Working backwards from your values to determine your activities creates a lifestyle dramatically more meaningful than working forward from whatever seems appealing in the moment. It’s the difference between resilience and anxiety; satisfaction and di...

Be willing to make a very long-term commitment to what you’re doing...In a world of compounding advantages where most people are operating on a 3 year timeframe and you’re operating on a 10 year timeframe, you’ll have a very large edge.→ Sam Altman,...

Your success is equal to the average of your default day. → Steven Kotler[[]----[]]Good workouts happen. So do bad ones.The same goes for our days. Some are good & productive. Some send us to bed feeling like we've just been through the spin...

One thing a downturn will teach you is which relationships in your life—both inside and outside of work—are secure and which ones are not.→ Chip Conley, Peak[[]----[]]In 7 Habits of Highly Successful People, Stephen Covey writes about the "emotional...

Asking for a sale is a relational proposition. And relationships have rules.→ Donald Miller, Marketing Made Simple[[]----[]]Nobody will want to start a romantic relationship with you unless they feel as though you can solve a problem they have.Maybe...

Have no single point of failure. Have no single path to success.→ James Clear on Instagram[[]-----[]]For a long time, I thought I understood Simon Sinek's push for all of us to "start with why." It wasn't until I was listening to an interview with hi...

Part of building a culture of inquiry is teaching people to defer judgement while exploring new ideas and big questions. This is necessary because many of us are conditioned to react to questions by trying to answer them too quickly or by countering...

Without knowing where you are on the map, you won't know whether to turn left or right going out the door, no matter how clear your goal.→ David Allen, Ready for Anything[[]----[]]There are two ways to build your brand.The first is reactive, & th...

To question well...it's necessary to stop doing and stop knowing in order to start asking.→ Warren Berger, A More Beautiful Question[[]----[]]When times get stressful, those with an action bias get moving. Usually, that's a good thing.But when times...

When someone asks, 'What do you do?' answer not with your profession, job title, or company. Tell them what creates meaning for you. This gives people a window into your occupational soul and it may also prompt them to ask a deeper question or themse...