolution of the human brain and the future with brain machine interfaces and neuralink, Derek Sivers thoughts on comparing up vs comparing down and, importantly, how to write a thank you note.
Read Morestart again today no. 8: ballet, joy, christmas feels and rest
In this week’s newsletter, I share Zadie Smith’s essay on joy, 5 quick feel good links for the holidays, a Darwinian take on slacking, and ask…why do people go to the ballet?
Read Morestart again today no. 7: zoom, bees, awesome things, and to don't lists
In this week’s newsletter, I share a long read on Zoom’s success from Hiten Shah of FYI, a Nautilus find about beekeeping and building/rebuilding community, and tips on doing less from organizational psychologist, best selling author and Wharton professor Adam Grant.
Read Morestart again today no. 6: pace, people, prestige, profit and learning
In this week’s newsletter, I explore our pace of growth, sharing articles on reading better, building a 40 year career, the absurdity of life, Chrissy Tiegen’s tweets and systems vs. goals.
Read Morestart again today no. 5: I just wanna be successful
In this week's newsletter, we look at multi-disciplinary people (3 articles), becoming successful through luck vs. hard work, and finding a mentor.
Read Morestart again today no. 3: how do you inspire action?
In this week's start again today newsletter, we review different ways to inspire action.
Read Morestart again today no. 2: tell me what you want (what you really really want)
Not sure what you want yet? Before you focus, maybe you need to give yourself some time to daydream.
Read Morestart again today no. 1: what is normal?
In Start Again Today, I’ll share a few quick things to help us start each week with a beginners mindset and maybe, an open heart.
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