All of My Medium Friend Links
During 2022, I spent 9 months posting frequently on Medium before becoming dissatisfied with the platform. Here are all the posts I did on Medium, with friend links to ensure…
Culturally Priveleged Feelings
I read a fascinating paper by Shigehisa Kuriyama titled "‘‘No Pain, No Gain’’and the History of Presence." In the paper, he talks about how "No Pain, No Gain" seems to…
The Skills Needed to Be a Good Lover in Ancient India
In Energy and Eros: Teachings on the Art of Love, James N. Powell describes the skills required of courtesans in Ancient India: "A cultured woman was expected to have a…
Sayings: Leave Something in the Tank
In this post I wanted to describe a motto that I've started using within the past year, but one which has already given me so much practical mileage. The motto…
Push or Pull
One thing that's been bothering me over the past 9-ish months as I went through the productivity literature is the fear based marketing that seems to be so common. In…
Sayings: Awareness is a victory
This is the first in a series of blog posts where I share sayings or pieces of advice that have proven themselves useful again and again over the years, either…
Your comfort zone
(Update 10/12/22: An extended version of this essay was published on Medium here) I tend to be a stickler for precise language, especially when being imprecise either hurts people or…
Writing What You Needed
There are a lot of good reasons to write. It's high leverage, it improves your thinking, it can build a business. These are true, but so relentlessly practical that they…
Realities of the Creative Process
I'm currently taking Tiago Forte's excellent Building a Second Brain course. In one of his slides he showed the following picture to give an overview of both the creative journey,…