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March 20, 2021 • 0 Comments Accidental Meaning: Why The American Dream No Longer Works

There was a state of affairs in many places across the world that enabled many...

March 6, 2021 How I Think About Money & Retirement While Self Employed

The most common question I get from people who are not self-employed is about my...

March 6, 2021 How Obsession With Work Killed Our Connection With Leisure

More than two thousand years ago, the Roman stoic philosopher Seneca wrote a letter to...

March 6, 2021 The Inevitable Decline Of The Elite Full-Time MBA

I want to explore the changing dynamics of how people earn prestige, the new dynamics...

March 6, 2021 The Battle For The Soul Of The Creator Economy

The “future of work” is dead or maybe it finally arrived in the form of...

January 27, 2021 Daniel Vassallo – The Self-Employment Meta Game (Podcast)

Dan Vassallo walked away from a $500k a year salary at Amazon to become self-employed....

January 18, 2021 What I learned in Ali Abdaal’s YouTube Course

In the last 12 months I had a channel on YouTube go from about 500...

This is a compilation of all of the links, essays and podcasts mentioned on the...

January 4, 2021 Don’t Follow Your Passion, Work In The Corporate World First

I want to make an argument for spending some time in the corporate world. I...

December 28, 2020 The Magic of Non-Doing

I rolled out of my twin bed and stumbled into the common room. As I...

December 24, 2020 Amy McMillen – Leaving a Path That Makes Sense (Podcast)

I connected with Amy McMillen in the early stages of Covid when a zoom meetup...

December 24, 2020 Oshan Jarow: The Reality & Possibilities For Work

Oshan has been exploring our experience of reality is shaped by our economic system. Earlier...

December 24, 2020 Steph Smith – Carving a 21st Century Career & Life (Podcast)

Steph has a hard time identifying as anything. Remote worker, writer, or coder don’t really...

December 24, 2020 Packy McCormick – Making Newsletters Fun (Podcast)

Packy says that his differentiation “is that I’m going to be having more fun than...

December 15, 2020 Why Did People Stop Caring About Developing a Meaningful Philosophy of Life in the 1970s?

Since 1966 UCLA has been conducting a survey called “The American Freshman” which has surveyed...

December 7, 2020 An Ode To Travel and What It Means (Video)

What follows is a transcript of a video I created reflecting on the last two...

December 2, 2020 The Knowledge Worker Mind & The Birth Of Careerism

Modern work critics blame Frederick Taylor for the hyper-optimization of the modern workplace. The accepted...

November 22, 2020 The ultimate guide to becoming a digital nomad or remote worker

Over the past 3+ years, I’ve gotten rid of most of my stuff and have...

November 9, 2020 Maslow’s Imaginary Pyramid: Who really invented the pyramid?

“The biggest losers, we suggest, have been management students” This was the takeaway of three...

October 27, 2020 Essential Digital Nomad Electronic, Sleep, Fitness & Travel Gear (October 2020)

I’ve been living abroad for more than two years out of a 32L backpack and...

The future of work is forcing us to reimagine the way we live, work and think about success

Featured Essays

The Magic of Non-Doing

Oshan Jarow: The Reality & Possibilities For Work

The Knowledge Worker Mind & The Birth Of Careerism

Maslow’s Imaginary Pyramid: Who really invented the pyramid?

Hustle Traps: Ten Guaranteed Paths To Burnout For The Self-Employed Creator

Integrating Chaos: Building Resilient Organizations with Chaos Theory

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