This book has influenced me greatly as I’ve developed as an attorney. As promised, it offers a thesis that is (or was) a significant departure from the then-dominant career advice – choose your work you love and happiness will follow. This is really a book about entrepreneurship. And while in some ways cultural developments have …
That’s a hell of a title. I was pretty skeptical the book could deliver on the premise. It did. This is a book that challenges you. This is a book about decisionmaking, it’s about productivity, and it’s about the search for one’s values. That’s a lot to discuss. And somehow, it’s all decompressed from a …
Who wants a habit? That just sounds like work. We want outcomes. But the thing is: “Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits. Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits. Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits. Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning …
Procrastination. I mean, who even wants to read that word. Fending off procrastination seemed futile. Just one of those things to grit your teeth and endure – this time I’ll start early, this time I’ll follow up with more questions earlier. Procrastinating on solving the procrastination problem, just look at how pernicious it is. This …
I’m about a week and a half in to cutting out alcohol and caffeine. Do I miss good beer and good coffee? Absolutely. Was truly good beer and coffee harder to come by that I wanted to admit? Absolutely. I cut caffeine and alcohol out cold turkey. I wouldn’t say this is a New Year’s …
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Chicago is an underrated food town. Those who know know. But many people are missing out. “Chicago…isn’t it super cold there in the winter?” It is. But flights are cheap and the streets are open and there’s plenty of good restaurants to hunker down in. Two years out from moving from Chicago, I’m happy to …
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It’s a bit of a cliche to say that writing is like meditation. You may not get much benefit from it right away. It’s hard to sit still for it. Your mind itches, or else it’s numb. You don’t want to feel pretentious (“I meditate”, “I write”). And when do you find the time? Stephen …
Ten years ago, I was working a dead-end job making $40k at Northwestern University (a great place to work a dead end job). I went to a great college (Carnegie Mellon) but I had terrible grades (I wanted to graduate in three years because I was paying for everything after freshman year, and I did …
I made a costly mistake recently. I had rolled over some funds from my old 401(k) into a traditional IRA at Vanguard, where I have much of the rest of my funds. Somehow it escaped my notice that in the rollover, the shares had been sold and the dollar value of the shares was transferred …
This was my fourth trip to Italy. It’s the first time I’ve taken a vacation to Europe and stayed within one country. I do wish I had some more variety on this trip (even though the destinations were all fairly different within Italy). But I’m also of the view that its good to double down …
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