dill's blogBuilding systems A system is anything that makes future action easy, or at best, effortless. My alarm wakes me up between 6:30 and 7 in the morning. Nine times out of ten, I hit snooze until 7. My system? When it first goes off, I hit snoo...

dill's blogSo you wanna be a rockstar? When I was in high school, I wanted one thing: To be the leading man in a punk rock band. Or so I thought. When I wasn’t strumming power chords alone in my room, I was watching hours of live performances by Blin...

dill's blogCraft vs. Art Craft is what we are expected to know. Art is the unexpected use of our craft. Ed Catmull In other words: Improve your skills. Then fucking use them. Craft vs. Art

dill's blogCall your friends. I drove 4 hours to Virginia Beach yesterday. For 2 hours, I talked on the phone with one of my best friends. For another hour and a half, I caught up with another good friend from college. The result: the drive took me 3...

dill's blog“Add Title” “Start writing or type / to choose a block.” These are on my screen every morning before I write the day’s blog. Some days it’s inviting. Like, what are you going to make today? Other days it’s daunting. Like, what the hell cou...

dill's blogPeeing my pants in a Sam’s Club. Here are two stories about Life: 1) Life loves you. This weekend, I drove down a major road to get to my buddy’s house. It’s flooded with stoplights. I made every single one. When I got into his town, I ran...

dill's blogHow to become a billionaire in 2 minutes. Here are all the things I’m proud of: My relationships. By continuously pursuing quality time with my friends and family, and increasing the value I could possibly bring them…I have cultivated a tr...

dill's blogStupid questions “Was 1917 in World War I time?” My friend asked me last night as we sat down to watch 1917. I chuckled. “Yes.” The subtext under my voice was, “Of course it was, you moron.” We do this a lot. Someone asks a question we are...

dill's blogPut your phone down and look at me: How to focus. Many of us think we can focus on several things at once. That’s bullshit. Unless you’re combining a focusing task with a mundane task (like listening to a podcast while doing the dishes), m...

dill's blogValue is Friendship One of my best friends hired me for an online project. I finished it yesterday. He offered me the gig because he knew I was trying to establish my online business. When I was done, I thanked him profusely for the opport...