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A collection of 70 issues

The Thing That Made Me Read

Two weeks ago, I posted a poem with a shade of mindefulness. Last week, a guacamole recipe with a dash of democracy. Dear reader, you'd be forgiven for wondering what this blog is actually supposed to be about. In my defense, my working structure here is to interrogate

Think - Part Two

Last year around this time, I reflected on one of the most important things my father taught me: to think. Father's Day was last weekend, and I'm reflecting again on that sage advice, which I heard so many times as a kid but didn’t really

How Dare You Procrastinate

Picture this. You're putting off an important task but you feel so guilty about putting off the task that you can't even relish the things you are doing instead of the thing you should be doing. Not only are you not being productive, but you aren&

The 98: Multitasking Lies

I'd like to think I'm an inclusive and engaging teacher. I've only had someone walk out of my class in heated fashion one time (unless you count my time as a high school teacher in Detroit, which came with a whole host of its

Cross-Pollinating Productivity

What can we learn from going outside our industry and examining how folks in very different fields get things done? I’m starting to think that the answer is: quite a bit. It's common to talk about breakdowns in communication and workflow within an organization. If sales isn’

The Power of a Name

I caught up with a law school classmate last week — a sharp guy who speaks about his work with an invigorating amount of technical proficiency and authentic interest — and came away unexpectedly thinking about the power of a name. One of the things I’ve enjoyed about blogging regularly is

The Flattening

I was spurred to start blogging regularly because of (1) a nagging concern that we’re increasingly flattening the human experience into one-dimensional soundbites, and (2) a questionably-founded belief that I have something valuable to say about that. Sometimes, the richest company in the world energizes the conversation

Habitual Mindfulness

I learned recently that James Clear sells a copy of Atomic Habits every 15 seconds. That's wild. I've been familiar with the theory behind the book for a long time, but I hadn't actually read it until recently. I'd like to think

Starting With Gratitude

What’s something I’m grateful for today? This is the question at the top of my daily log. It’s the question I start with before kicking off the workday, answering emails and hopping on calls. This is a relatively new addition to my workflow, but I suspect it

Deep Work Experiment

What would the Warrior-Scholar Project team be able to accomplish if we each blocked off four hours of distraction-free, focused work time every week? After reading, thinking, and writing about deep work, this was the question I came to. And after embracing an organization-wide deep work experiment,