Ten Days Doing Nothing
Five years ago I got into an argument with a girl I was dating, felt bad about it, and booked a ten-day silent meditation retreat eight months out. By the time the confirmation email arrived I'd forgo...
4 Aug 15min
Unbreakable Why
"He who has a why can bear any how." Frankl was almost right. In this episode, I break down the one flaw in Man's Search for Meaning: placing your why on anything outside yourself — a person, a job, a...
29 Jul 22min
Losing Is Winning
Everyone tells you to set big goals because the reward is worth it. That's the boring half of the truth. The real reason is that a goal big enough rewrites what failure even means — fail at something ...
20 Jul 7min
All In
You already know the thing you've been thinking about going all in on. Thisepisode is the argument for why you should — built not on hype, but on thecognitive biases keeping you stuck and how to disma...
2 Jun 12min
Useful Truth
A friend told me there's no such thing as altruistic action.He's right. And so am I.We don't actually have access to external truth. Both descriptionsof a given act — "this is altruism" from the insid...
22 Apr 4min
The Authenticity Paradox
Your personality isn’t as fixed as you may think. It’s shaped by a combination of biological and environmental forces, but most importantly, it evolves over time. If you’ve ever been told to "stay tru...
24 Jan 11min
The Binary That Matters
Stop obsessing over happiness and start focusing on what actually remains. In this episode, I break down why "following your passion" is bad advice and why moving to a beach villa won't fix your probl...
9 Jan 4min
