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You are the project.Your body. Your mind. Your life. This is what you're building.Everything, everything, you do counts. Every book you read, every weight you lift, every hour you spend working. It all shapes you, and how you do it matters. Never forget: The work works on you more than you work on it. The potter thinks he's forming the clay when really the clay is forming him.Honor this life you were given. A body that heals. A mind that learns. A spirit that can build towers and bridges and rockets out of nothing but vision and resolve. Impossible machinery, placed in your hands. Give it your full attention. Pour everything through it. Play until your lungs hurt and your fingers ache. Play until the music stops coming and the instrument sits warm in your lap, worn smooth by someone who understood what they were holding.Loosen up. Take more risk. Make more mistakes. Travel lighter. Chase the thing your hands reach for when your mind is not supervising. Stop being so sensible and sane. You may have more actual troubles, but you'll have fewer imaginary ones.And finally: Stay away from big talkers and small doers. This life is best spent in the arena.
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•Aug 24, 2025: The Midwit Meme: A Guide to Life
•Nov 24, 2024: The World Only Cares About What It Can Get From You
•Oct 5, 2025: 3 Small Ideas
2026
•January 18: 5 Lessons from 2025
2025
•December 28: The Annual Review & Planning Guide
•November 23: How to Make Doing Hard Things Easier
•October 23: The Source of Envy
•October 5: 3 Small Ideas
•September 7: You Need to Be Bored
•August 24: The Midwit Meme: A Guide to Life
•August 10: When Being Human's the Problem
•July 6: shipping your calendar
•June 29: Decisions, Decisions...
•June 8: Start, Stop, Keep
•May 11: You Will Lose
•Apr 27: Staring Into the Abyss
•Apr 13: Toxic Compassion
•Mar 30: Problem Creep
•Mar 23: Pseudo-Work
•Mar 9: The Parable of the Mexican Fisherman
•Mar 2: Chase Excitement, Not Happiness
•Feb 16: How to 10x Your Productivity
•Feb 9: Why You Can't Stick With Things
•Feb 2: The Aspiring Samurai
•Jan 19: Start From Zero
•Jan 12: You Don't Blame Gas for Being Flammable
•Jan 5: 25 Lifehacks for 2025
2024
•Dec 29: How to Attack 2025
•Dec 22: The Annual Review & Planning Guide 2025
•Dec 8: The Most Important 10 Minutes of Your Day
•Dec 1: Life's Losers
•Nov 24: The World Only Cares About What It Can Get From You
•Nov 17: How to Be More Charismatic (or patient, or friendly, or...)
•Nov 10: Do Less, Better
•Nov 3: Do You Have a Problem Now?
•Oct 27: You are the Constraint
•Oct 20: Quarterbacks Envy Nobody
•Oct 13: De-Overcomplicate Your Decisions
•Oct 6: How Good Do You Want to Be?
•Sep 29: The Price of a Strong Character
•Sep 22: The Tools That Feel Light in Your Hands
•Sep 15: Nail the Basics
•Sep 8: Remove the Suck
•Sep 1: Chutes and Ladders
•Aug 25: How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything
•Aug 18: Govern Yourself
•Aug 11: When do you feel finished?
•Aug 4: How to Manufacture Motivation
•Jul 21: How to "Become" The Person You Want to Be
•Jul 14: Healing "Cuts" to 101%
•Jul 7: The Bannister Effect
•Jun 30: You Have Less Competition Than You Think
•Jun 23: It's Time to Escape the Zoo
•Jun 9: Just Notice
•May 26: 30 Blocks a Day
•May 19: Pick Games You Can Win
•May 12: How to Resolve Conflict
•May 5: find THE Reason, not reasons
•Apr 28: You Get What You Prioritize
•Apr 21: Everything Has a Cost
•Apr 14: Pushing vs Pulling
•Apr 7: Everything Counts
•Mar 31: Elective Anxiety
•Mar 24: Can vs Will
•Mar 17: Chop Wood, Carry Water
•Mar 10: The Grass Isn't Greener
•Mar 3: How to Get What You Want in Life
•Feb 25: how to beat (lowercase-f) fear
•Feb 18: How to Become a More Interesting Person
•Feb 11: Never Wish for Less Time
•Feb 4: How to Set Up Your iPhone - So It Doesn't Ruin Your Life
•Jan 28: Put Your Phone Away
•Jan 21: The Illusion of Choice
•Jan 14: The Conditions for Greatness
•Jan 7: The 2 Best "Force Multipliers" to Conquer Busyness
2023
•Dec 31: The Annual Review & Planning Guide 2024
•Dec 24: The Best Inheritance
•Dec 17: Status vs Independence
•Dec 3: How Much Money People Need to Be Happy, Wisdom Acquisition, and Table Selection
•Nov 19: The Parable of the Beggar
•Nov 12: 4 Things I Learned from Spending 46 Hours Alone
•Nov 5: The Christmas Tree Effect, WeCrashed, and The Cause of the Mass Tech Layoffs
•Oct 29: Mental Time Travel, Income and Net Worth Levels, and The Greatest Risk in Life
•Oct 22: How to Overcome Sadness and Anxiety, Overchoice, and Jealousy vs Envy
•Oct 15: How to Live an Asymmetric Life, "FULL BENEFIT", and the Testocalypse
•Oct 8: How to Live an Asymmetric Life
•Oct 1: What This World Lacks, Jamaica's Flag, and "When-Then" Thinking
•Sep 24: The Man Who Outperformed the FBI with Google, iPhone 15s, and What Nobody Tells You
•Sep 17: The 3-3-3 Method, A Simple Cure for Migraines, and The Boring Work
•Sep 10: Real Work vs Fake Work, Costco Hot Dogs, and Why You're Probably a NPC
•Sep 3: The Best Version of Yourself, The Gaming Industry, and Warren Buffett's '20-Slot' Rule
•Sep 1: Chutes and Ladders
•Aug 27: Pyrrhic Victories, Population Problems, and How To Be Successful
•Aug 20: Think Different: Obesity, Having a Vision, and Closing "Open Loops"
•Aug 11: Hard Choices, Rocking Horses, and Taking Your Own Advice
•Jul 16: The Unlived Life (Part 2 of 2)
•Jul 9: The Unlived Life (Part 1 of 2)
•Jun 25: 13 "Dad-isms" for Father's Day
•Jun 4: Quiet Courage
•May 21: Hunt Antelope, Not Field Mice
•May 14: 4 Habits to "Win the Morning"
•May 7: How Warren Buffett Measures Success
•Apr 30: How to Age in Reverse
•Apr 23: Why I'm Anti-Productivity (and you should be, too)
•Apr 16: #035: Things That Compound
•Apr 9: #034: "Nothing Runs on Life Support"
•Apr 2: #033: Quarterly Review - Q1 2023
•Mar 26: #032: The Right Way to Use Your Brain
•Mar 19: #031: What if You're Already on Top of Things?
•Mar 12: #030: The Potency of Information
•Mar 5: #029: The American Trap
•Feb 26: #028: A Simple Guide to Nutrition
•Feb 19: #027: How to Live a Life of Action
•Feb 12: #026: The Things That Don't Wear Off
•Feb 5: #025: The 7 Deadly Lies (You're Telling Yourself)
•Jan 29: #024: The First 20 Hours
•Jan 22: #023: The 20 Mile March
•Jan 15: #022: Should You Quit Your Job?
•Jan 8: #021: Become Happier by Doing Less of What You Hate
•Jan 1: #020: The Ultimate Annual Review & Planning Guide
2022
•Dec 18: #019: Why You Can't Focus
•Dec 11: #018: The Ultimate Productivity Hack
•Dec 4: #017: The Right Amount of Discomfort
•Nov 27: ⚡️ IPOC #016: Seek Discomfort
•Nov 20: ⚡️ IPOC #015: How We Spend Our Time
•Nov 13: ⚡️ IPOC #014: Why Time is NOT the Most Valuable Resource
•Nov 6: ⚡️ IPOC #013: Your Dream Average Day
•Oct 30: ⚡️ IPOC #012: You, Me, Risk & Opportunity
•Oct 23: ⚡️ IPOC #011: Redefining Risk
•Oct 16: ⚡️ IPOC #010: Aspirations → Goals → Actions
•Oct 9: ⚡️ IPOC #009: Systems > Goals
•Oct 2: ⚡️ IPOC #008: Goals, Daily Actions, & Tucson, AZ
•Sep 25: ⚡️ IPOC #007: How Not to Be Stupid
•Sep 18: ⚡️ IPOC #006: How to Improve Your Life, Overnight
•Sep 11: ⚡️ IPOC #005: Work Like a Lion
•Sep 4: ⚡️ IPOC #004: How to Make More Money
•Aug 28: ⚡️ IPOC #003: How to Get Lucky
•Aug 21: ⚡️ IPOC #002: Control the Controllables
•Aug 14: ⚡️ IPOC #001: 4 Ways to Simplify Your Decision Making
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| The Name of the Wind | Patrick Rothfuss | fiction | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
| The War of Art | Steven Pressfield | self-development | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
| Antifragile | Nassim Taleb | philosophy | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
| $100M Money Models | Alex Hormozi | business | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
| The Psychology of Money | Morgan Housel | money | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
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