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This morning I rewatched Steve Job’s Stanford commencement address. It’s as good as I remember, and even hits better as I get older. If you’ve never seen it, today’s your lucky day. I’d highly encourage you to pause and watch it. If it’s been

Last month I felt worn out. I’d completely filled up my time with numerous tasks. In hindsight, all of them were things I wanted to do, each worth consideration, and having earned a right to be on my todo list. But taken together it was too much. And if

When you first join a new team it’s hard to figure out how to connect well. You’re trying to understand your the dynamic, where your strengths fit in, and what weaknesses need to be shored up. When you first start with a team—or frankly at anytime; you

Andy Weir is one of my favorite writers. He doesn’t put out books at the pace I’d prefer (we can’t all be Brandon Sanderson), but boy does he nail it with every book. The Martian was a perfect story. It’s the sort of book I go

There are no new ideas. Instead there’s riffing and adding to existing ideas. Austin Kleon lays this out beautifully in his book series, starting with, Steal Like An artist, which obviously steals its title from earlier references. Part of the magic of ideas is taking them from multiples sources

Last week I wrote about saying no. It’s a lesson I’m constantly re-learning. The problem is there’s so many things that I want to do. Even when I’ve managed to cut my tasks down to a tiny list, I inevitably look for ways to add